A Divided GOP Establishment Will Not Win

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A Divided GOP Establishment Will Not Win

https://politicalwire.com/2016/02/18/a-divided-gop-establishment-will-not-win/

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By Taegan Goddard44 Comments


Nate Cohn: “If the Republican Party remains divided for much longer, it will start getting more difficult for a mainstream candidate to win the nomination.”

“On Super Tuesday, March 1, 25% of the delegates to the Republican national convention will be awarded. If the mainstream field hasn’t been narrowed by that point, it will become very hard to avoid serious damage to the candidate who ultimately emerges as the party’s anointed favorite. The top mainstream candidate could easily fall more than 100 delegates short of what he might have earned in a winnowed field. He would even be in danger of earning no delegates at all in several of the largest states because of one number: 20%.”

“That’s the threshold for earning delegates in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Vermont, which combine to award 57 percent of the delegates on Super Tuesday and 14% of all of the delegates in the Republican race.”



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[applegrove]

1. LOL!

[Gregorian]

2. Thanks. I haven't seen this addressed much. Does make you wonder who it will be.

[Salviati]

3. Yes, I hope that no matter how contentious the fight on our side is, we can all come together

and bask in the utter clusterfu*k that the republican primary is. Jeb's tears are delicious!

[craigmatic]

4. They're already starting to move towards rubio. It won't be overt until after SC.