It is estimated that Trump will initially need to acquire about 1100 delegates in order to ultimately assemble the required 1237 delegates necessary to be declared the Republican nominee for POTUS on the first official delegate ballot.<\/p>\n
RNC rules member: Trump will win nod if he gets 1,100 delegates<\/strong><\/p>\n The Hill http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/276135-rnc-rules-committee-member-trump-needs-1100-delegates <\/a><\/p>\n As of 4\/12\/2016, Trump has assembled 743 delegates, 357 delegates short of the 1100 estimated requirement and 494 delegates short of the 1237 ‘hard’ number of delegates actually REQUIRED by the RNC for him to be declared the nominee.<\/p>\n Canadian-born, ‘RINO Trojan Horse’<\/em> Ted Cruz has assembled 545 delegates and is currently in second place.<\/p>\n Updated: 2016 presidential election delegate tracker link<\/strong><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/index.ssf\/page\/2016_presidential_delegate_tracker.html#incart_article_noimage<\/a><\/p>\n At this stage of the process, I don’t have a strong feeling as to what may occur regarding the POTUS nominee selection at the GOP Convention in July if Trump comes in just short of the required 1237 delegates on the first ballot. The Republican Establishment hates Cruz almost as much as they hate Trump.<\/p>\n TRUMP FIRST BALLOT PLEDGED DELEGATE UPDATE:<\/b> 1239 (Zero Additional Required) 1536 (Zero Additional Required) It is estimated that Trump will initially need to acquire about 1100 delegates in order to ultimately assemble the required 1237 delegates necessary to be declared the Republican nominee for POTUS on the first official delegate ballot. RNC rules member: … Continue reading
\nBy Jesse Byrnes
\n4\/13\/2016<\/p>\n
\n845 (392 additional required) – 4\/20\/2016
\n953 (284 additional required) – 4\/27\/2016
\n1047 (190 additional required) – 5\/4\/2016
\n1134 (103 additional required) – 5\/13\/2016
\n1160 (77 additional required) – 5\/18\/2016
\n1239 (ZERO ADDITIONAL REQUIRED) – 5\/26\/2016 <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n— Includes 1144 bound delegates + 95 Unbound delegates – Updated 6\/2\/2016<\/p>\n
\n— Includes 1441 bound delegates + 95 Unbound delegates – 6\/8\/2016<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"