[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

1236 candidates, yes, I believe he can.

8 states over 50%? I really doubt it, unless Cruz drops out really soon...And since he did well on Super Tuesday I doubt he will.

[BlueNgold]

It’s NOT Majority popular vote wins, it’s 8 majority delegations.

Trump has 5.
Cruz has 1.
Everyone else is 0fer

[PJBankard]

It is 8 states with over 50% of the delegates, not votes.

[MortMan]

Remember that it is 8 states with more than 50% of delegates, not votes.

[Baldwin77]

WHAT ? If Trump gets 1237 delegates, he’ll get the 8 states by default. After 3/15, doesn’t winner get all the delegates of the states that he wins?

[moehoward]

17 Winner take all and 7 more winner take most states to go.

He can go it in his sleep.

[DaxtonBrown]

[unless Cruz drops out really soon...And since he did well on Super Tuesday I doubt he will. ]

Trump has given Cruz and followers like me ZERO reason to drop out. The writing may be on te wall that Trump will get the nomination, BUT now the negotiating game is in play. What will Trump have to guarantee to Cruz to get the last delegates?

I’m resigned to Trump. What I am not resigned to is a Trump rubber stamp. And he did it to himself.

[Mariner]

"8 states over 50%?"

Are you sure about the 50% threshold? It's my understanding it's 8 states won. No threshold.

[Parley Baer]

“1236 candidates, yes, I believe he can.

8 states over 50%? I really doubt it, unless Cruz drops out really soon”

I agree. It is the 50% over 8 states that is the problem. If Trump gets over 1236 delegates and is not the winner there will be hell to pay.