Other than using flaky delegate games, can you showed me a state Ted carried in the Primary that wasn't solid red? Cruz is a dud and wet dream for the Right just like Warren is for the Left. Both will never win shit outside of their protected political zones because they don't translate to the general public.
For Christs sake Cruz barely beat Kasich by a point in PA. That's pathetic.
Candidates Vote Pct. Delegates
Donald J. Trump 892,702 56.7% 17
Ted Cruz 340,201 21.6 —
John Kasich 304,793 19.4 —
Ben Carson 14,616 0.9 —
Marco Rubio 11,739 0.7 —
Jeb Bush 9,287 0.6 —
Oh for Pete's sake Frank, how quickly you forget (and comparing him to Kasich is asinine):
In the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Cruz received over 7.8 million votes, won 12 states, and earned 559 delegates. He raised nearly $92 million, a record for a GOP primary candidate, much of it from small online donors and had 325,000 volunteers.
On February 1, 2016, Cruz won the Iowa caucuses.
The Iowa win made him the first Hispanic to win either a presidential primary election or caucus. Cruz received 28% of the vote. On February 10, 2016, Cruz placed third in the New Hampshire primary, with about 12% of the vote. On February 21, 2016, he placed third in the South Carolina Republican primary with about 22.3% of the vote.
On March 1, 2016, Super Tuesday primary day, Cruz won Texas by 17%, along with Alaska and Oklahoma, providing him with four state primary victories total.[ In the Texas primary, Cruz received the most votes in all but six of the state's 254 counties.
On March 5, 2016, Cruz won the Kansas and Maine caucuses, giving him six statewide wins.
Cruz won his widest margin up to that point in Kansas, where he beat frontrunner Donald Trump by 25 points.With his victories over Trump in Texas, Kansas, and Maine, Cruz established himself as the candidate with the best opportunity to defeat Trump, the leading contender for the nomination.
On March 8, 2016, Cruz won the Idaho primary with 45% of vote—defeating Trump by 17% and earning his seventh statewide victory. He placed second in Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii. On March 12, 2016,
Cruz won the Wyoming county conventions with 67% of the vote and 9 delegates, giving him his eighth statewide win.
On March 22, 2016, Cruz won the Utah Caucus with 69.2% of the vote, versus John Kasich with 16.8% and Donald Trump with 14%
Because Cruz surpassed the 50% winner-take-all threshold, he won all 40 of Utah's delegates. This win was his ninth. On April 3, 2016, North Dakota elected a slate of delegates that was dominated by pro-Cruz delegates. Cruz received the support of the majority of the delegates.
On April 6, 2016, Cruz won the Wisconsin primary with 48.2% of the vote, with Trump receiving 35.1%. It was Cruz's tenth statewide win. Cruz won 36 of the possible 42 delegates available in Wisconsin. Trump received the other 6 delegates. On April 2 and 7–9, 2016, Cruz swept the Colorado congressional district and state conventions taking all 34 delegates. This gave Cruz his eleventh state win. On April 16, 2016, Cruz won all 14 of Wyoming's at-large delegates in the state convention. This secured the majority of state delegates giving Cruz his twelfth state win..........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
