Monday, April 18, 2016

First Read's Morning Clips: The Most Votes or the Delegates' Choice?

 
OFF TO THE RACES: 62% of Republicans say having the most votes matters
 
From one of us(!), with the latest from our NBC/WSJ poll: "More than six in 10 Republican voters believe that, if no GOP presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates before the convention, the one with the most votes should be the party's nominee, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll."

The most popular candidates in the 2016 race have one thing in common: They're not winning.

The RNC rules committee will still meet this week, but Reince Priebus has urged members not to push recommendations for rule changes in advance of the Cleveland convention.

Another weekend, another set of states where Trump was outmanuevered by Cruz forces in delegate selection -- in Georgia and Wyoming.
 
The AP outlines Trump's possible path to clinching before Cleveland. 

Click here for the full article.

Source: NBC News

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