Ted has more than just the GOP base in his column.
He also has a substantial majority of Independents who now make up an astonishing 42% of the electorate.
He also has the Reagan Democrats, the Perot Demographic and near half of US Citizen Latinos.
By every careful, restrained and realistic calculation that errs to the negative, Ted Cruz will receive at least 53% to 54% of the popular vote, as long as millions of illegal aliens are not amnestied and registered to vote.
The Electoral College Map is different. There the democrats have a built-in advantage but it can be and must be overcome. The political war rooms will be fighting tooth and nail for every last critical district in battleground states.
An unapologetic conservative will get far more votes than someone who tries to be all things to all people.
It’s the opposite of leftism. There will never be an unapologetic leftist as a viable presidential candidate.
The closest that anyone in my lifetime got to that was Mondale, and look what happened to him.
I would guess that about 50% of the independents were former repubs who just got fed up with their cave-ins to the dems.
Ted has more than just the GOP base in his column. He also has.....near half of US Citizen Latinos.
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Half of US Citizen Latinos? Are you sure about that? I hope you’re right.