It’s often been said, in elections, it always comes down to Florida and Ohio.
Usually, this saying is reserved for the general election, as both swing states are key to surpassing the number of electoral votes needed to secure the presidency. This year, however, the drama in Ohio and Florida are coming a lot earlier.
Donald Trump may have more delegates than any other candidate in the race so far, but he’s yet to secure the majority needed in order to secure the nomination outright. Looking forward, two states stand in his way, Ohio and Florida, which just happen to be the homes of Governor John Kasich and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, repectively.
Should he lose those states, as he did in Ted Cruz’s home state of Texas, the math becomes incredibly difficult for Trump. In order to secure the 1,237 delegates necessary to win on the first ballot of the convention, he would have to win about 70% of the remaining delegates.
Considering he hasn’t yet come close to that number, should he lose both states this Tuesday, a brokered convention is all but guaranteed.
This hasn’t been lost on party officials, who see a brokered convention as the last, best hope for stopping Trump from getting the nomination. See what they can do to snatch the nomination from Trump on the next page:
No the voters do NOT decide. So Trump needs to win the 1,237.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/10/a_contested_republican_convention_explained.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/10/a_contested_republican_convention_explained.html
If repubs think that was a riot wait till a brokered convention
WHAT PART OF MAKE AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH…?
http://letswakeupamerica.com/trump-the-must-see-video-absolutely-amazing/
Trump is really weathering the head winds. The RNC better know that it will be the END of the republican party if they try to change the outcome of this election. This country belongs to the people, not to Washington. They work for us. Period.
If you think there was violence in Chicago let anybody especially the GOP try to steal the nomination from mr. Donald Trump our next president try it bitches
Soros.and needs to be taking out and all of his cronies that work for that same plan put all in prison take all there money and assets and give to the poor that they want to be in our country
Amen