Eric Bolling breaks down the GOP vote totals

So, this tweet from Fox News quoting Eric Bolling caught our eye:

.@ericbolling: "21 million votes have been cast on the GOP side, & 8.3 million have been cast for @realDonaldTrump." pic.twitter.com/ZEIMP78lWF

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 6, 2016

In other words, 12.7 million Republicans voted for someone other than Donald Trump leaving him with only 39.5% of the vote? If Bolling’s point was that Trump doesn’t have anywhere close to a majority of the votes cast this year, well done!

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/717820812292714496

Millions more have been cast for others, with the frontrunner suffering recent drubbings–not consolidating support. https://t.co/OZJuBnEruG

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 6, 2016

This is what is called an "Eric Bolling Majority" in political math #theFIVEhttps://t.co/hUy5p9bUVw

— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) April 6, 2016

In case you didn't notice @ericbolling, that's less than 40%. https://t.co/erw9gtcqvi

— Ron Barker (@WrongNowShutUp) April 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/katiepack/status/717829776694599681

Bolling does have a point that these numbers are even worse for Ted Cruz and John Kasich:

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Do Cruz now… then Kasich…
cc: My 3rd grade math teacher#Duh https://t.co/PvoQtwZI0x

— Eric Bolling?? (@ericbolling) April 7, 2016

But since we live in a representative democracy, doesn’t this justify an open convention since none of the three candidates still in the race have a neither a majority of the votes nor a majority of delegates?

So, bag the rules and disenfranchise roughly 13 million @GOP non-trump voters. This dude is brilliant! @FoxNews https://t.co/tQ2wlYlVtk

— Colorado (@Colorado_Right) April 6, 2016

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