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You are boring me.

If Cruz has the most voter awarded delegates at the time of the convention, then he should be the nominee.

Those people who awarded delegates to Kasich and Rubio lost, and they don’t get to change their vote after the fact.

I really don’t get what is so hard for you to understand about what I am saying.

If the GOP fails to nominate the person that its base indicated it prefers by the process of election in this primary, then the GOP will probably lose its base, or a huge portion of it.

It is not important to me if Trump loses. What is important to me is that the GOP not betray its base.

What you are saying is like saying "the team that should win the football game is the one that has the most touchdowns and the fewest turnovers". Ideally, yes, that is how it would work. That is usually how it works. The problem is that isn't how the rules are setup. A team could still technically win with a bunch of field goals or special team points. It would be unusual but it wouldn't be against the rules and I certainly wouldn't blame the winning team of cheating. There would be no cause to "go to war" if it happened. You won't see football fans abandoning the sport.

We have a delegate/convention system for a reason. Perhaps you don't know what the word "delegate" means and that is what is so confusing to you. Here is the definition of the word "delegate"...

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

People who cast votes for Rubio weren't necessarily casting votes for Rubio to be President. They were casting votes for DELEGATES who thought Rubio should be President to go to the convention and pick a President. Those delegates will go to the convention in July and will pick someone else because their guy is out of the running and doesn't have a chance.

If Trump has 1237 delegates then he has nothing to worry about. He doesn't need any of Rubio or Kasich's to get the nomination. If he is only a couple delegates short, he should have an easy time picking off a few and crossing the finish line. If he is hundreds short and the vast majority of Rubio's and Kasich's go to Cruz, then too bad. The base has spoken. The delegates they selected don't want Trump to be President.

If there are Trump fans that are butt-hurt because they didn't fully understand how the delegate/nomination process works, that really can't be helped.

It sounds like what you are saying is "If you don't let me win, I am going to take my toys and go home"