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Kansas Presidential Caucus

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03.05.16 | 11:48 am

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class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 5, 2016">March 5, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Cruz will likely destroy Drumpf in this one.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for robert1971" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/robert1971/64/11398_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-kansas-presidential-primary/34024" rel="external" class="url">robert1971</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 5, 2016">March 5, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>It’s early, only 3% reporting, but yeah, he might win it.<br> Although the polls show that Trump will win it.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-kansas-presidential-primary/34024" rel="external" class="url">lestatdelc</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 5, 2016">March 5, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Granted it is early, but I think Drumpf is going to lose this one. I think his “debate” performance really damaged him and FiveThirtyEgith had Drumpf barely ahead with just the bare min. number of polls to even have projected forecast and that was mostly pre-debate data.</p> <p>Could be wrong of course, but with over 11% reporting, Cruz is just at the 50% threshold, and Drumpf is floundering under 25%.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for robert1971" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/robert1971/64/11398_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-kansas-presidential-primary/34024" rel="external" class="url">robert1971</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 5, 2016">March 5, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Reading the tea leaves from cable news, I think Cruz will take Kansas and Maine.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for breakingdeadmen" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/breakingdeadmen/64/9893_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-kansas-presidential-primary/34024" rel="external" class="url">breakingdeadmen</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 5, 2016">March 5, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I’m not surprised that Cruz is winning what is probably the most retrograde GOP state. I am a little surprised that Rubio is doing so very poorly.</p></div> </article> </li> </ol> <div class="respond comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"> Continue the discussion at <a class="wpdc-discourse-topic-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-kansas-presidential-primary/34024">forums.talkingpointsmemo.com</a> </h3> <p class="more-replies">7 more replies</p> <div class="comment-reply-title"> <h4 class="discourse-participants">Participants</h4> <p> <img alt="Avatar for system1" src="https://d2i6rdlz7r9skx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/9/1/491ca6c9286ec6b25075d488ab9de51cff60bf85.jpeg" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for 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