Sentence examples for for a first ballot from inspiring English sources

If no-one has a majority going into the convention, those pledged delegates are pledged only for a first ballot.

This time, the goal was not finding someone who could beat Trump to the 1,237 delegates needed for a first ballot victory in Cleveland in July, but instead simply to deny Trump a first ballot victory.

He is outraged that Colorado didn't hold a Republican primary and mystified by the fact that some delegates who are required to vote for Trump on a first ballot at the Republican Convention in Cleveland, in July, might not-so-secretly be Cruz supporters who would abandon Trump in a second round of voting, when they are no longer pledged.

Under the rules, most delegates will be bound in Cleveland to vote on a first ballot for their state's presidential preference -- which for many will be Trump.

* Making sure voters know their rights, including that they can ask for a second ballot if they spoil their first.

Other county officials had heard that voters who made mistakes and asked for a second ballot were being denied them.

Both have already stated that they expect there to be a contested convention in Cleveland in July and are already preparing for a second ballot.

Most projections suggest that Trump will fall short of the twelve hundred and thirty-seven delegates he needs for a first-ballot victory.

A convenient villain whose father taught him to be wary and who grew into his arrogance, he is first seen as a lean and marvelous Pittsburgh Pirate destined for a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Fame induction.

Then John Kasich's almost as fast win in Ohio; Trump's loss there makes it harder for him to lock up the necessary 1,237 delegates for a first-ballot win at the party's national convention in Cleveland.

Trump's support is deeper than it looks -Steven Shepard Donald Trumpmp's support among Republican voters appears to be as deep as his hard-core GOP opposition, suggesting that the forces seeking to block his nomination will have to do more than just prevent him from winning enough delegates for a first-ballot victory, according to a POLITICO analysis of voting and polling data.