“Donald Trump blasted the GOP’s delegate rules Sunday, saying a ‘corrupt‘ system is denying him delegates in states he won. According to a new NBC analysis, however, Trump has benefited far more than Ted Cruz under the party’s arcane rules for allocating delegates.”
“Trump now leads the Republican field with 756 delegates — or 45 percent of all delegates awarded to date. Yet he has won about 37 percent of all votes in the primaries… meaning Trump’s delegate support is greater than his actual support from voters.”
“For each percentage point of total primary votes that Trump has won, he has been awarded 1.22 percent of the total delegates… By contrast, Cruz has been awarded about 1.14 percent of the delegates for each percentage point of votes he has won — a delegate bonus of 14 percent above his raw support.”
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