“If you can’t see how losing the election but getting more delegates looks dishonest you need to be a democrat. I’m not being either snarky or mean just stating a fact. You can think it makes Cruz look smart or savvy but to many people it just looks crooked.”
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/electcollege_2.htm
A look at the Electoral Votes From Each State and a little math will tell you that the Electoral College system makes it possible for a candidate to actually lose the nationwide popular vote, but be elected president by the Electoral College.
Yes, I know that. It has actually happened but the vote totals would need to be close.
BUT that is a different thing than using the rules in a primary to overturn an election that was not close. What Ted Cruz’ campaign did in Louisiana was to overturn a bad loss. Trump beat Cruz by a substantial margin.
What Cruz is doing is the difference between legal and ethical.