Super Tuesday part 3
Background:
As the primaries continue, the presidential candidates are fighting hard to win the nomination from their respective party. After part 3 of Super Tuesday, Donald Trump is furthering his lead for the republican party while Ted Cruz and John Kasich trailing far behind. As for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton has been racking up votes and Bernie Sanders is trying his hardest to play catch up. By the looks of it, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be receiving the nominations for the republican and democrats respectively. All hopes of winning are not lost for Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz or John Kasich. There are still 20 more states that these candidates can focus on.
Results of Polls on 3/15/2016: http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results
Summary:
The results of the polls on Tuesday was not a big surprise. Donald Trump leads the republican party with 673 delegates, Ted Cruz with 410 and John Kasich with 143. Trump was able to win 3 of the 5 states while Kasich won in his home state of Ohio. The win in Ohio allowed Kasich to be a potential threat to Trump. After the devastating lost in his home state of Florida, Marco Rubio decides to withdraw from the presidential campaign. Now that Rubio is out of the race, Trump, Kasich and Cruz will be fighting over the 164 delegates that Rubio had gathered prior to his withdrawal. This lost heavily affected Rubio because a Wall Street Journal blog stated that he will no longer run for re-election to the senate. While on the democratic side, it is no surprise that Hillary Clinton won 4 of the 5 states and have the lead in Missouri (50%). Currently Clinton has 1139 of the required 2383 delegates needed to win. Bernie Sanders only has 825 and is hoping he will be able to soon catch up to Hillary.
Rubio will not run for re-election: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/03/17/marco-rubio-says-he-wont-run-for-re-election-or-governor-in-2018/
Schedule for the primaries:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/primary-calendar-and-results.html?_r=0
Analysis:
By the looks of it, Trump and Hillary are going to win the nominations from their respective parties. The results from Tuesday showed us that people who were first unknown can climb the ladder and compete with the lead vote getter. This is seen with Kasich; by winning Ohio, he was able to swing some of the momentum towards his direction. This makes Kasich a potential threat for Trump. What shocked most people was the fact that Marco Rubio dropped out of the race. After losing his home state of Florida to Trump, that lost might have affected him mentally and he lost his motivation to run for re-election. It is known for a while now that the republican party does not support Trump and his ideology. Since he was able to gather so much delegates, it would make him the clear winner for the republican party. This brings up the question of whether the republican party will support Trump if he does win the nomination. Now that over half the states held their primaries, runner ups like Kasich, Cruz, and Sanders are trying their hardest to win these states over and hopefully catch up with Trump and Hillary.
Questions:
Were the results from Tuesday a surprise to you in any way?
With Rubio now out of the race, do you think Kasich or Cruz will be able to catch up with Trump?
Even though the republican party disagrees with Trump’s ideology, do you think they will support him if he wins the nomination?
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The results from Tuesday were of no surprise to me in any way. Trump has been leading in every state since the beginning. I believe that the people of America see that he is making an impact on politics (not a great one), but they still vote for him because of popularity. Hillary and Bernie have always been close in the votes so I never know what to expect with them. With Rubio now out of the race, I think Kasich will be able to catch up with Trump because those who support Rubio aren’t big fans of Cruz. In all reality, I have no idea where the vote of Rubio supporters will go, but I know they definitely will not go to Trump. I do not think the Republican party will support Trump if he wins the nomination because they think that he is as ridiculous as it gets and that he is incapable of running our country. Earlier on in the election, the Republicans really wanted to kick Trump out or at least have hopes in him dropping out, but seeing as that didn’t happen, I do not believe they support such a nuisance.
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After all the publicity certain candidates were receiving leading up to Super Tuesday, I was almost expecting the results to appear the way it did. What really shocked me the most was Trumps victory over Florida instead of Rubio. I was expecting Rubio’s people to really pull through and support him. As for the Democratic Party, I was expecting Hillary to win. She has been able to become more strategic from her past Super Tuesday’s and make adjustments to receive more votes. Now that Rubio is out of the race, I predict that Cruz will be able to catch up with Trump, however I think that Kasich has a stronger ideology that the American people are seeking which may grant him with the ability to catch up to Trump. Because the GOP doesn’t necessarily agree with Trump’s ideology, I think that they may vote for the Democratic candidate on this one, then after the Presidents first term, I think they will place a strong republic candidate. Although many are attracted to Trump, I do not think he will win the overall presidential race.
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The only surprise i saw from Tuesday was Rubio’s loss to his home state.I agree that the loss of his home state had to affect Rubio’s mentality greatly. I think he would’ve definitely stuck in the race if he had not lost Florida. It must hurt to not feel supported by the state you grew up in and dedicated your time to, so I understand and support why he decided to call it quits. On the other hand, if he had stuck around, he may of had a good chance at winning the nomination considering this looks like a free-for-all for the Republican nomination. I think it is very clear that Clinton will win the Democratic nomination. I understand that Bernie does have time to catch up but Clinton has a huge advantage with all her delegates. I don’t think Rubio out of the race chances anything for the republican nomination. While Trump is in the lead, he is FAR from winning the nomination. He needs a remaining 50% of the delegates to get the nomination, while Cruz needs 80%. Those are some huge numbers and I definitely don’t think any of the republican candidates with rack up enough delegates to get the nomination. I see a brokered convention happening for the Republican party.The republican party supporting Trump is a sticky situation. I think right now, they don’t have to worry about supporting Trump because there is a huge chance he will not get the nomination if it needs up being a brokered convention. However, if he does get the nomination, the party could go either way. Trump does make the republican party look bad so I understand their hesitation. However, if the Republicans rather a Democrat in the White House, they may consider backing him just so a democrat doesn’t take the seat.
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The results of the primaries did not surprise me, but when Marco Rubio dropped out I was surprised. Rubio was the Republican Party’s golden boy who they could use to push Trump out. With Rubio gone, Trump has basically secured the nomination, but no one ever knows what the Republican Party will do. Kasich and Cruz have a chance, but the Republican Party does not seem to support either of them because Kasich is too moderate and Cruz is flat out crazy. Based on the New York Times article cited, Trump has a significant lead but not enough delegates to win. The Republican Party will start to really buckle down and try to push Trump out, but if they do let him get the nomination they could sway the vote towards the Democrat nominee with the electoral votes to prevent Trump from becoming president. There is still a chance that the primaries could change because there are still states that need to vote. Trump would ruin the Republican Party if he was the nominee, but the same applies to Cruz. Both men have radical ideas for government and may say that they are a part of the Republican Party, but they are not. Either candidate as the Republican nominee would have significant effects on the party as a whole and the perception and ideas associated with the party. The whole election is a blood bath and is scary because Trump’s ideas are catastrophic.
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Super Tuesday III’s results came as they naturally would, with Hillary Clinton ahead for the Democratic Party and GOP’s gem Mr. Donald Trump leading the race. While it is embarrassing that Marco Rubio lost his home state, his dropping out of the race was predicted as he did not do well since the beginning of the primaries. I expected Bernie Sanders supporters to be lacking in the voting polls as majority of his supporter demographic relies on the younger population on the Northeastern region, so naturally as the primaries continue west, his voter turnout would decrease.
Even with Rubio out of the race, Kasich and Cruz are too far behind to catch up to the enormous impact Trump has had on this election. Due to the recent violence that broke out during his rallies, I believe it will only attract more attention to him a a candidate, and as Eazy-E said it best, “No publicity is bad publicity” (RIP). While the mentally conscious side of America will continue to ridicule him for his actions and proposals, the other side will relish in this violence and be acquainted with the drama themselves.
I highly doubt that with the actions of people who support Trump, that the GOP will react in a way that will benefit Mr. Trump. The Republican party has been vocal of their disapprovals of him since the beginning of the primaries, and even if Trump does win the nomination, the Electoral College will not choose Trump over Clinton, someone who, if became president, will not only show the advancement in American society as we elect our first female leader, but also carries higher credentials as a nominee with her past political experience as a congresswoman, former FLOTUS and Secretary of State.
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Super Tuesday III’s results came as they naturally would, with Hillary Clinton ahead for the Democratic Party and GOP’s gem Mr. Donald Trump leading the race. While it is embarrassing that Marco Rubio lost his home state, his dropping out of the race was predicted as he did not do well since the beginning of the primaries. I expected Bernie Sanders supporters to be lacking in the voting polls majority of his supporter demographic relies on the younger population on the Northeastern region, so naturally as the primaries continue west, his voter turnout would decrease.
Even with Rubio out of the race, Kasich and Cruz are too far behind to catch up to the enormous impact Trump has had on this election. Due to the recent violence that broke out during his rallies, I believe it will only attract more attention to him a a candidate, and as Eazy-E said it best, “No publicity is bad publicity” (RIP). While the mentally conscious side of America will continue to ridicule him for his actions and proposals, the other side will relish in this violence and be acquainted with the drama themselves.
I highly doubt that with the actions of people who support Trump, that the GOP will react in a way that will benefit Mr. Trump. The Republican party has been vocal of their disapprovals of him since the beginning of the primaries, and even if Trump does win the nomination, the Electoral College will not choose Trump over Clinton, someone who, if became president, will not only show the advancement in American society as we elect our first female leader, but also carries higher credentials as a nominee with her past political experience as a congresswoman, former FLOTUS and Secretary of State.
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I was definitely surprised by Super Tuesday 3.0. Last week, I predicted that Bernie Sanders would win both Ohio and Illinois by a large margin due to their large white population, but Hillary Clinton won every state. This is upsetting because Sanders destroyed Clinton in the previous Democratic debate which theoretically should have diminished what was left of her voters’ trust. Though Sanders did lose to Clinton by two percent in Illinois, this was not much of a defeat since the delegates are distributed proportionally. For the Republican side, I was shocked that Marco Rubio lost in his own state; he was relying so much on Florida to keep him in the race, but he got wrecked by Donald Trump, who gained two times more the votes than he did. After that defeat, I understand why he suspended his campaign. It must have been humiliating to lose one’s own state. On the other hand, I expected John Kasich to win his own state of Ohio since almost every candidate does so (except Rubio).
When it comes to facing Trump, Kasich definitely has a shot. Now with Rubio out of the race, his voters and delegates must be distributed amongst the Republican candidates. Since most of Rubio’s supporters are anti-Trump, there is a fair chance that they will back Kasich. Though he is over 500 delegates away from Trump, it is possible for him to gain momentum and win the nomination if he continues to do what he does. Cruz is already at a great spot in the race; he is only over 200 delegates away from Trump which makes him a threat to Trump. For now, the race is between Trump and Cruz, but maybe Kasich will be the dark horse.
If Trump wins the Republican nomination, his victory will depend on the Democratic nominee. If the race is between Trump and Clinton, the decision will be a difficult one; will they vote for the racist or for the compulsive liar? Both ends are terrible picks in my opinion, but the people’s decisions are unpredictable. Some Republicans vote for a Republican nominee no matter who it is just because they are loyal to the party. Some of them will vote for a Democrat just because they do not like Trump. If the race is between Trump and Sanders, I believe that many Republican voters will vote for Sanders despite his opposing policies. Sanders is more trustworthy than Clinton and more accepting than Trump. The election will be a well anticipated one. There are many possibilities, and we’ll never know what happens until it is election day.
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Donald Trump would stay in the lead due to the media hyping up his popularity. As well, it was not surprising that Hillary is in is the lead because Bernie Sanders’ voting demographic consists of young people who have been supporting him adamantly online, but are not showing up in significant numbers at the polls. However, Hillary and Bernie’s votes have been very close in numbers, so Bernie may still have the opportunity to rack up more votes than Hillary. However, I was a little shocked that Rubio had lost Florida, due to Florida being his home state. Understandably, it must have added insult to injury when Rubio lost Florida to Trump because he expected his home town to support him. Now that Rubio is out of the race, I do think Cruz has a good chance of catching up to Trump. Although Trump is in the lead, he still needs an significant amount of delegates to win. Even though the republican party strongly disagree with Trump becoming the nominee because it could potentially ruin the party’s credibility, their dislike for other democrat running the white house may be more powerful to persuade them to support Trump.
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The only part of the results that was a surprise to me was the fact that Marco Rubio lost to his home state. Out of all the candidates, he seemed like the one to stay in the race regardless of what happened in terms of his progress. I say this because he was so determined to take down Trump and was not as focused on becoming the next President and deciding what was best for the country. Trump winning the majority is no longer a shocker. It’s obvious that Trump is going to win the nomination, but in order for his to not happen, the Republican Party would need to start advocating for Kasich and Cruz a little more so that Trump doesn’t receive the remaining delegates he needs. I believe that Cruz will be the closest to catching up with Trump because Kasich barely seems to have support. Also, I think that the Republican Party as a whole is now depending on Cruz to stop Trump and win the nomination. Kasich is very determined and motivated, but it doesn’t seem like he has as good of a chance as Cruz. I do not think that the Republican Party will support Trump because about half of his ideas aren’t even Republican oriented. His ideas are so insane and radical that no one, not even someone who identifies as an independent, could support him. Another reason why Republicans won’t support him is because they are more likely to lean toward the Democratic side. They wouldn’t support a racist and ignorant man that would jeopardize the Republican party’s image as a whole.
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I don’t think that the results of Super Tuesday were anything short of what was expected. For all the prior weeks it has been Trump and Clinton leading the polls and thus this week has juts been a continuation of this. Therefore, for the other candidates it has been simply a game of trying to play catch up to the two primary leaders, while is looking seemingly harder with every additional week that presides. So overall the primaries didn’t seem like a real surprise to me.
Not that Rubio is out of the race it really could go to possible ways. The first would be that all of his votes would go split in some way between Cruz and Kasich and therefore giving them some more hope for beating Trump. Or the votes could predominantly go to Trump, in which case it will seem as though Trump is just continuing to add a vivid space between the nomination and the other candidates. I feel as though Rubio’s votes could really go either, but not only would the election be more interesting, but also even out the odds if Cruz or Kasich were to entirely win his votes and thus pose a challenge to Trump.
I do not believe that the Republican party will support Trump even after he wins the nominee. Most, if not all of Trump’s ideologies are out of the reach of what the Republican party wants. However, it is going to be hard for the Republican party not to support Trump should he win the nominee. It would most likely mean that they would have to give up the possibility to win the chair for the commander in chief and I do not know that the Republican party would ever be willing to lose this possibility. However, supporting Trump would just as much be a betrayal of their ideologies.
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The results from Super Tuesday number 3’s election was not a surprise to me in anyway. Since the election started I have predicted that the Republican nominee was going to be Trump and the Democratic nominee was going to be Clinton. With Rubio out of the race, I don’t think Katich could catch up with Trump, Cruz maybe could get close but they haven’t won nearly as many states as Trump has he is in the lead for sure. Even though most of the Republican party disagrees with Trumps Ideology, I think they might support him or they just won’t vote at all because lots of people do not want either Trump nor Clinton to be the next president. Its a tough decision. You never know what could happen next!
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Yes, the results of Super Tuesday were very surprising in more ways. Trumps victories in the multiple states further enhanced my superstitions that Trump the most likely candidate to win the republication nomination. He’s much further ahead of all the other candidates as a result of Tuesday’s results . It also surprised me that Rubio lost Florida. Unfortunately with Rubio out of the race, I do not believe any of the other candidates have a chance at beating Trump. None of the other candidates have the political support and the support of the public that Trump does. He seems to have the American public sold on his ideals and belief. I don’t believe the republican party will support Trump if he wins the nomination, Trump does not represent anything the Republican party stands for so it would be hypocritical for them to support him.
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In general I would say that the results were to be expected however, I was surprised that Kasich won his home state of Ohio. I assumed that states that were republican would ultimately leave Trump with the most amount of delegates. Rubio dropping out wasn’t that shocking but the fact that sources are saying that he won’t run for reelection in any political position is. It seems that being in the presidential campaign hurt Rubio’s image enough to not want to run for any position. With Rubio out of the race now I don’t think that Kasich will have much going for himself but I think Cruz may be able to receive some of the delegates Rubio collected. I still think that as primaries finish up that Trump will still be far ahead of Cruz and Kasich. If Trump ends up representing the Republican Party and moving on to the general election I personally think that established republicans still won’t support him. If he were to become president I could see Congress, being as divided as they are now with a democratic president, being just as difficult with Trump. If the general election came down to Clinton and Trump I wouldn’t be surprised to see established republicans backing Clinton because of her past as a republican and her goals in office not being as radically liberal as Sanders. That being said, Trump will still probably be supported by a good amount of republicans who agree with him if he were to get as far as the general election.
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The results from Tuesday did not surprise me in a huge way. In the end, I think it will be Clinton vs. Trump and the results proved that too. Honestly, I felt really bad that Rubio did not win his own state of Florida but I’m not surprised! With him out of the race, Kasich and Cruz have a better shot of catching up to Trump but he is very far ahead. If someone were to catch up, it would be Cruz since Kasich is in the last place. I do not think that Trump is a good representation of the republican party. A lot of republicans disagree with his ideologies but I do think they would support him in the end. A lot of Republicans will take anyone but Clinton and if that means Trump, so be it!
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The results from Tuesday did not really surprise me much. What does keep surprising me is that Trump continues to win the republican votes. The republican party doesn’t like trump and a lot of people don’t support him but he continues to act as a controversial candidate which leads him to win the republican vote. The fact that people support him is the only thing that surprises me really. With Rubio out of the race, I hope that Kasich or Cruz will catch up with Trump. I think the fact that there is one less candidate, would motivate them both to catch up to Trump, especially Cruz. According to The New York Times results, Cruz had the most delegates and without him I hope that the delegates go Cruz. Although he is far from Trump he has more of a chance than Kasich. Unfortunately, if Trump wins the nomination, I do think that the republican party will support him. Even though they don’t agree with Trumps ideology I think they would be happy that the US would have a republican president.
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I don’t think that the results were much of a surprise except in the case of Florida. I thought that the fact that Trump won over Rubio is something no one expected since Florida is his home state and everyone expected him to win his home state just like Kasich won Ohio. In regards to the other states I was not surprised that Trump won the other four since he has been leading in a lot of the states. I think that with Rubio out of the race now, Cruz will be able to catch up to Trump. I think its only a matter of time before Kasich drops out of the race as well and leaves Cruz his 143 delegates, on top of Rubio’s 164. There is a possibility that Truz can catch up to Trump as long as Rubio’s delegates go to him. Lastly, I do not think that all republicans would support Trump even if he wins the primaries. If anything, I think that some republicans disagree with Trump so much that they rather have someone like Bernie Sanders as president, even if that means it would be a democratic president.
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The only surprise from this Super Tuesday was the fact that Rubio had such a devastating lost in Florida that he withdrew from the presidency. I thought that Rubio was going to have a stronger impact on the race to the presidency than what actually happened. Other than that, Trump and Hillary winning most of the states was definitely not a surprise.
I believe that this win in Ohio will definitely make Kasich a lot more confident as he continues. To me it is unclear who will actually be able to catch up with Trump, if any of them will. It is possible that Cruz will catch up, but only with the Rubio delegates do not go to Trump.
No, I do not believe that the GOP will support Trump if he wins the nomination. It is unclear at the moment what the republican party will end up doing about Trump, but they seem adamant that they do not like him and do not want him representing their party.
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The results from Tuesday’s primaries were pretty predictable other than the fact that Rubio lost his home state. It’s shocking because even though Rubio wasn’t doing so well to began with, losing his own state was pretty embarrassing. In the New York Time’s article Jia Ming posted, it shows that Rubio wasn’t even close to winning in his own state. It states that Trump won 45.7% of the votes and Rubio received 27.0, which again is pretty embarrassing and disappointing. Therefore, with Rubio out, I do believe that there will be a change in the republican party’s votes but not such a huge change that would result in Kasich or Cruz catching up. Trump has a huge proportional of the delegates already and I just don’t think Rubio dropping out will change the results much because he wasn’t doing well to begin with. Therefore the people that were planning on voting for him in other states is very small and will not have a big enough effect on the polls. Also, I think that even though the republican party disagrees with Trump’s ideologies, I still believe that they will support him if he wins the nomination because they have to. As far as I know, there is no rule that allows the party to not give the candidate the nomination (if they received the number of delegates needed). On top of that, it seems pretty unconstitutional if they don’t give him the nomination because then it takes away our rights to vote. If majority of the republicans of America want Trump, he should receive the nomination without a doubt because we are a democracy and have the right to nominate the next potential president.
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The reults of super tuesday were suprising for a lot of different reasons, first i expected Bernie to win at least a couple more states then he did, not beat hillary overall, but atleast enough to scare her a little bit. Second, I am always suprised everytime Trump wins a state but by this point its a common occurance, but its still shocking everytime. Third, im really suprised Rubio dropped out, because even though i understand not winning your home state is like political death, i feel like he would have still had a pretty good start, especially since a lot of republicans i know really supported him, because basically now all the republivan party is left with is, Trump, the ignorant, Cruz, curageusly conservative, and Kasich the Libertarian. At least Rubio was a young, and excited, coming from “humble upbringings” and he was SLIGHTLY less conservative tan his oppononents. Well, as far as I know Trump hasnt yet won enough to win the republican nomination, so its still anyones game, and although the republican party doesnt support him now, i assume that if he does succeede in winning the nomination, that they have to support him.
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I think that the results from Tuesday were overall pretty predictable. I expected Marco Rubio to lose his home state of Florida to Trump and then drop out of the race, also for Trump to win the majority of the states. The one thing that I found a bit surprising on the Republican side was the fact that Kasich won his home state, which makes sense, but at this point I feel like it’s the norm to hear that Trump is winning most of the states each night. In terms of the Democrats, I thought that Sanders would win Illinois. He came close, but still lost to Clinton. I think that Cruz has the greatest potential of being able to catch up to Trump since he isn’t too far behind him currently. Kasich could have a chance since I think Rubio’s supporters will now mostly give their votes to him, but in the end I don’t think that anyone will be able to catch up with Trump. It would be really surprising to me if either of the other candidates is able to surpass him. If Trump wins the nomination, I don’t think that the Republican party will support him since they seem to already be so against him.
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The results from Tuesday were not a surprise, since the beginning of the race, I had predicted that Hillary might get most of the support because of the previous years in office along side her husband as well as the fact that she ran for president in 2008. I was surprised to have seen that Rubio gave up so easily having had lost Florida. Although I can see why he would be disappointing, I feel like he still had a good chance at winning. To be quite honest, I have no idea on how to predict what will happen next. Trump seems to be getting lots of votes on his end so it is going to take a whole lot of work in order to push him back and if Cruz or Kasich want to have a chance at winning they have to work harder than they are now. Based on readings I have seen before and some that Jia have included, I dont think that the republican party is going to fully support Donald Trump if he wins the nomination. My prediction is that something is going to happen that hasnt been done and the party will try to elect someone other than Trump to represent the republic party better than he does because to them they do not believe he is representing them the way he should be, mainly because of his ideologies. This race has been by far one of the craziest I have ever experienced and I will be shocked to know the outcome and what left there is to learn about these candidates who could potentially be our next presidents.
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The results from Tuesday did not really surprise me in any way. I knew that Donald Trump would have huge victory. I also predicted that Ted Cruz would be the runner up. The only thing that surprised me was the fact that Marco Rubio dropped out of the presidential race. I knew that he would not be at the top of the polls, but I feel as if he had a lot more support from Republicans than any other candidate did. For the Democrats, there were absolutely no surprises. I knew that Hillary would win a lot more states than Bernie Sanders, and she did. Now that Marco Rubio has dropped out of the race, I do think that John Kasich or Ted Cruz will catch up with Trump, especially Cruz, but it will be very close. I think that in the end Donald Trump will get the Republican nomination. Even though the Republican Party disagrees with Donald Trump’s ideology, I do not think that they support him if he wins the nomination, which shows how much the Republicans themselves disagree with Trump.
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The results don’t surprise me at all. Trump is definitely the candidate that’ll be winning the Republican vote, and Hillary is the one who’ll win the Democratic vote. Trump has been shown a great amount of support, even from the former candidate, Ben Carson. And Hillary has been getting support in person, but not so much over social media. Even though Bernie Sanders has been getting a great amount of support over social media, it seems like those who want him to win the election are either too young to vote, or their votes just don’t show in the end. I feel as if Kasich has no way of catching up to Trump, but Cruz has a good chance to. Cruz has been the most consistent candidate with the votes other than Trump. Cruz has gotten a good amount of support to still have a chance to catch up to Trump, but do I think that that’ll happen? No. The question if the Republican party will support Trump if he wins the vote is a question that can’t be answered right now. Trump is definitely the closest to winning, and he seems like he’ll win. But we don’t know if the Republican party will support him if he does win, let’s hope not.
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The results from Tuesday somewhat surprised me. Trump took Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri, and Florida which was a huge blow to Marco Rubio. I expected Trump to win by huge margins because it appears that his momentum is only increasing. Kasichś home state win was not surprising to me but still extremely impressive, which made Rubio’s lose so unexpected to me.Cruz and Trump being at the top does not surprise me in the least and i think they will be going head to head throughout right up to the nomination. I hope Rubioś supporters go to Cruz in order to take away from Trumpś biggest competitor. Between Hilary and Bernie, the results are not surprising because Hillary has the groundwork all laid out. She has the delegates that Bernie does not and it appears he continues to lose his momentum. It is clear that Hillary is more likely to be the nomination.
I think that Kasich will be able to pick up some of Rubioś supporter, however he will not win the nomination. I hope that Rubio supporters go to Cruz to take away from Trump and weaken his campaign.I think Cruz will hopefully be able to catch up faster and more effectively than Kasich.
I do not think that Trump will be supported and I think that we are closer to having a brokered invention more so now than we were 6 months ago when that talk began.
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The results did surprise me because I thought that Bernie was going to win more states but I knew trump was going to win however that did not stop me from being disappointed. Even though Rubio has dropped out of the race, the other republican candidates have a long way to go and a lot of people to convince before they can get anywhere close to Trump. Eve though most of the republicans I know hate Trump and the republican institution has tried to disadvantage Trump at very opportunity; people love an outspoken idiot. The Republican party will continue to do everything in its power ti prevent Trump from winning the nomination but if Trump did win it then the Republican party would try to make his campaign as horrible as possible and try to get him either kicked off due to a scandal or try to get him to drop out.
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