How Trump can still win 1,237 — and even 270

Published April 24, 2016 5:32pm ET



Now that the primary calendar has flipped to states more favorable to Donald Trump, the conventional wisdom has flipped too.

Out is the narrative that dominated between Wisconsin and the recent state GOP conventions that Ted Cruz was going to outhustle Trump on the way to 1,237 delegates. In is the narrative that Trump is once again the likeliest Republican nominee, although maybe not with same uniformity as after the billionaire won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada in convincing fashion.

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