What in the world would you expect if Cruz manipulates the delegates to win the nomination after winning less than 1/3rd of the states. Gee, ya think that might cause some people to stay home?
You need to get this Trump Kool-Aid about “manipulating” the delegates out of your mind. Ford did that to Reagan. The rules are the rules. Anyone who does not vote against Hillary or Bernie has no grounds to be called a conservative in any sense of that term