April: ‘Stolen’ delegates
As Trump solidified his status as the likely nominee, thanks to his continued victories in GOP primaries, it became clearer and clearer that one of the best ways to stop him would be to try to game the delegate-selection system — which Trump, for all his success, simply wasn’t very good at.
The most notable example was in Colorado, where Trump’s failure to play the game cost him dearly and Ted Cruz swept all 34 delegates. Similar, if less impactful, things happened in caucus states, with their drawn-out delegate-selection processes that weren’t necessarily tied to actual votes.
Trump complained about the “rigged” system and said delegates were being “stolen” from him. In the end, it didn’t matter. He easily cleared the 1,237 delegates he needed, and Cruz dropped out of the race in early May.
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