You can rationalize all you want, but this is the result that the people of Colorado gave when asked whom they preferred.
TRUMP CARD: Magellan Poll Finds That Trump Would Trump Cruz in a Primary
Colorado Peak Politics -Conservative Bully Pulpit ^ | April 21, 2016 | Colorado Peak Politics
Posted on 4/22/2016, 6:49:24 AM by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
There has been a lot of agitation from the Trump Camp about the caucus process in Colorado – and, maybe, now we know why. A Magellan poll released today shows that in a head to head match up, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would beat his opponent Ted Cruz in Colorado.
Here are the numbers when voting on the current ballot:
44% – Trump
34% – Cruz
17% – Kasich
5% – undecided
If voters were asked to choose between Cruz and Trump, the result is little changed:
48% – Trump
42% – Cruz According to the poll, Trump’s top spot is due to his strong stance on immigration and national security. From the poll summary:
“Simply put, support for Donald Trump is being driven by his dominance among the 22% of voters that believe stopping illegal immigration is the the top issue.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3423563/posts
Yeah, yeah, rules is rules, but getting those delegates the way he did crushed Cruz in the opinion polls and he won’t recover from that.
Magellan LA 3/1/2016:
Trump 41
Cruz 21
Actual Louisiana primary votes 3/4/2016:
Trump 41
Cruz 38
Here's how Magellan polling did in Mississippi on 2/29/2016:
Trump 41
Cruz 17
Actual Mississippi primary votes 3/8/2016:
Trump 47
Cruz 36
So, on those two primaries Magellan underestimated Trump on average by 7% and Cruz by 95% . Somehow they are not doing very well in determining Cruz's support.