Republican Indiana Primary results thread (first polls close at 6pm ET)

[LLR]

Seeing as how Kasich's numbers fell, is it possible there was tactical voting for Trump?

That would be a first.

[The Free North]

THIS is the GOP nominee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxVDDYwNvU

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair"

Shame we no longer have any wise or honest people left in this country.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Wow, Young's lead is just going up and up. Not getting the AP's refusal to call that race. 62-38 with 12% in.

[Meclazine for Israel]

West side of Indiana - 65% Trump.

NE corner of Indiana - 47% Trump.

There is quite a difference of opinion in Indiana between the two candidates.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

The establishment wing of the GOP wins again and cheats me of voting for an actual Reagan conservative  (sorry kids Trump v Clinton is Democrat vs Democrat).

[Fargobison]

Cruz's Super Pac is not going to back down....

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https://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/727638900160770048

[LLR]

Wow, Young's lead is just going up and up. Not getting the AP's refusal to call that race. 62-38 with 12% in.

They haven't called the district 9 House Democratic primary and Yoder has 74%, so...

[Beezer]

I worry for Glenn Beck and his family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIKhr158cD4

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Calling the Second District for TRUMP, puts him at 48 delegates, which is the target I set for him for tonight. Still waiting on districts 1, 3, and 7.

[Beezer]

[Volrath50]

RIP in Peace FiveThirtyEight credidibility:

[RI]

Trump winning in Hamilton County early

[Beezer]

Forget 1,237 Delegates. Trump Could End Up with Over 1,400

All the fancy analyses of whether Trump could hit the magic number of 1,237 delegates probably go out the window with tonight’s results. According to FiveThirtyEight friend and expert delegate tracker Daniel Nichanian, who has tracked both unbound and bound delegates, Trump entered tonight with 991 delegates, needing only 246 more to reach a majority. From here, it’s pretty easy to see how Trump could run the table and end up with more than 1,400.

Indiana will probably provide Trump an additional 57 delegates tonight. It’s also easy to see how Trump could sweep New Jersey (51 delegates), Montana (27 delegates) and all 53 districts in California (172 delegates). West Virginia has a convoluted delegate selection process, but it’s possible Trump could win 30 of its 34 delegates. Trump now also may have a chance at winning Nebraska (36 delegates) and South Dakota (29 delegates).

New Mexico, Oregon and Washington award their delegates on a proportional basis, but let’s suppose Trump wins half of that pool of 96 delegates. That’s 48 delegates. Add it all together, and Trump would enter the GOP convention with 1,441 delegates. Wow.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/indiana-primary-presidential-election-2016/

[Seriously?]

Calling the Second District for TRUMP, puts him at 48 delegates, which is the target I set for him for tonight. Still waiting on districts 1, 3, and 7.

I don't think 1 will even be close. 3 and 7 are probably Cruz's best shots at anything tonight.

[Gabagool102]

So when is Cruz gonna drop out? This is really embarrassing for him, TRUMP is over 50%!

[PaperKooper]

So when is Cruz gonna drop out? This is really embarrassing for him, TRUMP is over 50%!

Welcome to the Atlas forums!

(Cruz probably won't drop out)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The establishment wing of the GOP wins again and cheats me of voting for an actual Reagan conservative  (sorry kids Trump v Clinton is Democrat vs Democrat).

Maybe because the voters of the GOP are moving more and more away from Reaganite Conservatism, to a different mix of conservativism. For a long time the right in the GOP, was protectionist and isolationist. They supported Taft against the Eastern Internationalist Establishment, helped to propel Goldwater largely because he was the enemy of their enemy, the Eastern Establishment. Later generations of Conservatives embraced the Goldwater-Reagan approact to foreign policy, trade and immigration. Why is so unthinkable that Conservatism might morph somewhat as the decades go by, or possibly even revert to the way it was with Taft?

[LLR]

So when is Cruz gonna drop out? This is really embarrassing for him, TRUMP is over 50%!

Welcome!

He and Kasich both say when Trump hits 1237, which won't happen 'til June 7th.

[Gabagool102]

So when is Cruz gonna drop out? This is really embarrassing for him, TRUMP is over 50%!

Welcome to the Atlas forums!

(Cruz probably won't drop out)

Hello!

[Volrath50]

Forget 1,237 Delegates. Trump Could End Up with Over 1,400

Quite the change from giving Trump -10% chance to win the nomination.

So many pundits are going to be eating so much crow after tonight.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So when is Cruz gonna drop out? This is really embarrassing for him, TRUMP is over 50%!

Welcome to the Atlas forums!

(Cruz probably won't drop out)

"Out there the Trumps acomin, I'm gettin so tired of runnin"   - Modified line from R. Dean Taylor's "Indiana Wants Me".

[Bigby]

Fox, why do you keep Karl Rove around? He needs to disappear altogether.

[Ronnie]

Kasich campaign now officially a national mockery:
https://mobile.twitter.com/aterkel/status/727638019721859073

[Beezer]

Keep on trolin'...

[Nyvin]

IN-3 is the only district Cruz can possibly win at this point....even that is iffy.