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Trump Weak in the West
3/2/2015 | Vanity

Posted on 03/02/2016 1:12:32 AM PST by dschapin

Now that we have the results from Super Tuesday a weakness is starting to show in Donald Trump's support. He seems to be mainly an East Coast Candidate.

There have now been seven states that have voted west of the Mississippi. Of these seven elections Trump has only won two (Nevada, and Arkansas) while he has lost five (Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, and Alaska).


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; banalltrumpbashers; election2016; elections; newyork; supertuesday; trump; west; wishfulthinking; zotalltrumpbashers
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To: dschapin

Peak Trump!

Trump-Cruz 2016!


21 posted on 03/02/2016 1:28:29 AM PST by WMarshal (Trump 2016 (and 2020)!)
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To: dschapin

Trump gave the suburbs of DC to Rubio.

Virginia has more bigger & more diversity of GOP voters than Alaska. Trump still broke 1/3.


22 posted on 03/02/2016 1:29:06 AM PST by ObamahatesPACoal ( REINCE PRIEBUS: Yeah, but no...you google Ted Cruz ... and immigration...Those are his words,)
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To: ETL

I’m pretty sure the drunks and drug addicts are with Bernie.


23 posted on 03/02/2016 1:34:11 AM PST by wizwor
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To: dschapin

bttt ignore the vdk loser


24 posted on 03/02/2016 1:34:22 AM PST by txhurl (Votin' for Cruz, then Jeff if necessary.)
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To: dschapin

One of the factors that I’ve seen thrown around tonight regarding Trump’s losses in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alaska, is that all three states are big oil states which figures in Cruz’s favor. I don’t know how true this is, but it’s one theory.

Also saw someone make the point that Oklahoma and Texas were closed primaries, and the states in which Trump won were open. I’m not sure if that’s even factually correct or whether it’s relevant, but there might be some correlation.

Generally speaking, Trump seems to do better in primary states and worse in caucus states, with Nevada so far being the only caucus that he’s won.


25 posted on 03/02/2016 1:34:45 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: dschapin
You have a point on Texas but still look at the proportion of States that Trump has won East of the Mississippi vs. West of the Mississippi. There is something going on there.

It's called WISHFUL THINKING.
26 posted on 03/02/2016 1:35:48 AM PST by wizwor
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Delegate math tells the story:

Trump has 285 delegates, Cruz has 161, Rubio has 87, Kasich 25 and Carson 8.

Trump has an overwhelming lead and its going to be very difficult for the others to catch up to him now that Super Tuesday is over.

Its going to get even wider once states start awarding winner-take-all delegates after March 15.


27 posted on 03/02/2016 1:36:28 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: dschapin

Maybe he needs a Westerner and a Conservative as running mate to balance the ticket?


28 posted on 03/02/2016 1:37:54 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: goldstategop

I can’t find a single Cruz supporter who will even attempt to tell me how Cruz gets the 1237 delegates to be nominated. So they are rooting for a brokered convention which is a victory for the GOPe and will maintain the status quo.


29 posted on 03/02/2016 1:39:08 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: txhurl

Loser?

For pointing out the absurdity of his OP?

How dare I! Revel in goofy theories with no basis in logic if it makes you feel better then.


30 posted on 03/02/2016 1:40:41 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: dschapin

God bless Texas.

And thanks for Alaska Sarah Palin, your paid for endorsement of the Flim Flamm Man made your state a gift for Ted.


31 posted on 03/02/2016 1:44:10 AM PST by Happy Rain (CNN Poll, 3/1/16: Hillary 52% Trump 44% DJT=HRC)
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To: Happy Rain

“A gift for Ted”?

You deluded oaf, Trump and Cruz essentially split Alaska’s delegates.


32 posted on 03/02/2016 1:54:05 AM PST by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: Happy Rain

Just like teddy gifted Trump a whole bunch of Texas delegates because teddy was woefully unable to clear 50% + 1 in his own home state. Fail.


33 posted on 03/02/2016 1:58:06 AM PST by Vision Thing
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To: VanDeKoik
Re: “Now they are like drunks or drug addicts denying a problem exists.”

And yet another Cruz person looking down their nose on voters that had the nerve to not fall at the feet of Ted...

More like a concerned friend or relative attempting to prevent someone they care about from going over the edge, bringing many others with them in the process. Like taking the car keys away from a drunk friend or relative.

34 posted on 03/02/2016 1:59:01 AM PST by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: over3Owithabrain; All
I can’t find a single Cruz supporter who will even attempt to tell me how Cruz gets the 1237 delegates to be nominated. So they are rooting for a brokered convention which is a victory for the GOPe and will maintain the status quo.

Exactly. Cruz supporters are like the fans of a losing football team in the final 2 minutes, the winning team is leading with a point ratio of approximately 3 to 1, and they think their heroic quarterback is going to somehow lob not one, but two or even three hail mary passes (all based on somehow retaining possession of the ball) and an extra point or field goal in the final 3 seconds to eke out a miraculous victory.

And Coach Glenn Beck is screaming from the sidelines, calling the winning team "Nazi's", "bullies", "ugly", throwing his teddy bear down, and foaming at the mouth.

God, you can't pay for this kind of entertainment.
35 posted on 03/02/2016 2:01:21 AM PST by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: dschapin

I can understand how Trump lost Minnesota. It’s all those liberals who live in Minnesota along with the full support of that rag Star Tribune.


36 posted on 03/02/2016 2:02:23 AM PST by Mr Apple ( NO TO 170,000 ISLAMIC MUSLIM TOWEL HEADS!)
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To: wizwor
I’m pretty sure the drunks and drug addicts are with Bernie.

Those are the hopelessly stupid.

37 posted on 03/02/2016 2:04:14 AM PST by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: goldstategop

Wrong. Trump led in polling for weeks in OK.


38 posted on 03/02/2016 2:12:08 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: dschapin; All

LOL, thanks for the morning laugh!

Sounds like you’re projecting those ‘weaknesses’ from your boy Cruz on to the winning candidate.

Consider this: Cruz won his home state of Texas with 44 percent of the vote. That isn’t as wonderful as you might think because it translates into *53* percent of the votes going AGAINST Cruz.

You want a weakness? There it is in spades.

Want more? In Oklahoma, Cruz won with 34 percent of the vote, equating to *66* percent of the vote going AGAINST him. That is weak son, weak.

Now if Cruz can only pull 44 percent of the vote in his home state, and 34 percent in his neighboring state, that doesn’t bode well if he WERE to be facing Hillary Clinton in the general election because there will be no other significant candidates in the mix and Cruz can’t be certain that the voters won’t break for Hillary. Take South Carolina, Cruz couldn’t even carry one county, but Hillary beat Bernie Sanders there like a red headed stepchild.

Tell us more about ‘regional candidates’ pal.


39 posted on 03/02/2016 2:12:31 AM PST by mkjessup (TRUMP is the windshield, the libtard media, 'RATS, RINOS and cowards are BUGS!! GO TRUMP GO!!)
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To: goldstategop
Looking ahead a bit, I wonder how the Muslim vote is going to affect the Nov general?

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//// I did some digging and found this from 2006:

"Did Muslim Vote In Virginia Swing Senate Control"

'The Detroit Free Press reports Muslims played a critical role in the November midterm elections.

Imam Mahdy Bray, Speaking at a Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention in Dearborn, highlighted the effective effort to turn out Muslim voters in Virginia:

The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.

As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.rol?(Nov 2006)

'The Detroit Free Press reports Muslims played a critical role in the November midterm elections.

Imam Mahdy Bray, Speaking at a Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention in Dearborn, highlighted the effective effort to turn out Muslim voters in Virginia:

The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.

As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.

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For my money Senator Allen gets all the credit for running a losing campaign. Nevertheless, if 96 percent of Muslims are going to vote Democratic, that would make them a more reliable Democratic constituency than African Americans. Democrats consistently receive about 90 percent of African American votes.

40 posted on 03/02/2016 2:13:19 AM PST by Mr Apple ( NO TO 170,000 ISLAMIC MUSLIM TOWEL HEADS!)
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