It’s not apple and oranges.
You had a leading candidate whom had a HUGE lead, almost 2 to 1, hailing from New York, whom got his rear handed to him.
Once again, we are not a democracy, we are a republic. Delegates are what win the game.
If you have a problem with that, do you have a problem with Bush winning in 2000?
How about a problem with Trump winning 100% of the delegates in Florida with less than 40% of the popular vote...?
In 2000 Bush easily won the nomination. The general election has no bearing on this discussion but in that case, the state of Florida was re-counted and still Bush won. Again, you make apples and oranges argument.
There is simply no way Trump gets to 1100-1236 delegates and gets frozen out. Theoretically, yes it’s possible but in reality, it’s just not going to happen. By having hundreds of delegates more than his closest rival, Trump will be in best position to capture what he needs from the unbounded delegate pool to go over the top. It’s silly to think that Trump will fall just short and then be frozen in place as Cruz piles up some 500-600 delegates unopposed to zoom by Trump. Not going to happen! Especially since Cruz has done so poorly in Deep South, Northeast and Battleground states.
Cruz might be the cat’s meow in places like Kansas, Wisconsin and states where the establishment controls the delegate selection process but that is not going to translate into a win in a general election where the Democrats will win in a landslide should Cruz be the nominee.