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The Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses are indirect elections in which voters allocated or elect delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention. These delegates can be bound or unbound to vote for a particular candidate.
Trump was formally nominated by the delegates of the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016, and proceeded to defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election on November 8, 2016, to become the 45th President of the United States.
Individuals in this section formally announced a bid for the nomination of the Republican Party, and filed with the FEC to be a candidate, but were not featured in any major opinion polls, and were not invited to any televised presidential primary debates.
The party began a formal roll-call vote to put Trump's name in nomination one day after opponents staged a failed attempt to force a vote opposing him. Trump officially wins the Republican ...
There were 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, with a simple majority of 1,237 required to win the presidential nomination. [6] [7] Most of those delegates were bound for the first ballot of the convention based on the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. [8]
2016 United States presidential election ← 2012 November 8, 2016 2020 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 60.1% (1.5 pp) Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 304 [a] 227 [a] States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC Popular vote ...
The only candidate still actively seeking the GOP presidential nomination has secured the necessary number of delegates, according to AP estimates.
The front-runner has vowed to fight back after being cruelly robbed of ten delegates thanks to Louisiana's primary rules.