Brokered GOP convention?

[Marshal Jim Duncan]

This is normal in races that have multiple candates.

Trump has garnered a lot more votes than either Romney, McCain or Bush threw 15 primaries.

So have his primary rivals.

 

[Headhunter]

So have his primary rivals.

Doesn't change the fact that it is normal for the eventual winner to get less than a majority in early voting states.

What are all the Trump haters going to do when it gets paired down to two people and he still keeps winning.

The best bet to steal it from him is for multiple candidates to take it to the end. If Rubio and Kasich fall after Florida and Ohio then it's will be Trump. If Cruze somehow pulls it out I will support him.

 

[CowboyJD]

I hope to see a brokered convention. The political science nerd inside me would definitely geek out.

Me too.

I would probably take off work and watch every single minute of convention coverage if a brokered convention was in play.

 

[Marshal Jim Duncan]

Doesn't change the fact that it is normal for the eventual winner to get less than a majority in early voting states.

What are all the Trump haters going to do when it gets paired down to two people and he still keeps winning.

The best bet to steal it from him is for multiple candidates to take it to the end. If Rubio and Kasich fall after Florida and Ohio then it's will be Trump. If Cruze somehow pulls it out I will support him.

I wasn't disagreeing with you're overriding point, although Trump's support is unusually low at this point for someone everyone feels is going to win it eventually. I was just pointing out that Cruz and Rubio have likewise been breaking records for votes received in most of the primaries.

I think Cruz could (not necessarily would, but could) beat Trump head to head. However, if Cruz dropped out I believe a more substantial proportion of his voters would go to Trump. I don't believe Rubio can beat Trump head-to-head, and Kasich certainly can't