Now that Super Tuesday is in the books, here are the total delegates awarded yesterday.
The #GOPPrimary #SuperTuesday delegate spread pic.twitter.com/QOZYep02qC
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) March 2, 2016
This was not the blowout victory Trump was hoping for.
If you would have told me that Trump would lose 3, possibly 4 states, and come within 3 of losing 2 more, I'd have told you to fly a kite.
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) March 2, 2016
The unanimous CW this morning was that Trump sweeps 10/11 states, sans Cruz home state of Texas. He's at either 7/8. https://t.co/sN0OFf4Nsr
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 2, 2016
Compared to what I thought would happen last night, Trump underperformed, Cruz overperformed, Rubio was a mixed bag. (1)
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 2, 2016
But what I thought was going to happen isn’t really the point. What the campaigns *needed* is the point. And it’s still a mess. (2)
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 2, 2016
Before results started coming in, Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report wrote that under 250 delegates for Donald Trump — Trump ended up with 210 — would be a “bad night.” So, that makes Super Tuesday a “bad night” for Trump?
Trump over/under: a terrific night = 300+ delegates, a bad night = under 250, expected night = 250-300. Data nerds, agree/disagree?
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 1, 2016
If you had told me last week that Donald Trump would only bat 7/11 tonight, I would've said that's a pretty mediocre night for him.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 2, 2016
Trump also came within 3% of losing Arkansas, Vermont, and Virginia. Not quite the degree of dominance we saw in NH, SC & NV.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 2, 2016
Trump underperformed in Nate Cohn’s model, too:
We had Trump on pace for 279 delegates if he did as well as he did in the first four states https://t.co/GAG8rgRsqd
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 1, 2016
Total delegates to date:
Here's the #GOPPrimary delegate count so far pic.twitter.com/szCepHpjyL
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) March 2, 2016
And with “provisional” delegates included:
*Provisional* delegate count from Iowa thru Super Tuesday:
Trump 338, Cruz 233, Rubio 112, Kasich 27, Carson 8 pic.twitter.com/q9zwENQWQ4
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 2, 2016
In summary, Trump leads — but it’s not over:
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/704973181040263168
And perhaps a Cruz-Rubio ticket is in the future?
Cruz and Rubio together have won more votes and more delegates than Trump so far. So they just have to combine. Simple. Cruz-Rubio 2016. QED
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 2, 2016
.@EWErickson says it's time for a Cruz-Rubio ticket
https://t.co/ngi5WQRNy9— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) March 2, 2016
On the Democratic side, it’s Hillary with a big lead thanks to superdelegates:
Here's the #DemPrimary delegate count so far pic.twitter.com/WsDWiWtv6c
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) March 2, 2016
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