What would the 2016 GOP primaries have looked like if Marco Rubio won Iowa?
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« on: July 10, 2016, 01:53:11 PM »
The February 1 Iowa Republican caucuses results were pretty close between Ted Cruz (27,6 %), Donald Trump (24,3 %) and Marco Rubio (23,1 %). What would the 2016 GOP primaries have looked like if Marco Rubio won the Iowa Republican caucuses?
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2016, 02:21:36 PM »
Depends heavily on whether Rubio still flubs the debate pre-New Hampshire.

If not, potential 50-state sweep. If so, probably a quicker Trump win.
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2016, 03:13:15 PM »
Marco would have beeen the nominee.
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2016, 03:14:12 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Meteor O' Death 2016 on July 10, 2016, 02:21:36 PM
Depends heavily on whether Rubio still flubs the debate pre-New Hampshire.

If not, potential 50-state sweep. If so, probably a quicker Trump win.
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2016, 03:27:04 PM »
« Edited: July 10, 2016, 03:32:34 PM by Ronnie »
Quote from: Sweet Meteor O' Death 2016 on July 10, 2016, 02:21:36 PM
Depends heavily on whether Rubio still flubs the debate pre-New Hampshire.

If not, potential 50-state sweep. If so, probably a quicker Trump win.

I don't think Marco would have won 50 states in any circumstance.  It's hard for me to believe Marco could have beaten Cruz in Texas and Trump in Alabama, for example.

But yeah, a decisive win certainly would have been possible.  I don't know if it would have been guaranteed, though.
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2016, 03:27:31 PM »
Quote from: Ljube on July 10, 2016, 03:13:15 PM
Marco would have beeen the nominee.
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2016, 03:27:59 PM »
« Edited: July 11, 2016, 01:25:37 AM by Spark498 »
The same basically
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2016, 03:31:03 PM »
Quote from: IceSpear on July 10, 2016, 03:14:12 PM
Quote from: Sweet Meteor O' Death 2016 on July 10, 2016, 02:21:36 PM
Depends heavily on whether Rubio still flubs the debate pre-New Hampshire.

If not, potential 50-state sweep. If so, probably a quicker Trump win.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2016, 04:35:30 PM »

John Kasich - 29.3%, 16 states
Donald Trump - 27.2%, 10 states
Marco Rubio - 21.3%, 8 states + Washington, D. C.
Ted Cruz - 20.1%, 16 states
Others - 1.1%
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2016, 04:42:19 PM »
Quote from: Committeeman Kingpoleon on July 10, 2016, 04:35:30 PM

John Kasich - 29.3%, 16 states
Donald Trump - 27.2%, 10 states
Marco Rubio - 21.3%, 8 states + Washington, D. C.
Ted Cruz - 20.1%, 16 states
Others - 1.1%
Replace Kasich with Rubio and this map looks okay.
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