The only reason we lost the last election was because of the ‘true conservatives’ that sat home and refused to vote for Romney because he wasn’t a ‘true conservative’. They are the ones that caused us to live through the hell of a 2nd term of Obama. You are NEVER going to have a true conservative like Cruz run as the endorsed GOP candidate because the GOP won’t allow it and he doesn’t have the money or power to fight them. With the exception of a few people, the GOP is just as corrupt and bought as the dim party is. People just come out better under a capitalist system than a communist/socialist one. Look how the GOP has treated the TEA Party. They hate them and have undermined and disparaged them every chance they get. As far as I’m concerned, I had to get over the ‘real conservatives’ handing a second term to Obama so I guess the ‘real conservatives’ will have to get over it if Trump wins.
I a crowded field 20% is a “majority.” Trump has no national appeal. When the Republican platform narrows and many of them peel off, watch Trump’s numbers plummet. Trump has hit his ceiling.