Now that you expressed it so succinctly, even I can understand it!
To me Trump is just plain more likable than Cruz. Trump has become so successful in the real world main street economy is exactly because he has that personality to attract people to him. His business partners like him, his employees adore him, his family loves him. On the other hand, senator Cruz can count his friends in the 100 member senate on the fingers of his left hand.
Go Trump!
That no one can find anyone in Trump’s past or present that has anything bad to say about him clinched it for me.
That is remarkable!
One thing about Trump is that he adored and respected both his father and his mother, and speaks of them with reverence to this day. That's reflected in his relationships with his grown kids, who are all successful, married and the two oldest are parents themselves.
Cruz had a tough time between his father leaving the family and his sister being a degenerate junkie. Those conditions have informed his Christian walk and I admire both him and his father for their repentence and forgiveness; but it has left an aura of insecurity in his face, a persistent worried expression, and a sense that he is self-consciously orating rather than just communicating from the heart as Trump does. None of these things are fatal to Cruz and will be refined as he continues through life; Trump has 25 more years' experience in life and has overcome large financial downfalls and personal disgraces with his marriages. I'm glad he has found a classy wife this time and they seem to adore one another.