It is amusing that your entire post had absolutely nothing to do with anything that I posted. I mentioned Wyoming, you changed the state to Colorado. I never said anything about what you “think”. We do not seem to be able to communicate through the written word. I have no clue what you are thinking. You went on a meaningless rant I suppose trying to equivocate for Cruz’s blatant and continuing attempts to disenfranchise millions of voters.
What I said for Colorado generally goes for any state. The state parties are composed not just employees or officials but manly of ordinary people who put their time and money in and ought not to talked about as if they were pawns. The average person who participates in an election, how much time and effort does he give? IAC, how in the world is Cruz or Kasich or Trump for that matter“disenfranchising” anyone if he talks to people who are not part of a slate but individuals bound to vote for a candidate only to the extent required by the state party. The rules governing delegates vary greatly from state to state. The rights of individual citizens under party rules vary also from state to state. Results of a popular vote that bind a delegate in one state are no more than a straw vote in another, although the people going into the voting booth may think they are actually the same. The valid complaint that people have is that the parties make rules that are too complicated for many(most?) people who take part in the choosing of delegates to follow. The media, of course, is little help at all. Find if you can. in any paper in any state a detailed explanation of the rules. Maybe Iowa. but what about New Hampshire or Georgia? Beyond that: how many people even WANT to know the ins and outs? Most people vote only to express their personal opinion, Woe to anyone who suggests that a vote in a primary is not binding.