The 2016 Republican National Convention (RNC) at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, is where the four-day Convention convenes July 18, 2016, will have 2,472 delegates, and the winning candidate will need a simple majority of 1,237 votes to be the Republican Presidential nominee.
Though a state is often referred to as "won" by a candidate if a plurality of the states delegates are bound to him, the current 2012 RNC Rule 40(b) requires that a nominee must win in eight State elections. Previously, this threshold was a plurality in five states.
Convention rules are based on delegates won, and not the popular vote.
In the context of Republican Primaries, the term "states" refers collectively to the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the five territories, altogether 56, rather than the actual 50 states alone.
The following table show candidates current states won:
Donald Trump - 21 States with 749 Delegates
Ted Cruz - 9 States with 455 Delegates
Marco Rubio - 3 States with 173 Delegates
John Kasich - 1 State with 144 Delegates
Ben Carson - 0 States with 8 Delegates
Jeb Bush - 0 States with 4 Delegates
Rand Paul - 0 States with 1 Delegate
Mike Huckabee - 0 States with 1 Delegate
Carly Fiorina - 0 States with 1 Delegate
Further, Rule 40(a) states that if only one candidate achieves this goal, then there should be no vote, and only a motion to nominate by acclamation.
While the current candidates operate under these temporary rules, it is unclear whether they will remain in place for the 2016 convention.
As of March 16, 2016, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has not taken a position on the potential rule change, while others in the party advocate for it.
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