In the event that no candidate has 51% going into the convention,

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

48. Exactly. There was one ballot.

It was not a true brokered convention.

Perhaps there is a distant possibility that this year, since the super delegates won't be able to vote in the first round, no candidate will have a clear majority and there actually will be a brokered convention. But I seriously doubt it.

Again, every four years people just moon over the possibility of a brokered convention. I'm not sure why. In fact, we should all be enthusiastically supporting one candidate, the same candidate, early on. Because a brokered convention, no matter which candidates are involved, will almost guarantee that many of those supporting the losing candidate(s) will either not vote in November, or will spitefully vote for a third party candidate. And then the only interesting thing left to discuss will be if the inaugural crowds for Trump in 2021 will be larger, smaller, or the same pitiful numbers as four years earlier.