This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on March 3, 2016 The conventional wisdom seems to be moving to the assumption that Donald Trump is the inevitable Republican presidential nominee; I’m still not quite there yet. Through the March 1 Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, with 30 percent of the total number of delegates chosen, Trump had amassed 336 pledged delegates, 46 percent of all of those chosen so far. He had won 34 percent of the vote in the primaries and caucuses so far. Ted Cruz was running second with 234 delegates, or 32 percent of the delegates selected, coming from 28 percent of the ballots cast. In third place was Marco Rubio with 113 delegates, 16 percent of those chosen, and 22 percent of the vote. Last of the active candidates was John Kasich with 27 delegates, 4 percent of those chosen, and 4 percent of the vote. An alternative method of keeping score is one developed by The Cook Political Report‘s David Wasserman. It’s based on the demographics, ideological proclivities, geographic advantages, and delegate-selection methods in each
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