Posted on 04/12/2016 6:19:43 PM PDT by writer33
Today, the Missouri Secretary of State finally released the certified results of the March 15, 2016 Republican Primary. Donald Trump received 383,631 votes (40.84 percent), and Ted Cruz received 381,666 votes (40.63 percent). The miniscule difference in vote was 1,935 out of 939,270 votes cast. Based on the state’s winner-take-all system, Trump ended up with 37 delegates to Cruz’s 15. Under Trump’s definition of ‘stealing,’ did he steal from Cruz, or were those the rules?
The result in Missouri is even more lopsided. While only 1,935 votes out of 939,270 cast separate Trump and Cruz, Trump won over 70 percent of the delegates in the state based on these results.
Trump has taken to calling the delegate process “unfair,” and is saying that the rules have allowed Cruz to “steal” second ballot delegates. Trump’s convention manager Paul Manafort, has even called what Cruz is doing, “Gestapo Tactics.” That begs the question: Is Trump getting 247 percent more delegates than Cruz in Missouri fair?
“Based on the state’s winner-take-all system, Trump ended up with 37 delegates to Cruz’s 15. Under Trump’s definition of ‘stealing,’ did he steal from Cruz, or were those the rules?”
No, moron, because PEOPLE GOT TO VOTE.
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Needs saying again, NO MORON, BECAUSE PEOPLE GOT TO VOTE!
There was no vote on that. It's not something that is up for a vote. It was a 'rule change'. From what I understand, it was made that way during the last Presidential nominee process to keep Ron Paul out.
Who came up with it?
My guess would be the top Republican Party Leadership.
What is your estimate for how many people voted out of the total possible eligible voters in the last Presidential Election ?
You should read your own posts.
People got to vote in Colorado on March 1st too...
Just because your guy is terrible at managing a simple campaign does not make it unfair.
Thank you very much. I got it fine & printed it out, added your notes on columns. I’m glad to have it.
Stupid fools must want to lose. Colorado has over a million Independent voters, thats more than the Republicans. These would be crossover voters in the GE for Trump. Trump could win Colorado as opposed to Cruz with his little cadre of bullwhipped pledges.
As of April 1, 2016, there were 957,266 registered Republicans in the state of Colorado. We have around close to a 900,000 people disenfranchised from their voice and vote. Gloat all you want with as a stolen victory now. In November their is no way in hell that Cruz would win Colorado:::Many of the Colorado’s million Independent voters, would love to support Trump.
Way to go GOP Republicans, Shame on Colorado!
I guess it’s time to re-tally the who voted for Cruz in relation to the population thread, it gets more embarrassing with each time he wins and % shrinks into single digits. He’s good at manipulating back room deal caucuses. The exact opposite of what we need to win the real election in November.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/2016/March/VotersByPartyStatus.pdf
Out of 5.6 million people. Not impressed.
It’s a lottery. The only scientific way must be word of mouth to know if a delegate will be a cruzer.
Different states and different issues.
How many voted for Kasich and Trump??
None according to Cruz. What’s amazingly stupid is Cruz actually saying “Donald Trump 65,000 people voted in the state of Colorado. They just didn’t vote for you. They voted for our campaign.”
That is Brain. Dead. Stupid. Cruz plays right into Trump’s hand with stupid comments like that. And he’s too stupid to realise it.
Perhaps 60%. So when someone wins an election they get to rule over the amount they won by. If they won 55% of the vote, they get to rule over 55% of the country. The loser gets the rest.
This is the absurdity of cruz supporters countering the complaints of what happen in Colorado. Trump won 45% of the Florida but got all of the votes. No one has a problem with this, is because this reflects how the real vote works. The real vote doesn’t have this complicated close door atmosphere.
“Whiners Inc.”
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Good name for President Kardashian’s Cabinet
Twist it all you want - the People voted and the standing rules were put into effect - there were no back room, out of the public eye, deals being made to thwart the voters.
Be a Cruz delegate for 35 bucks.
I got two of these e mails this morning all ready.
Well, if he did, turnabout is fair play, no?
There was no caucus, it was district and state conventions. Much easier for top-down control than even a caucus.
You should not trust spell check. I trust Sister Blandina.
Did someone get to Levin? He changed really quickly.
Since at least 1996 the district conventions have been rigged. I was a Buchanan delegate in MO 1; we had a large majority yet our delegates to state were all checkered pants Dole Repubs.
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