Ted Cruz won a whopping 50.7% majority in Kansas and appears to have the edge in Maine, although it is still too early to call. Delegates won in Kansas: Cruz: 17 Trump: 6 (24.4% currently) Strong voter presence for Cruz appeared in Kentucky but polls taken a week ago have so far indicated that Trump enjoys x2 majority over Cruz On the Democratic side (in Kansas currently), there was a strong showing of Democrats. The voters were split into separate groups (those voting for Sanders and those voting for Clinton) as they couldn't all fit in. From initial information gathered after taken note of Clinton is expected to get approximately 30% and Sanders 60%+ - indicating a very likely victory for Sanders in Kansas.
Just saw where Trump lost Maine. Looks like the Trump support is biggest in southern states, they must have liked his wavering on the KKK, and the fact that Trump's father was arrested at a KKK march in NYC. Then you have his son, Donald Trump Jr., going on a talk-show hosted by a noted white supremacist. If Trump's been good at one thing, it's been ginning up hatred against minorities, from his stupid wall that he claims Mexico will pay for, to blacks, to anyone perceived as 'other'. ~ What I really hope is that the Republicans end up with a brokered convention, and a floor-fight to decide on a nominee. I just don't wanna see Trump, Cruz and Rubio lose, I wanna seem them crash, burn, and go down in flames.
Still early to say with Maine as there is a 200 vote difference and numbers will be changing. Then again it is widely known that caucuses have very rarely boded well with Trump's results. Kentucky results coming in: Cruz and Trump are literally tied with a 4-vote difference. Kasich is in 3rd and Rubio in 4th - Rubio is also below 10% (7.8% to be exact).
I just hope they go to the convention, with nobody with enough votes to win the nomination outright. This is certainly the meanest, most vulgar election on the Republican side I've ever seen; decent manners cost nothing, and yet they act like spoiled babies.
Highly unlikely they'd go with the convention. Especially with the numbers Rubio and Kasich have been getting. Cruz doesn't want a convention either, since he isn't liked either. Trump overtook Cruz in Kentucky. The difference went from 0.4% to 2.2%+ Trump has 2k+votes Cruz has 1.8k votes It's looking as if it is going to be a close one.
Cruz isn't getting the nomination. It's gonna be Clinton vs. Trump and then Hilary will be our next president.
The NPR politics podcast people predicated Cruz succeeding in closed primaries (such as Oklahoma, Alaska, and Maine). We shall see how that pans out.
I can really hope my fellow americans aren't that crazy, but the majority in places like this continue to prove me otherwise. :help:
Ted Cruz was just announced to have won Maine. Was close to the take-all delegate number of 50% with about 46% of the vote.
Cruz has a higher chance of beating Clinton than Trump in a general election. That may seem funny to you, but maybe if you look at what he is proposing, you wouldn't treat that so lightly. Trump won in the two delegate rich states (as opposed to Clinton, who only got one, and wouldn't have won that one if the African-American community didn't get behind her). You do realize that in a race of Clinton vs. Trump, Trump would win the Presidency? Clinton has so many skeletons in her closet that this would only get easier - especially considering she's held political office for quite some time ago and has been involved in various scandals, including a fairly recent one. When Trump undermined her a month ago, her polls dropped somewhat in one of the matches against Sanders. I think you overestimate Hillary's chances.
