I suspect they will. Because their attachment to the GOP is fickle. It’s based on the person, not the policy or principle.
You’ve got it backwards. Cruzers are the ones attached to the person against all evidence of his lack of principle and conservatism.
Everybody else can see elected GOP strategizing in secret with rich Democrats and call time out on this sleazy uniparty. Yet Ted “anti-Establishment” Cruz is just fine with this corruption. How pathetic is that?
I disagree. The majority of Cruz supporters have a baseline of conservative principle. They then compare and contrast candidates based on that matrix. I don't see a lot of Cruz supporters saying that they don't prefer Trump so they are voting for Cruz. Their selection is affirmative based on principle.
Contrast that with a Trump supporter. Their support is based on two things: emotional rhetoric and what they perceive to be success in the private sector that will transfer over to the public.
Ask yourself this question: where has the vaunted cross-over Reagan democrats been for the last 30 years? I'm supposed to believe that no Republican has advocated policies beneficial to them in all that time? That it required Trump to bring them back? Even if that's the case it is more damning because it more than suggests that their adherence to principle is based solely on the personality of the candidate and the rhetoric he or she espouses.
And when Trump is not the nominee, or is elected and serves his term what happens to them? Do they go back to their old ways? I suspect that is the case. That's why Trump supporters are a fickle bunch and I certainly would not want to entrust the future of this country to such individuals.