Posted on 04/10/2016 7:38:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The rap on Ted Cruz has been that his strength is limited to (1) caucus states and (2) states with large proportions of evangelical Christians. But Cruz undid that analysis with his double-digit victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin last week.
Cruz beat Trump 48 percent to 35 percent in a primary election (so much for the caucus argument). And he did so by besting the New York billionaire among virtually all groups, whether defined by income, age, or educational attainment. Trump did manage to win, by 9 points, that quarter of the Wisconsin GOP primary voters who described themselves as moderate or liberal; but Cruz beat Trump by 21 points with the remaining three-quarters who described themselves as somewhat or very conservative.
With a broad-based win in Wisconsin, Cruz demonstrated he has a realistic path to winning the GOP nomination at an open convention. If Cruz can win a handful of key Midwestern and Western states—Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, and California—he can keep Trump from getting the majority of delegates that are needed to win the nomination....
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Trump has been polling consistenly at 35% in Wisconsin since December. I think he overperformed and he won late voters who are switching from Ted Cromney.
Burn it down.
Does anywhere in either page explain what one state Cruz can win that Romney did not?
And which states does Trump have a lock on that Romney lost? The truth is that BOTH Trump and Cruz face an uphill battle in a general election. The only hope for either of them is Hillary’s weakness as a candidate.
Kind of like a ticking time bomb?
If thus-and-so can happen, we can keep the guy guaranteed to draw votes from the Dims in the GE from clinching the nomination. #NeverTrumps are suicidal.
Cruz really beat trump in that group of democrats who were ordered to vote for him to stop trump!
Can you explain the clear data at 270towin.com that shows cruzs position by states to be much stronger than trumps?
I don’t agree.
The problem is the GOPe is against Trump. However he has a LOT of supporters. Big time.
Trump however, threatens all of the “sell out America to China” people who have been selling off America’s industrial strength for the entire last generation.
So they all oppose him. Even though he is the strongest GOP candidate in recent history.
I understand your question and i think in a vacuum the answer is none but turn that question around and ask it of Hillary. Whomever the candidate is on the right shes simply not as popular as Obama. Also while we may not like Obama we still have to recognize others do like him. Shes just not anywhere near as well liked.
Bernie has been pretty soft on her for the most part. Either Trump or Cruz will be much harder on her.
I agree. I actually voted Cruz in Ohio and am not unhappy that I did. I would certainly vote for him or Trump in the General. That being said, I honestly believe that Trump will energize the white vote. Both male and female in fly over country. He captures Ohio, Florida, Virginia and puts Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa and possibly even a serious bid for a couple East Coast states.
Regardless, the giant push for Latino votes is deceptive. If Romney got 70% of the Latino vote in 2012, HE STILL LOSES! If he had gotten only 3% more of the white vote, HE WINS and he does so easily. We are still a vastly WHITE country. When you add in the ‘White Latino’ vote, Most Latinos are white European ancestry, much like white Americans, it is even a more white country.
Trump has the uncanny ability to draw disaffected working white voters as well as white voters who haven’t voted in years. Look at the raw number of NEW Republican voters in these states that have voted. It is unbelievable.
He’d also appeals to black Americans who have been short shifted by the Democrats in favor of ILLEGALS. They darn well know that the Democrats are all too comfortable with their vote and take them for granted. A simple shift of 10% of the black vote to the Republicans and the Democrats can not mathematically win the Presidency.
I am certainly not worried about Trump being a disaster as president, he will certainly not be perfect, but after the last four presidents, particularly Obama, marginally competent will make him look like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
>Trump has been polling consistenly at 35% in Wisconsin since December. I think he overperformed and he won late voters who are switching from Ted Cromney.
A lot of Hillery voters crossed over to vote for Ted as well.
I disagree.
Trump is light-years ahead of everyone else, and he is very very strong.
The GOP is risking everything at the moment, by not climbing on with him.
Big time.
Yeah and bush almost lost. Came down to Ohio like 2000 was Florida. Face it, we have not done really well since 1988.
The meaning is that the Donald is adept at piloting faster than light vehicles, which are yuge don’t you know, and he has been trained as a Jedi, which explains the strength.
Sheesh, I never thought to see such lickspittle, toady, worship of a political candidate from conservatives.
“I agree. I actually voted Cruz in Ohio and am not unhappy that I did. I would certainly vote for him or Trump in the General. “
What kind of level headed thinking is that???? Don’t you know we are supposed to be in full circular firing squad mode???? ; )
“I agree. I actually voted Cruz in Ohio and am not unhappy that I did. I would certainly vote for him or Trump in the General. “
What kind of level headed thinking is that???? Don’t you know we are supposed to be in full circular firing squad mode???? ; )
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