Regarding Colorado:
Cruz organized at the FRONT END of the process and ensured he’d identified his most ardent supporters, with the best name recognition, in each Congressional District, and at the State level.
That is called a “slate”.
Then, when other Cruz delegates see a Slate of vetted Cruz supporters running for National Assembly, they know their best bet is to vote for that slate.
Aside from that, of the 630 delegates running for National from the State Assembly (14 pages) only 1 page was bound to Trump, while 4 1/2 pages were bound to Cruz.
(8 1/2 pages unbound)
THAT is why Trump canceled his speech at State and decided to whine and lie about the process, instead.
My brother and wife were disgusted when they went to vote at the CO precinct caucus and there were only delegates to vote for who would choose the state delegates. AND THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE RUNNING AS DELEGATES WERE SUPPORTING!!! Vote for me. I won’t tell you who I will vote for, but TRUUUSSSST ME. He’s still furious. It’s a scam.
Trump is a deductive thinker - he begins with the goal and works back from there - no wasted motion - only what contributes to the result.— Bill Mitchell (REAL) (@mitchellvii) March 21, 2016
Guys like Cruz are inductive thinkers. They are so obsessed with the ideological front end, the actual result is an afterthought.— Bill Mitchell (REAL) (@mitchellvii) March 21, 2016