Cruz got 3.4% more support because of belief that Carson was out of the race? And Trump and Rubio wouldn’t get any bump from that whisper/rumor?
Carson was expected to get 10% that night and got 9.3%. Did Cruz take the other 2.7% from Rubio (who came in 1.2% behind Trump)?
Cruz: 27.7 percent
Trump: 24.3 percent
Rubio: 23.1 percent
Carson: 9.3 percent
Paul: 4.5 percent
Bush: 2.8 percent
Carson’s share would’ve been higher (he was polling as the #2 candidate before Trump went on the attack) if the vote had been a few months earlier.
Don’t even try to rationalize with the irrational these days.