1,237 or bust for Donald Trump?
CNBC
Donald Trump
now faces two major hurdles to getting the Republican nomination for
president. First, it appears he may fall short of the 1,237 delegates
needed to lock down the nomination before the GOP convention in
Cleveland in July. Second, if he does lack the delegates, his chief
rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, may outflank him on subsequent ballots.
On the delegate count front, Trump
now has 739 to 465 for Cruz with 944 outstanding. So Trump needs to win
53 percent of the remaining delegates. But Trump is clearly losing
momentum to Cruz.
In the critical winner-take-all Wisconsin primary on April 5, Cruz now has a 5-point lead over Trump, 36 percent to 31 percent, according to a late poll. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trails with 21 percent.
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