Keep telling yourself that. Ted Cruz was behind Trump by 12 points in the RCP average polls, and still managed to easily clobber Trump in Oklahoma by 6 points because of superior ground game plus the fact the Oklahoma is a closed primary state, so Trump’s left wing supporters from the Democrats couldn’t cross over and vote for him in the GOP primaries.
Last polls had Cruz leading in California with its gargantuan tranche of delegates.
Cruz almost always outperforms his poll numbers.
Would you prefer John Paul Jones quote instead?