Saturday, March 5, 2016

Trump poised to win today's Louisiana GOP primary



New Orleans Times-Picayune video coverage:
  • Protesters crash Donald Trump's New Orleans rally.  (Donald trump pauses during his speech as a protester is removed.)
  • Ted Cruz makes his case to Louisiana.  (Ted Cruz thrills the crowd at a rally at the Castine Center in Mandeville.)

On the Opinion page.  Donald Trump is not a threat to American democracy: Robert Mann.
Vote against Trump if you detest him – I know I will – but let's have more faith in our country's capacity to survive someone as unqualified and loathsome as The Donald. The Republican Party might not survive President Trump. America most certainly will.

The current standings:


46 delegates are at stake in the GOP primary.

Related reading:
Is The Louisiana Primary Winner Take All? The Pelican State's Delegate Rules Are Complicated.  (Bustle, 3/5/2016)
So, is the Louisiana primary winner take all? In short, no, it isn’t. In Louisiana, delegates will be distributed proportionally — for the most part. There’s a catch, though, that could result in some of Louisiana’s delegates becoming de facto superdelegates at the convention.

Recent state polls:
Trump, Kasich losing steam going into March 8 Michigan primary.  (3/2/2016)
In Ohio, Governor Kasich has to setlle for 2nd place.  (2/23/2016)
None of the GOP candidates is catching fire in North Carolina.  (2/23/2016)
As you can see from this Michigan GOP primary poll line graph, a lot has happened since last September, none of it good for Ben Carson.  (2/8/2016)
Increasingly fewer Wisconsin GOP voters heed what Scott Walker sez.  (1/31/2016)
Trump more than doubles Rubio and Bush combined numbers in latest Florida Republican Presidential primary poll.  (1/20/2016)
Ted Cruz leaps ahead of Donald Trump in latest California poll.  (1/6/2016)
Chris Christie no favorite son in New Jersey; Donald Trump rules for now.  (11/18/2015)
As the polls churn in Arizona: Trump and Fiorina = big losers; Carson and Rubio = big winners.  (11/11/2015)

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