Less than. 10% of the delegates have been won….
It’s still early in the delegate race: The Associated Press’ current estimates show Trump with 63 delegates and Haley with 17 — both miles away from the 1,215 needed to clinch the nomination.
Donald Trump
Nikki Haley
Ron DeSantis
Vivek Ramaswamy
Chris Christie
Even if he wins all 50 of South Carolina’s delegates, it would put Trump only 9 percent of the way to becoming the presumptive nominee. But the delegates are about to pile up in a hurry as the crush of primaries and caucuses begin, starting next week and headed into Super Tuesday 10 days from today.
A top Trump campaign official told me this week he expects Trump to reach a majority of delegates on either March 12 or March 19. The former date would probably require Haley to end her candidacy before Super Tuesday — but the latter is probable, even if she continues running through that date….