In the year prior to the election season, a total of 17 major candidates campaigned for the nomination, thus making it the single largest presidential primary field in American history at the time.Despite Trump's lead in most national polls, the first-in-the-nation Between Super Tuesday and the beginning of the "winner-take-all" primaries, Cruz stayed nearly even with Trump, winning four states to Trump's five; Rubio won several smaller contests such as As the primary season entered the spring, the mostly-consolidated field resulted in a closing of the gap between Trump and Cruz, with Trump sweeping the As April came to a close and Trump won a resounding victory in his home state of However, another narrative for the nomination, similar to that which drove Romney's 2012 campaign, was that the nominee needed to be a governor in a traditionally Democratic or After Christie's fall, the polls fluctuated from January to November 2014.
But the actual election of the delegates can be at a later date. In 50 states and territories the delegates were allocated to candidates by popular vote either statewide or on the congressional district level and then elected according to state rules. Now I don't care. The 2016 Louisiana Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2016, as part of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. Rubio and Kasich did not finish first or second on any primaries on "Super Saturday". Cruz later got six extra delegates committed to him. In this primary, voters in the United States state of Louisiana voted on who the Republican nominee for President of the United States should be in the 2016 United States presidential election. Kasich won no contests, but he almost won in Vermont and finished second in Massachusetts. It included two Widely viewed as a very open contest with no clear front-runner, potential candidates fluctuated in the polls for an extended period from late 2012 to the end of 2015.

The 2016 United States presidential election is rapidly approaching with the debates ramping up and the primary elections for both the Republican Party approaching even … Sanctioned by the Republican Party, this series of elections selected the 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, which selected the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States. It took place on 20 November 2016, with a runoff on 27 November since no candidate obtained at least 50% of the vote in the first round. Trump won two Following the Wisconsin primary, the three candidates moved on to Trump's home state of On April 19, Trump won New York with 59% of the vote, taking 89 of its 95 delegates. Outside groups are The Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses are According to Rule 40(b) of the RNC Rules of the Republican Party,* : These candidates are constitutionally ineligible to serve as President or Vice President. It's true. Polling averages indicated the top six as Trump, Carson, Rubio, Fiorina, Bush and Cruz.By October, with the polls reflecting a field that seemed to be stabilizing, most commentators began to claim that the field had already established who the final four candidates—those who were in the race for the long-term and had the best chance of actually becoming the nominee—would be.By December, Cruz had overtaken Carson by solidifying a base of support among Christian conservatives and averaged national polling of 18%, second only to Trump.2016 dawned with the several-month-long truce between Trump and Cruz being broken.The third contest was in South Carolina. This article contains the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2016 Republican National Convention from July 18–21. After Cruz dropped out, three delegates switched their support to Trump. Following the New York primary, Cruz was mathematically eliminated from reaching the majority of 1,237 delegates to earn the nomination on the first ballot, as he needed 678 more while only 674 were available.On April 26, 2016, five Northeastern primaries were contested—Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island—and were collectively termed the "Five primaries were contested in May: Indiana, Nebraska, West Virginia, Oregon and Washington, with Indiana awarding the most, with 57 delegates. Delegates are (1) elected at conventions, (2) from slates submitted by the candidates, (3) selected by the state chairman or (4) at committee meetings or (5) elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.Super Tuesday is the name for March 1, 2016, the day on which the largest simultaneous number of state On March 5, 2016, one state held a primary while three others held caucuses.
As part of these plans, the 2016 Republican National Conventionwas scheduled for the relatively early date of July 18–21, 2016, the earliest date since Republicans nom…

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