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The Delegate Denial Strategy

March 2, 2016 · 2:29 pm ET · 24 Comments

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While Donald Trump has picked up 10 wins through the first 15 Republican primaries and caucuses, he’s won only 46% of the delegates that have been awarded since the voting began. He’ll need an outright majority of delegates — or 1,237 It takes — to win the Republican nomination.

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