The caveat is that both can follow the “path to elimination”.
When that happens, it still takes a majority 50%+1 vote in the convention to select a nominee. If Trump has, f’rinstance, 48%, and Cruz has, f’rinstance, 44% on the 1st ballot. It then goes to the second ballot. This is where Trump’s deal making prowess comes into play. And Cruz’s as well.
The second ballot, those delegates are going to jockey around.
Trump’s vitriol is not going to be in his favor.
Trump’s vitriol is not going to be in his favor.
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That’s how you might see it playing out. I on the other hand have been listening to a driven man who only knows how to WIN! So mark my words Trump if he’s close to the 1237 and he needs a few delegates to win over, he will succeed. He’s not the politician who’s decisions are based on money backing and a Trans Pacific Partnership to sell out this country he wasn’t born in. Whereas Trump will do what he has been planning for years and that being President to make this country great again. That’s how I see it falling in line.