World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
All Topics Article
Trump’s Bully Pulpit
Keywords:
Tags:
This editorial in the WSJ responds to Donald Trump's comments about the system being "corrupt" and "crooked" and saying there could be violence at the convention. It says the rules are transparent and long standing in Wyoming, Colorado and other states where Trump has not campaigned or sought support. It calls on the Republican National Committee not to be intimidated by Trump's statements, especially as it says the the Republican party should not nominate a candidate who has the highest negative perceptions rating of a shocking 65% with national voters in a general election. Trump never complained when he won 99 delegates in Florida with 45% of the vote and 50 delegates in South Carolina with 32% of the votes cast- securing the most delegates because of a winner take all or winner take most system. It says Trump has so far won only 37% of all votes cast and won about 45% of the delegates, a process that can be seen as disproportionately favoring Trump because of the rules. This is particularly true because Trump's core support has remained at about 35%, and the fragmentation of the remaining vote has hurt the other candidates. About 83% of eligible voters have not voted in the primaries, making the process less representative than it should be.
Voting in the U.S. Republican primaries and the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland
04/19/2016
Grouped Articles
Party Nominations, Rules and Democracy
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
Republican Convention in 2016 and the efforts to secure delegates for the presidential nomination
04/01/2016
Grouped Articles
As Floor Fight Looms, G.O.P. Convention Delegates Become a Hot Commodity
New York Times 04/01/2016
Washington Post 04/09/2016
The Case for a Really Open GOP Convention
Wall Street Journal 04/09/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2016
Donald Trump, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame the System
New York Times 04/12/2016
In defense of the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
Views on Donald Trump and his campaign as U.S. presidential candidate in 2016
01/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2016
Donald Trump’s surprisingly un-Trump Iowa concession speech - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/02/2016
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/2016
Donald Trump’s Campaign Blueprint: His Own Book
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2016
Democratic Fictions About the GOP and Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016
Donald Trump and the Republican Party
12/12/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2015
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2015
Washington Post 12/27/2015
Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2016
Trump spurns a powerful player in GOP politics in falling-out with Fox - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/28/2016
The likelihood of a contested U.S. 2016 Republican convention that goes to the second ballot
04/06/2016
Grouped Articles
Primary Math Gets Harder for Trump With Wisconsin Loss
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2016
Washington Post 04/09/2016
The Case for a Really Open GOP Convention
Wall Street Journal 04/09/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2016
Cruz likely to block Trump on a second ballot at the GOP convention - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/13/2016
Donald Trump, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame the System
New York Times 04/12/2016
Views of Republicans on the presidential election of 2016 with candidates Trump, Cruz and Kasich
03/25/2016
Letters to the Editor take issue with a WSJ editorial saying Kasich or some other Republican could be the nominee if Trump does not win on the first ballot. The letters say Cruz has the vote of more Republicans without other candidates fragmenting the vote, and cross over Democrats voting for Trump in open primaries. The letters ask how may of these Democrats voting for Trump will vote for Trump in the general election, instead favoring Hillary Clinton.
Grouped Articles
Kasich: Hope of the GOP or Spoiler for Trump?
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2016
Party Nominations, Rules and Democracy
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times editorials on Trump and the Republican Party
02/25/2016
Grouped Articles
GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/25/2016
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2016
Democratic Fictions About the GOP and Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016
In defense of the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
Non-voters in Republican primaries a significant factor in Republican 2016 presidential election primaries- only 17% of eligible voters voted in the primaries according to the Pew Trust
03/24/2016
With many candidates and a fragmented vote Donald Trump is able to win 35-40% and still win in a series of primaries. Only 17% of eligible voters voted and Trump's vote about less than half of the 17% or about 8%.The Economist magazine highlights this odd situation in its issue of March 19th, 2016.
Grouped Articles
Economist 03/24/2016
In defense of the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
Party Nominations, Rules and Democracy
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2016
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
