I’m saying in Nov 2012, a mediocre candidate from Massachusetts got a higher percentage of the popular vote in TEXAS than “wildly popular” favorite son Ted Cruz.
I’ve never questioned his philosophy, he’s just not an appealing “retail” politician. Maybe in the next 4 or 8 years he improves.
Different number of candidates, and different situation.
There were twice as many candidates divvying up the vote, and general elections bring in more voters.
No comparison reasonably possible. IOW your claim was a ridiculous red herring (and wow am I surprised).