Bloomberg: The week voters broke the Republican Party

Voters in the Republican party elections for the presidential nomination last week broke the Republican Party, according to Bloomberg today.

Over the past week, two-thirds of Republican voters chose either billionaire Donald Trump or Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the two least acceptable candidates for the leadership of the Republican Party.

Nine states overwhelmingly voted for Trump, who Republican Party leaders see as too dangerous a figure who could destroy the party's chances among blacks, Hispanics, immigrants and women.

Cruz won the most votes in five states, and because of his uncompromising tactics in the Senate, the US government briefly ran out of funds. Republican strategists worry that he is too conservative to win the presidential election in November.

In only two states and territories that have voted so far - Minnesota and Puerto Rico - the most votes went to Marco Rubio, who many in the Republican establishment see as the best candidate.

From Super Tuesday on March 1 to a few votes on Saturday, March 5, Republicans in 15 states told GOP leadership: "You don't represent us and we want something radically different," according to Bloomberg.

"The race is now a fight between Trump's angry voters and Cruz's uncompromising conservatives," said former Republican adviser Ron Bongin.

If none of the candidates wins the necessary number of delegates for the nomination at the party convention in July, it is possible that someone with a smaller number of votes will be elected as the presidential candidate.

After the first round of voting in which the delegates must vote according to the elections, in the second round they can vote according to their will or some agreement.

Bongin believes that such an uncertain convention is the hope of the leadership of the Republican Party, which is not enthusiastic about Trump or Cruz.

This, however, puts party leaders in front of a painful choice - to stand behind Trump or Cruz or to go to an uncertain convention that could cause a rebellion of the party base, and costs money and energy.

For half a century, the Republican leadership has successfully channeled the outcome of party votes by supporting a particular candidate, but it failed this time.

At the beginning of the campaign last year, Jeb Bush, the son and brother of former presidents, led the way in terms of support, and he had 100 million dollars for his campaign, but he did not even manage to be among the top three in terms of votes won in the first three party votes.

Republican Party officials then rallied behind Rubio, who suffered multiple major defeats. He finished in third place in several states where he received the support of governors and senators.