Of course he can - everybody here knows that.
The question is, if he does, which 64 EVs that Romney lost will he win? And which states that Romney won will he lose?
“The question is, if he does, which 64 EVs that Romney lost will he win? And which states that Romney won will he lose?”
Excellent questions. As much as I admire Cruz’s positions on most issues, I am skeptical that he can win the general election against Hillary or even Biden. I think he can beat Bernie.
I agree. Problem with Cruz is his openess with his religion. He has the new wave evangelicals, but, can he get the Reagan Democrats? NO, I doubt it. But Trump on the other hand, appears to already have a large following of those democrats and might, now I said might, win NY.
People forget how many states have turned purple since the last POTUS election.
“Gallup’s analysis of political party affiliation at the state level in 2015 finds that 20 states are solidly Republican or leaning Republican, compared with 14 solidly Democratic or leaning Democratic states. The remaining 16 are competitive.”
http://www.gallup.com/poll/188969/red-states-outnumber-blue-first-time-gallup-tracking.aspx
I don’t think it’s going to be a big problem to do better than Romney this time around.
Romney was a terrible candidate that offered no bold, exciting, new solutions and seemed to lack any core values. Cruz would win a lot of states that Romney lost. Why would he not be able to do as well as Bush in 2000 or 2004?