Posted on 12/18/2015 7:33:08 PM PST by Isara
Republican support for U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz rose this week as voters keyed in on the senator from Texas as the top alternative to Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Friday.
Cruz had the support of 17 percent of likely Republican voters, behind Donald Trump, who remained the front runner with support of 31 percent of respondents in the five-day rolling poll.
Last week, Cruz had the support of 10 percent of likely Republican voters and was relatively even with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio.
Cruz has been gaining momentum nationally this month after polls showed him overtaking Trump in the early-voting state of Iowa. He picked up an endorsement from influential Iowa conservative Bob Vander Plaats on Dec. 10 and another from Ken Cuccinelli, former attorney general of Virginia, on Friday.
The jump in support for Cruz also follows the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night during which Cruz sparred with Rubio, a fellow U.S. senator, aiming to position himself as the clear alternative if Trump, who has been leading polls since the summer, should falter.
In the poll, Carson and Rubio followed Cruz, at 13 percent and 8 percent, respectively. Support for both candidates was relatively flat during the week.
Speaking before a campaign rally in Mechanicsville, Virginia, on Friday, Cruz told reporters his campaign was winning now as conservatives were uniting behind him.
"I'll tell you, the enthusiasm that we are seeing all across the country is really breathtaking," Cruz said.
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Isara, you’re doing a great job keeping us informed on the Cruz front. Well done.
I agree. I Sara is doing God’s work.
My pleasure!
Can you legally be AG and VP at the same time?
Just thinking. SCOTUS and VP is also a question. Have any of you researched this stuff?
Bet Trump has. ;-)
Damn autocorrect.
Isara, not I Sara.
I pray everyday to do just that.
I’m thinking our best option may be a Trump/Cruz ticket so we get 16 years of Ted. The problem is the Dems, the MSM and the GOPe hate us so I’m not sure Ted can weather that onslaught on his own without Trump running interference.
Uh oh, the first turd in the punchbowl makes it’s appearance.
Cruz can weather it better than Trump and Ted isn’t running for VP.
Sen, Cruz would lose a big chunk of his support if he agreed to be trump’s Vice Presidential candidate.
What a boar you are. Cruz would hate to see these kinds of comments.
Cruz will get his next surge after next debate on Fox Business in mid January. His surge just came in at the right time. Ted Cruz really has run one of the best campaigns I have ever seen. Future candidates are going to study his campaign to find out how Trump run a really good campaign.
Maybe.
Cruz or lose. America.
Should Read: Future candidates are going to study his campaign to find out how to run a really good campaign
>>>Sen, Cruz would lose a big chunk of his support if he agreed to be trump’s Vice Presidential candidate<<<
Why is that? I’m a Cruz guy and Trump is the only other Candidate I would consider. 1, 2, no others apply.
By that time a V.P. Choice is made, it would mean Trump had the Nomination sewed up. Are you saying Cruz Supporters hate Trump so much that they would just give up without wanting to have Cruz as a vital part of a Republican Administration?
I don’t get your Logic, sorry.
Bull suit.
He would lose some for sure.
Speaking as a staunch Cruz supporter, I wouldn’t like to see him as anything but Pres as it would be a waste of his talent and unflappable conservative ideals.
And to be perfectly honest, I don’t trust Trump as far as I can spit.
Because some Cruz supporters wouldn’t vote for him if he were on a ticket with trump.
Why would a man with his impressive resume, and gaining in the polls, agree to be VP to a real estate developer?
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