Which is why I said “relatively” close.
Percentage wise, last night turned out like this:
Trump - Cruz
MI 38.6 -— 24.9
MS 47.3 -— 36.3
ID 28.1 -— 45.4
HI 42.4 -— 32.7
Trump now has 461 delegates, Cruz has 361.
Cruz is trying to stay within a close enough distance so that when Rubio and Kasich drop out, he believes he will get enough from those two to make it very close.
He may be right.
Whether he can actually catch up or not is another matter.
My feeling is that if Trump wins both FL (almost a sure thing) and Ohio (less sure) then he will not be able to be caught.
If he does not win Ohio, then there is a possibility...which is what Cruz is hoping for.
Everyone assumed that when they field narrowed that somehow all of those vote s go to someone but sides the Trump. As yet that hasn’t happened.
I think it is false to assume that Cruz gets all of the support from either Kasich or Rubio.