Republican MI/MS/ID/HI election results thread (first results @8pm ET)

[Matty]

this is the worst day of the entire election cycle.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Trump pulling ahead in Michigan. Kasich's odds in Ohio looking pretty bleak at this point.

[win win]

Trump has 51% of the vote in Macomb County with 5% vote in. Next is Kasich with 16%. DAMN!

[cinyc]

Dude, Oakland County is half in and Trump is ahead by several points.  I guarantee you Macomb will be even better for him.  Maybe the networks know something I don't about absentees, but this looks like a clear win to me.

The networks know that some counties in the western UP don't close until 9 Eastern, so they can't call it yet.  They'll call Michigan for Trump at the stroke of 9.

[yourelection]

Good for Trump the media was essentially writing his death certificate on national tv this evening.  He Thumped Cruz in Mississippi.   Looks as if hes pulling away in Michigan.

True. If Trump wins both states after all the heat he took last week he will be hard to stop.

[The Free North]

Trump was never expected to lose MS and MI?

Don't see why people are acting like this was a major surprise.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Trump nearly 30,000 votes ahead. 10.2% lead right now.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Say hello to your next president, boys!  Donald J Trump!!!

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Cruz is rising and Kasich is falling...

[Matty]

Trump was never expected to lose MS and MI?

Don't see why people are acting like this was a major surprise.

because of saturday

I really thought that that was a sign that things were changing.

[Alcon]

Dude, Oakland County is half in and Trump is ahead by several points.  I guarantee you Macomb will be even better for him.  Maybe the networks know something I don't about absentees, but this looks like a clear win to me.

The networks know that some counties in the western UP don't close until 9 Eastern, so they can't call it yet.  They'll call Michigan for Trump at the stroke of 9.

Ah, right.

It's actually kind of charming to me that the networks are so religious about that policy, considering how hot they are to do MAJOR RACE UPDATES!!111.

[psychprofessor]

Congrats to Trump - looks like he wins MS and MI. Wow.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Trump was never expected to lose MS and MI?

Don't see why people are acting like this was a major surprise.

The establishment launched the equivalent of the Normandy Invasion on Trump this week. If Trump is winning tonight and by this much, he is the nominee.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Wayne and Macomb Counties coming in very slow--single digits in from both.

[Alcon]

Ottawa County (11% in):

Cruz  47%
Kasich 20%
Trump 19%
Rubio 10%

Well, that was no surprise.

Big new batch of votes continuing to look like an obvious Trump call in 10 minutes.  Trump has now expanded Oakland to a 3% lead with 60% counted.  Whoever runs the elections office in Oakland County deserves a blue ribbon.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Do we get a projection at the top of the hour?

[NHI]

Trump was never expected to lose MS and MI?

Don't see why people are acting like this was a major surprise.

The establishment launched the equivalent of the Normandy Invasion on Trump this week. If Trump is winning tonight and by this much, he is the nominee.

I think it's all but in the bag.

[pppolitics]

Trump was never expected to lose MS and MI?

Don't see why people are acting like this was a major surprise.

The headlines were: "Oh no! Trump losing momentum! Ted Cruz up!"

This doesn't fit the narrative.

[Alcon]

I think a majority or near-majority of votes are still from Oakland County.  That's pretty remarkable.  It's even more remarkable that Trump is up 11 despite that.

Cruz is obviously going to catch up to Kasich as more votes come in from outside the Detroit metro.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Ottawa County (11% in):

Cruz  47%
Kasich 20%
Trump 19%
Rubio 10%

Well, that was no surprise.

Big new batch of votes continuing to look like an obvious Trump call in 10 minutes.  Trump has now expanded Oakland to a 3% lead with 60% counted.  Whoever runs the elections office in Oakland County deserves a blue ribbon.

Wayne and Macomb counties have less than 10% of their vote in.

[Gass3268]

Trump is going to win MI. Going to be shocked if they don't call it in 7 minutes.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

This bodes well for Trump in HI and ID

[pho]

Wow! If Rubio gets single digits he should drop out. Just awful.

[Alcon]

Ottawa County (11% in):

Cruz  47%
Kasich 20%
Trump 19%
Rubio 10%

Well, that was no surprise.

Big new batch of votes continuing to look like an obvious Trump call in 10 minutes.  Trump has now expanded Oakland to a 3% lead with 60% counted.  Whoever runs the elections office in Oakland County deserves a blue ribbon.

Wayne and Macomb counties have less than 10% of their vote in.

So what, dude?  Do you think there's any chance that Wayne County will be remarkably more favorable to Kasich than Oakland, let alone Macomb being better than Oakland?  You're like an inch away from arguing "there more votes to count!"  Yes, there are.  And those votes are obviously going to have a lot more Trump votes than anyone else's...that's the point.

Come back in 25 minutes and tell me how Wayne and Macomb County go for you.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

32,000 vote lead, 10.9% lead with 20% reporting.