Cruz isn’t expanding his base. Hard to see a path to victory for Cruz when he got 11% of self identified independents in NH. OTOH, Trump gets support across the board. That’s how you win elections.
An independent in the least religious state in the entire country (NH), is an entirely different person altogether from an independent in highly evangelical South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi or Georgia. You talk like all independents are exactly the same. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Agree. Trump’s appeal is much more broad. Cruz has niche support with a sliver of the electorate. His ceiling is much lower than Trump’s.