[Mollypitcher1]

But the field is down to three, which favors Ted Cruz :o

Why and How?

[GodGunsGuts]

Because amongst Republican-leaners Cruz has higher positives and lower negatives than Trump, so as the field narrows it naturally favors Ted Cruz.

[Ceebass]

///But the field is down to three, which favors Ted Cruz///

Why and How?

The Cruz folks think that since Trump wins primaries with less than 50% and there are no more candidates to split the remainder, then Cruz wins. I could see this logic a month ago but not anymore for 2 big reasons.

It’s too late for Cruz. There aren’t enough states left for him to get to 1237.

Also the nature of the remaining states are different. They are in the North where Cruz does not do well.

Checkmate is about 3 moves away. Most Grandmasters would concede at this point but Cruz apparently wants to drag this out to the bitter end.