Once he lost the South it was over for him
Cruz was done before the rest of the South had voted.
South Carolina -—— February 20.
Cruz has never had a chance to win -upfront & honestly -with the will of the people since he lost SC.
Cruz -3rd place finish with 22% in SC.
THAT was the Evangelical conservative checkpoint, and they saw straight through him. -Feb 20.
South Carolina wanted Donald Trump - he won every single SC Congressional District.
Folks should have listened to them.
Historically, the South Carolina primary election has been very important in the Republican Party’s nomination process.
It’s considered a firewall that could permanently eliminate any/all serious rivals to the winner. It is meant to force the various factions of the party to decide quickly on and unite behind a single candidate and avoid wasting precious time and resources on a drawn-out battle between their own candidates, that would divert the party’s focus from working to defeat the Democrats’ likely nominee.
Since its 1980 inception, the winner of the Republican South Carolina primary has ALWAYS become the eventual Republican National Convention nominee for that fall’s general election, with one exception, the 2012 primary, in which Romney finished second, behind winner Newt Gingrich (who would go on to suspend his campaign before that summer’s convention began).
South Carolina has cemented its place as the “First in the South.” And there ya go. Donald TRUMP WON February 20th, and will win the nomination.