If Donald Trump receives over 50% of the delegates, he will be our nominee.
It doesn’t look like he’ll be earning over 50% of the delegates.
The “will of the people” will be determined during the 2nd or 3rd votes.
No “stealing.” This is just the way it works. Majority wins. Trump does not have “the majority” at this point.
Very true what you say.
But Cruz can win the primary battles and lose the war.
Fact is Trump brings in around 10 percent non-traditional voters, plus his core of 30~32 percent of traditional voters.. Gives the republicans a pool of about 66 million, assuming one leaves because they did dislike Trump (not true but go with this for a moment)
Cruz has managed , rightly or wrongly to become associated with a free trade, big bank economic centered approach. He has said nothing about bring back manufacturing to the US. Now I am sure he is not a complete dude economically, but his economic stance as a distinct lack of appeal the older industrial states compared to Trumps.
So Cruz may legitimately garner the votes on the second or third round of voting at he primary. His win will be legitimate. But if he thinks he can ignore the 40 to 42 percent of the 66 million pool of voters and win. Well he cannot. Not a chance. I do not say this with joy but a deep sense of sadness, but that is reality.
To say to a PENCO tech guy, who has seen his high paid job shipped overseas, who then went and got is MS certification just to see imported IT workers make his certification useless to vote for Cruz is...just off. Trump offered these naturally conservative guys a bit of hope. Cruz offers them more of the same Uni-party economic stagnation for the working class, riches for the rich. No sale.
Without those votes Cruz will surely fail and fail big. All the dreams of his supporters will be in the toilet.
Cruz needs Trump and Trump needs Cruz, that is basic reality. for advocates of both candidates the best hope is a trump Cruz team in 2016, Cruz in 2020.