“There were only 8 GOP candidates vying for votes in the 1980 primaries.
There were 12 GOP candidates in Iowa, 2016:”
There’s only 4 now, and Trump still isn’t surpassing the 35% - 40% popular vote.
A sow hog has 6 teats on each side, so she can have as many as 12 piglets.
Of course, if there are fewer sucking they each get more milk.
Ronald Reagan got a lot of the same denigration you’re dishing out when he was running from other candidates’ fans, a lot of it from Mitt’s Daddy.
Well, he has done better than that in five of his 12 wins.
46% in NV
44% in AL
50% in MA
43% in LA
40% in TN
With four or more candidates in each of those, he has done fairly well.
Cruz did better in three of his six wins:
45% in TX
46% in ME
48% in KS
Rubio has the highest so far in one of his two wins:
75% in PR