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Trump passes Romney’s popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
In the five states that Trump won Tuesday night he won every county! Every county. Trump now has 949 pledged delegates.
Trump passes Romney’s popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
With his five blowout wins Tuesday night, Donald Trump has passed Mitt Romney’s popular vote total from four years ago and is on a trajectory that could land him more Republican votes than any presidential candidate in modern history – by a lot.
Trump surged to 9.9 million votes, according to totals that include Tuesday’s preliminary results across the northeast and could rise further as the final votes are counted. That’s already more than 100,000 more than Romney earned in the entire 2012 primary season and tens of thousands more than John McCain earned in 2008.
Trump is certain to pass McCain’s total next week in Indiana, but more importantly, he’s positioned to easily pass the modern record-holder George W. Bush — who collected 10.8 million votes in 2000.That presents an uncomfortable reality for anti-Trump forces: they’re attempting to thwart the candidate who is likely to win more Republican primary votes than any GOP contender in at least the last 36 years, and maybe ever.In an email to POLITICO, University of Minnesota political science professor (and Smart Politics blogger) Eric Ostermeier noted that only eight candidates have won more than 7.5 million Republican primary votes since the advent of the modern primary and caucus system.
Ronald Reagan won about 7.7 million votes in 1980, the fewest other than George W. Bush’s 7.6 million in 2004, when he didn’t face a primary challenge.George H. W. Bush clocked in at 8.2 million votes in 1988 and 9.2 million in 1992, while Bob Dole earned 8.4 million in 1996.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Trump passes Romney’s popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
I'm not surprised. In a country that worships celebrity-ism, I have a feeling this election is only the beginning of what we will see in the future.
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Re: Trump passes Romney’s popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
This could wind up being the worst thing that could have happened to the Republican Party in a long time. The previous Republican general elections for President that wound up in defeats at least seemed to have a generally united Republican organization. Not this time and IMHO, I believe it will cost them big time as they struggle for their identity. It likely is not going to be pretty till they can figure this thing out
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Re: Trump passes Romney’s popular vote total, likely to break GOP record
Drumpf is popular because he addresses topical social issues and gets support from important personalities:
Caitlyn Jenner uses women's room at Trump hotel, posts video
NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner has taken up Donald Trump's offer and used the women's restroom at one of his luxury buildings.
The Republican presidential candidate said last week that he believes transgender people should be able to use whichever bathroom they choose. Trump said North Carolina's so-called "bathroom law," which directs transgender people to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificates, has caused unnecessary strife.
Trump said that if Jenner — who won an Olympic gold medal as Bruce Jenner — were to walk into Trump Tower, she could use whichever bathroom she wanted.
Instead, Jenner used the women's room — without incident — at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan.
She posted a video titled "Bathroom Break" on her Facebook page.
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