Trump Sets the Pace In Delegate Race

Cook Political Report: “For the first time, Donald Trump is now ‘on pace’ to win 1,237 delegates after he claimed all 50 delegates in South Carolina on Saturday, pushing him up to 115 percent of his delegate target. The next closest contender, Marco Rubio, is at only 39 percent of his delegate target. Rubio and others don’t have a lot of time to stop Trump: although only four percent of GOP delegates have been allocated so far, 65 percent of GOP delegates will be allocated by the end of March.”

“The biggest loser out of South Carolina is Ted Cruz, who needed 47 delegates from the Palmetto State according to our estimates. Instead, he won zero, calling into question where he can rack up delegate leads if he couldn’t win a very conservative, heavily evangelical state.”