It’s the nasally quality of his voice and the droning on and on ... same timbre. Not the accent. At all.
I feel terrible but Cruz just reminds me of a TV evangelist. Of course I will support any republican nominee but I want someone pissed off who will actually do something and to me, that guy is Trump.
>> It’s the nasally quality of his voice and the droning on and on ... same timbre. Not the accent. <<
Oh, but I think it most assuredly IS Cruz’s accent that you describe. I know two guys from Houston, and they talk almost exactly the same way — pitch, rhythm and nasal timbre.
Of course, you’re always free to dislike the accent.
Moreover, you may be entirely correct that most of the USA would find it annoying, just as many of us Southerners find that Sarah Palin’s “extreme Idaho” accent is a turn-off.
Too bad that we judge people by such qualities. But I guess that’s just human nature.