“. I don’t understand that. I have no idea exactly how delegates would vote on second and succeeding ballots.”
My point is, if Trump is over the top, there is nothing Cruz can do. At the convention, if they try to broker it and Trump already has enough delegates, it would make sense being anti-establishment for Cruz to throw in with Trump. No point in fighting it if the GOPe isn’t going with you anyway.
If Trump is over 50%, there's nothing anyone can do. But that's clearly not what we're talking about when people complain about Trump getting "cheated".
At the convention, if they try to broker it and Trump already has enough delegates, it would make sense being anti-establishment for Cruz to throw in with Trump. No point in fighting it if the GOPe isn’t going with you anyway.
I'm just not getting this. There is no brokered convention if Trump has 50% +1 delegates. He wins on the first ballot. But at least as of right now, he's trending to come up with less than that. He'd go into the convention with the most delegates but short of a majority.