361 Delegates at stake today

[Jan2017]

Primary voting in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio - along with a Pacific Territory caucus -
puts some 361 first ballot bound delegate votes on the slate for today.

Next biggest day after today in the presidential primary season is the last - June 7 with 294 delegates (and most winner-take-all contests)

[Jan2017]

Delegates won
1237 needed for nomination
1401 still available

Trump . . .460
Cruz . . . .370
Rubio . . . 163
Kasich . . . 63
Dropped out: Bush, Carson, Christie, Fiorina, Gilmore, Graham, Huckabee, Jindal, Pataki, Paul, Perry, Santorum, Walker

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Mar 15

Florida · 99 delegates
Last poll closes at 8:00 PM ET

Illinois · 69 delegates
Last poll closes at 8:00 PM ET

Missouri · 52 delegates
Last poll closes at 8:00 PM ET

North Carolina · 72 delegates
Last poll closes at 7:30 PM ET

Ohio · 66 delegates
Last poll closes at 7:30 PM ET

Source: AP

[georgiaboy]

correction, you mean "toady" It's the primary.

[rprprs]

correction, you mean "toady" It's the primary.

No, I believe Toady met his demise with the end of Rand's candidacy.
I evidence thereof, I offer this picture of Rand performing a postmortem.
(OK, Rand was still in high school here, but still...)

[Jan2017]

Marianas across the date line (+10 UTC) is already getting ready for Wednesday morning coffee.

Already, Trump scored a win Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands' GOP caucus.

The Republican Party said the billionaire businessman won almost 73 percent of the vote in Tuesday's caucus.
He will get all nine delegates from the U.S. territory.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...gns-alive.html


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[openfire]

Reports: Trump Left Off Some Florida Ballots; “Dozens of Complaints”

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s name was left off Florida primary ballots according to reports relayed by Fox News’ Jennifer Eckhart on Twitter who said the local Fox affiliate has received “dozens of complaints.”

Eckhart wrote the irregularities are in “Jupiter County” which does not exist. She probably meant the town of Jupiter or Palm Beach County where Jupiter is located. Palm Beach County is where Trump’s Florida base Mar-a-Lago is located.

Hearing reports from friends in my home state of Florida that @realDonaldTrump is left OFF of voting ballots at various polling stations

— Jennifer Eckhart (@JenniferEckhart) March 15, 2016

“Hearing reports from friends in my home state of Florida that @realDonaldTrump is left OFF of voting ballots at various polling stations”

@realDonaldTrump Up to 15 people now have called me to complain that Trump is left off their voting ballot in Florida @DonaldJTrumpJr

— Jennifer Eckhart (@JenniferEckhart) March 15, 2016

“@realDonaldTrump Up to 15 people now have called me to complain that Trump is left off their voting ballot in Florida @DonaldJTrumpJr”

.@samuraiEighty returned ballot said they were given the "wrong one"…called local Fox affiliate – they've received dozens of complaints

— Jennifer Eckhart (@JenniferEckhart) March 15, 2016

“.@samuraiEighty returned ballot said they were given the “wrong one”…called local Fox affiliate – they’ve received dozens of complaints”

If you're a registered voter in Florida and you've received a ballot w/ @realDonaldTrump OFF the ballot – contact me. @FoxNews on the story.

— Jennifer Eckhart (@JenniferEckhart) March 15, 2016

“If you’re a registered voter in Florida and you’ve received a ballot w/ @realDonaldTrump OFF the ballot – contact me. @FoxNews on the story.”

@realDonaldTrump New reports of registered Republicans in Jupiter County being given Independent ballots causing even more voter confusion

— Jennifer Eckhart (@JenniferEckhart) March 15, 2016

“@realDonaldTrump New reports of registered Republicans in Jupiter County being given Independent ballots causing even more voter confusion”

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016...orida-ballots/

[Jan2017]

First results from USA tonight, where other polls close in about 15 mins.

North Carolina Primary Results

LIVE 7:46:39 PM ET
Republican Primary

First results: Trump leads by 10 points, with <1% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.
Donald J. Trump	34,244	41.4%
Ted Cruz	26,017	31.5
John Kasich	11,057	13.4
Marco Rubio	9,227	11.2
Other	2,078	2.5

82,623 votes, <1% reporting (4 of 2,709 precincts)

Ohio Primary Results

LIVE 7:52:00 PM ET
Republican Primary

First results: Kasich leads by 3 points, or 490 votes, with <1% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.
John Kasich	6,100	39.7%
Donald J. Trump	5,610	36.5
Ted Cruz	2,201	14.3
Marco Rubio	661	4.3
Other	781	5.1

15,353 votes, <1% reporting (2 of 8,887 precincts)

[Jan2017]

Marco Rubio vows: I'm going to Utah 'irrespective' of Florida results

Miami (CNN)Marco Rubio pledged to go on to Utah "irrespective" of Tuesday night's results in the Florida Republican presidential primary,
where recent polls show Donald Trump with a double-digit lead over the home state senator.

"Tomorrow our plan is to be in Utah campaigning irrespective of tonight. It would be a lot better to go to Utah being the winner of the Florida primary.
It will give us a tremendous amount of momentum, it will give us 99 delegates, and that's the way we want to do it tonight.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/15/politi...tah/index.html

Florida Primary Results

LIVE 7:57:49 PM ET
Republican Primary

Trump leads by 20 points, with 34% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.
Donald J. Trump	722,799	46.1%
Marco Rubio	416,218	26.6
Ted Cruz	259,088	16.5
John Kasich	105,417	6.7
Other	64,049	4.1

1,567,571 votes, 34% reporting (1,966 of 5,810 precincts)

[Unknown.User]

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[Jan2017]

Trump never actually needed to win Ohio according to the NYT

www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?491399-NYT-Cruz-Rubio-and-Trump-nomination-paths

Rubio won about 2/3 of the vote in Miami-Dade County, but AP calls Florida.

Florida Primary Results

LIVE 8:01:47 PM ET
Republican Primary

Trump has won Florida, according to A.P.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.		DELEGATES
Donald J. Trump	743,228	45.3%		—
Marco Rubio	455,440	27.8		—
Ted Cruz	267,935	16.3		—
John Kasich	108,909	6.6		—
Other	64,884	4.0		—

1,640,396 votes, 45% reporting (2,606 of 5,810 precincts)
Winner called by A.P.

[Jan2017]

So Trump is up a quick 108 delegates out of the 361

[Jan2017]

Missouri Primary Results

LIVE 8:08:42 AM ET
Republican Primary

Trump leads by less than 1 point, or 1,726 votes, with 99% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.
Donald J. Trump	382,093	40.8%
Ted Cruz	380,367	40.6
John Kasich	94,533	10.1
Marco Rubio	57,006	6.1
Other	21,795	2.3

935,794 votes, 99% reporting (3,039 of 3,041 precincts)


delegates for Super Tuesday II
Kasich 75

Cruz 26

Rubio 5

Trump 159

[Jan2017]

If the results are complete,
Trump needs 54.3% of the outstanding delegates still to be determined in primaries for a first ballot nomination.

Trump has half the delegates he needs (621/1237), and there are less than half still available (1134) to be decided . . .

New York is NOT winner take all (95 delegates), and Oregon, Washington, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New Mexico are proportional as well.
Pennsylvania (only 14 bound) and Colorado make-up together nearly 90 totally unbound

Last 294 delegates decided on June 7 . . .

Why a Contested GOP Convention Just Got More Likely

Ohio Governor John Kasich’s victory in the Buckeye State and Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s string of second-place finishes all but guarantee that both will stay in the race for the foreseeable future, racking up delegates at Trump’s expense.

http://time.com/4260668/republican-c...ump-delegates/

[Jan2017]

GOP still has to figure out the delegate allotment from Missouri . . .
Trump total at 646 delegates bound with 1103 still available, needs 591 delegates more

Missouri Primary Results

LIVE 12:07:46 PM ET
Republican Primary

Trump leads by less than 1 point, or 1,726 votes, with 100% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.		DELEGATES
Donald J. Trump	382,093	40.8%		15
Ted Cruz	380,367	40.6		—
John Kasich	94,533	10.1		—
Marco Rubio	57,006	6.1		—

[Jan2017]

​darn close of a vote count for a 25 - 5 split of delegates (?)
Missouri Primary Results

LIVE 4:46:06 PM ET
Republican Primary

Trump leads by less than 1 point, or 1,726 votes, with 100% reporting.

CANDIDATES	VOTE	PCT.		DELEGATES
Donald J. Trump	382,093	40.9%		25
Ted Cruz	380,367	40.7		5
John Kasich	92,533	9.9		—
Marco Rubio	57,006	6.1		—
Other	21,784	2.3		—

933,783 votes, 100% reporting (3,041 of 3,041 precincts)



Delegate results

1,237 needed for nomination · 1,061 available

Trump 673 (564 more needed out of the 1061 - 53.2%)
Cruz 411
Kasich 143