Trump will achieve the most delegates earned by winning the votes of the people.
Cruz could end up with the most delegates, TODAY, if Kasich and Rubio dropped out and endorsed Cruz. This would put Cruz with roughly 100 more delegates than Trump, presently.
But they don’t want to do that just yet. What they’ll do is, they’ll hang on until AFTER Ohio and Florida, hoping Kasich and Rubio can best Trump in their home states. Since Rubio and Kasich have zero chance of winning at this point, they will then drop out and endorse Cruz, and he will get their delegates despite not getting the votes of the American people to earn them.
This is the plan the GOPe is executing now. You probably don’t care, because you want Cruz to win. That’s fine, but it remains to be seen if even that will be enough to stop Trump. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Simple question. What makes you think that Kasich or Rubio can send their delegates to Cruz? These delegates are pledged to vote for the candidates that their voters selected on the first ballot - Kasich or Rubio’s desires notwithstanding.
Cruz can and I think will win this thing on his own, and can do so whether Rubio and Kasich drop out before or after March 15. But, no question, it is likely to be a close thing.