04-05-2016, 10:38 PM
Wisconsin -- Cruz and Sanders Win
Man, I find Ted Cruz to be one fake-ass annoying mofo. But, he and his campaign are doing a good job of gaining extra votes and delegates by painting Ted as the "anti-Trump conservative choice."
Cruz kicked Trump rump in Wisconsin tonight; early results show Cruz beating Trump by about 20%. A few weeks back, Trump was polling ahead of Cruz there.
My Republican guy Kasich got around 15%, not too impressive. But, Kasich's helping to make it extremely difficult for Trump to earn 1,237 delegates and thus forcing the Republican nominee to be decided at an open convention. Kasich thinks his delegates can convince other Republican delegates to move to his side at an open convention because he's the only of the three remaining Republican candidates who consistently beats Clinton in general election polls.
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by about 10% in Wisconsin tonight. He's now won 7 out of the last 8 contests. But, he's still far behind in earned delegates because Hillary has won big-delegate states by high percentages and has thus won way more delegates per victory.
Still, I think it's impressive that Bernie's been able to win so many states and raise so much money from individual donors. Bernie has the money to stay in the race for a long time, much to the Clinton campaign's annoyance. Even if he can't catch up to Clinton soon, his campaign apparently hopes/thinks he can keep gaining on her and then possibly win big in California in June, overtake her in earned delegates in the end, and then gain her super delegates at the Democratic convention.
Man, I find Ted Cruz to be one fake-ass annoying mofo. But, he and his campaign are doing a good job of gaining extra votes and delegates by painting Ted as the "anti-Trump conservative choice."
Cruz kicked Trump rump in Wisconsin tonight; early results show Cruz beating Trump by about 20%. A few weeks back, Trump was polling ahead of Cruz there.
My Republican guy Kasich got around 15%, not too impressive. But, Kasich's helping to make it extremely difficult for Trump to earn 1,237 delegates and thus forcing the Republican nominee to be decided at an open convention. Kasich thinks his delegates can convince other Republican delegates to move to his side at an open convention because he's the only of the three remaining Republican candidates who consistently beats Clinton in general election polls.
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by about 10% in Wisconsin tonight. He's now won 7 out of the last 8 contests. But, he's still far behind in earned delegates because Hillary has won big-delegate states by high percentages and has thus won way more delegates per victory.
Still, I think it's impressive that Bernie's been able to win so many states and raise so much money from individual donors. Bernie has the money to stay in the race for a long time, much to the Clinton campaign's annoyance. Even if he can't catch up to Clinton soon, his campaign apparently hopes/thinks he can keep gaining on her and then possibly win big in California in June, overtake her in earned delegates in the end, and then gain her super delegates at the Democratic convention.