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LeftInTX

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5. There were 17 candidates

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Apr 5, 2017, 02:52 PM

Apr 2017

I don't think Trump started out as the most popular.
Voters didn't want establishment types...they went away.
They wanted an outsider..it was Cruz, Carson, Carly and Trump
Then it was between Cruz and Trump. Primary voters decided they preferred Trump over Cruz.

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I can't IMAGINE why Trump won the Republican nomination decisively in the first place. [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2017 OP

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With the beginning in the primaries. duncang Apr 2017 #6

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