Yes, a straw poll at the caucuses.
“Yes, a straw poll at the caucuses.”
The national party said that the Colorado party could not conduct a straws poll and then ignore the results when assigning delegates.
That was the issue. Rather than take the straw poll or have an actual primary the Cruz supporters simply rigged the caucus and cancelled the poll. There was more support for Trump in the building than the results showed.
It may not have been an underhanded, dirty, sleazy or cheap trick but it certainly LOOKED like it was especially when a Cruz zombie in the state party tweeted “We did it!” shortly after the caucus had ended. This was where the “Trump’s too stupid to follow the rules” meme started and many Republicans that had previously had Ted Cruz as their second choice abandoned him completely.
Colorado was, paradoxically a last gasp for Ted Cruz because even though he “won” he came out looking like a slime-ball whether he was or not. The whole caucus in Colorado just reeked of dirty politics.