This isn't a conventional cycle, but what we tend to see is a war of attrition, (Traditionally) it's not about getting to a magic number, it's the race ending as a function of the last viable candidate dropping out. But that's where 2016 is different, there's a significant motivation from some within the Republican Party to prevent Trump from getting the nomination.

Josh Putnam

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I doubt any change is in the offing, i don't think they would either lower that or raise it in an effort to prevent Trump. That sort of proposal has never really come up.

Is (keeping Trump from clinching) mathematically possible? Yes, it absolutely is, is it realistically possible? I think a lot of that's going to be determined by whether or not Trump wins Florida and Ohio. If he wins both of those, gosh, it's hard to see how Rubio and Kasich carry on.

The experience in 1988 was not one that the powers-that-be at the... by Josh Putnam

The experience in 1988 was not one that the powers-that-be at the time really wanted.

The rules give [superdelegates] the latitude; they are unpledged delegates, they can go back and forth as much as they want to.

Eleven candidates are not all viable, trying to assess the impact of the delegates relies on this matrix.