Bankruptcy and Colorado: The rules only count for Donald Trump when they work to his advantage

So you knew about the corruption and did nothing? Corrupt.
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I know there are processes that are defined that are different for each state.

I know the process for CO was published last August and if Trump didn’t make himself aware of the delegate selection process that is on him not the party. Lewandowsky screwed the pooch, should have been fired. But Trump is the candidate so ultimately it is his fault.

Trump tends to fare batter than Cruz in most states where Democrats and independents get to vote in the Republican primaries.

He won closed primaries in Florida, Nevada and Arizona by almost 2-1 margins.

Ted does poorly in any race where voters can cast a simple vote and don't have go through the hassle of voting in caucus.

Oh, so, you’re okay with the Republican party in Colorado changing the rules in August to favor one candidate over another?

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Did both candidates have equal access to learn about the rules?
Could both candidates have done as one of them did?

If the answer to those 2 questions is yes, how does it favor one candidate over another?

"He won closed primaries in Florida, Nevada and Arizona by almost 2-1 margins."

Nevada was a caucus, not a primary.

But yes, those were among the 7 out of 17 closed contests Trump won. Of course, Rubio was still on the ballot in Florida and Cruz's voters mostly moved to him, because polling showed that was the best way to vote against Trump. Rubio took votes from Cruz in Arizona. And a dozen people split the anti-Trump vote in Nevada.

"Ted does poorly in any race where voters can cast a simple vote and don't have go through the hassle of voting in caucus."

Trump has done better in primaries than Cruz, that's true. It's nice for him when he doesn't need an intelligent organization to run a ground game, and when his voters don't face any intellectual challenge. Of course, Trump is now zero for one in primaries that took place when only two guys were left to split the anti-Trump vote.

Trump is fortunate in the order of state voting, because there are a lot of eastern states where he is strong left, and can win even with only 2 others on the ballot. In many states that already voted where Trump won, he would now lose if they voted again.

"He won closed primaries in Florida, Nevada and Arizona by almost 2-1 margins.

And by the way, while it is technically true that in one of the three states you mentioned, Trump had double the votes of the nearest challenger, and if stretched could be described as 2-1 in the other two, it's very disingenuous, bordering on blatant spin to describe three contests where 54% of the votes were not for Trump as winning by 2-1 margins, implying dramatic landslides, despite Trump only getting 46% of the vote in each state.

Yes, in a two-man race, a 2-1 of 66% to 33% is a landslide. 2-1 in the races you referenced simply illustrate the split among notTrump voters. In February, Trump had a 30-19 lead over Cruz in Wisconsin polls. By your standards, that was "almost 2-1". Then when it was a 2-man race and all was said and done, Cruz added 29 points and finished at 48%, while Trump added 5 points and finished at 35. In other words, Cruz added votes from candidates who dropped out at almost 6-1 over Trump.

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