It’s not even close. Trump gets 39 percent of the vote. Ted Cruz, the Texas senator and his nearest competitor, is at a distant 18 percent. Just as theories about his inevitable demise look premature and silly, the notion that voters were merely "flirting" with the billionaire casino magnate this summer and fall, but would later come to their senses and “marry” someone else once voting drew near, now look more like wish-casting than forecasting.