On The Math For Trump To Win Nomination

The Hill breaks it down:



Donald Trump has secured more than half of the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination, but he’s unlikely to finish with enough delegates to reach that threshold before the convention unless he steps up his pace.

Trump’s a strong performance in the Tuesday night primaries has made his lead hard to overcome. With about 60 percent of the party’s total delegates already awarded, Trump has won about 47 percent.

But if he continues to win at that same clip, he’d fall more than 100 delegates short of the nomination, which would send the Republicans into a contested convention.

For Trump to come into the convention with at least the 1,237 delegate threshold for the nomination, he’ll have to win more about 60 percent of the delegates outstanding – 600.

He has secured 621 delegates, according to the Associated Press’ projections as of 8:00 a.m. Wednesday,. Ted Cruz has 396 and John Kasich has 138. Marco Rubio, who dropped out Tuesday night, ends his campaign with 167 delegates.

But 101 delegates are still yet to be awarded as results continue to come in, including the winner of the Missouri primary as well as a significant swath of Illinois delegates to be awarded by the results of congressional district.

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