If Kasich wins his home state, he will help the Republican Party deny Trump the delegates that he needs to clinch the nomination. All states in the Democratic race award their delegates proportionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states she loses.
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Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz solidified his claim to be front-runner Donald Trump’s prime challenger by splitting four nominating contests with the real estate mogul, and both turned their attention to a crucial showdown in MI on Tuesday. Marco Rubio was desperate for some evidence to counter an impression that his campaign is fading.
The more states pick him, the more delegates he claims.
Sanders said MI signalled “that we are a national campaign” after wins in different regions of the country.
MI was more of a surprise on the Democratic side, where Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won despite trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls by about 20 points. Rubio has defied those calls, but he’s also said he would drop out if he fails to win his home state.
By my count, so far, the Republican Savior is 1 – 22 in the GOP primary, and that’s if you are generous enough to count Minnesota as a state and not as Southern Canada-with-worse-schools. The Republican establishment has been trying to rally voters around Marco Rubio, in particular, though Trump leads in state victories and delegate totals.
Despite the recent barrage of critics suggesting otherwise, Donald Trump said Wednesday that his recent string of primary victories show he’s on his way to unifying the Republican party.
Political onlookers said turnout at the caucus on Tuesday night is expected to be significantly higher than in previous years, as supporters and opponents of Donald Trump get out the vote for the party’s presidential nominee.
Writing in The Washington Post, Todd Zywicki noted Trump has fared will in open contests, where voters from either party could participate, while Cruz has fared better in those only open to Republicans, as was the contest in Kansas.
On March 15, the delegate-rich states of Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina will vote.
With 78 percent of the vote reported, Clinton is leading Sen.
Florida has 99 delegates and the victor takes all of them, so does OH which has 66 delegates at stake.
That would give Trump more delegates than all of his opponents combined.
While Trump and Clinton are certainly winning the perception that they will be facing off against each other this fall, neither looks 100 percent inevitable.
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Trailing behind Cruz and Trump were Sen.
