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:
I have been a republican voter for 40 years. If the corrupt republicans steal the election from we the people I will vote straight democrat.
Remember… the GOP is now in a panic mode and they are worried about having someone in the White House that they can’t control like a puppet. The good old boys make a lot of money from the lobbyists, and somewhere down the line we always pay for it. Think about it. Why are Rubio and Cruz going after Trump? Why aren’t they going after the Senators that we elected to do a job and who voted to appoint Loretta Lynch and fund ObamaCare and Obama’s Amnesty? Trump has a lot of Republicans on his side… And Many of my old “Democrat” Buddies are solidly behind Trump. Trump has the Democrats and Independents coming across to the Republican Party… And if you think about it… Trump is his own Party… Our Party, not Democrat or Republican.
We need someone who is going to clean up the mess in Washington. Did you ever watch the series “It takes a Thief?” A good thief can make a great detective. The Donald has actually been a lobbyist and knows the ropes. He’ll know what to do!
The RNC will have a very hard time with Trump and his voters going independent, he will still win. RNC needs to check it’s c**p at the door. The vote is what the people want and we don’t give a damn about your choice, you all are corrupt but you will not continue your campaign again Trump because the people will not tolerate your machine of corruption. Don’t forget most of you are up for election and that will be the end of it, so get over yourselves and do you job, don’t tell us what we should have, we will tell you you are done in politics if you proceed with this brokered convention.
Hillary said Vote for TRUMP 2016…So…Three votes for Trump 2016 right here!
The way the RNC is doing this, we may well be looking at a Republican replay of the 1968 Democratic Convention.
WE NEED TO STAND BEHIND HIM. STOP THE HYPOCRISY
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NO way. Will go independent and take all of us with him
So they want a 3rd party candidate, Go Trump