2016 National Republican Primary - Trump 49%, Cruz 28% (Morning Consult 3/24-3/26)

Huffpost Pollster ^ | 3/28/16 | Morning Consult

[connyankee]

Ksick still on the pipe.

[Lucky9teen]

I know, ha ha....facts, the Constitution...ha ha ha, those things are so funny and unnecessary.

Right?

[MaxistheBest]

Ever supported amnesty for illegal aliens?

Yes - TED CRUZ

Facts, so funny and unnecessary

[kara37]

Oh look, another national poll showing Trump getting a higher national percentage than he has gotten in any state.

[tatown]

Most people understand that Trumps best states are ahead of him

[kara37]

Most people understand that Trumps best states are ahead of him.
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Most people understand that you cannot be averaging around 50% nationally, unless you are averaging 50% between the states.
That is in fact how you get an average. This is just not a poll of Trumps best states.

[Lucky9teen]

Yes, facts are important. But twisting reality, taking things out of context, and misrepresenting things, does not make what you create out of that, a "fact".

First off, let's define Amnesty.

am·nes·ty (ˈamnəstē/)
noun 1. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
Verb 1. grant an official pardon to.

Here is Ted in 2011, explaining his views on Amnesty and Illegal Immigration. He clearly explains that he is strongly opposed to illegal immigration, categorically opposed to amnesty, and he strongly supports legal immigrants who follow the rules and come here seeking to work towards the American Dream.

Sen. Ted Cruz Speaks on the Senate Floor in Opposition to the Gang of Eight's Immigration Bill

Here Ted is on Rush Limbaughs show in 2013, BEFORE the Gang of 8 voted on his "poison pill amendment", explaining what his amendment was for and what it did to Rubios bill that gave legal pathway to illegals. His amendment was a 1 page amendment that anyone here illegally is permanently ineligible for citizenship It was silent on legalization. His amendment was to defeat the Gang of 8, because he knew that once citizenship was taken off the table, it revealed their hypocrisy and what their intent was. Chuck Schumer said he knew it was a poison pill, since then and so has Rubio. Teds amendment did exactly what Ted intended for it to, it ended the Gang of 8's intentions and flushed out the real reason they wanted their Gang of 8 bill to pass. Ted's amendment was a bluff, and they fell for it.

As he has explained since the beginning, he's held the SAME STANCE and has NEVER BEEN for Amnesty.

To say otherwise, proves you are either not informed, ignorant of the facts, or lying in order to slander Cruz (or all three).

Here he is on Greta, explaining it more thoroughly, as well

Timeline Shows Ted Cruz Amendment Designed to Kill Gang of Eight Amnesty

Blue State Blues: Ted Cruz Is 100% Right About the Gang of Eight

[tatown]

Yes but what you are ignoring is that his poll numbers in states that have already vote have obviously improved. You can’t simply use the results from early states to get the average NOW nationally. Simple math kiddo.

[nightmarewhileawake]

Ted is that you?? Or perhaps it’s Carly. Either way your condescension is identically recognize able.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Trump calls them rapists but Cruz says they will fix your house for cheap.

Like Newt with his church-going illegals (atheists who want to make Murica great are evil), rookie cruz doesn’t understand how he makes it an underhanded attack on “the other”.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2013/08/20/45797/texas-sen-ted-cruz-hispanics-dont-beg-or-panhandle/

“And I’ll tell you I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Hispanic panhandler,” Cruz continued. “Now why is that? Because in our community it would be viewed as shameful to be out there on the street begging. Now you want work on your house? You’ll see men and women lining up to work their fingers to the bone to provide for their kids to put food on the table. Hard work, responsibility, those are conservative values.”

[Lucky9teen]

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be condescending. I guess it would appear that way, when listing facts to someone who obviously doesn’t care about them.

[kara37]

Yes but what you are ignoring is that his poll numbers in states that have already vote have obviously improved. You can’t simply use the results from early states to get the average NOW nationally. Simple math kiddo.
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Well, thanks for the kiddo comment, I’ve been called much worst.
How about the states ahead. The only state poll that I have seen that shows him over 50% is NY. Lets look at the states with recent polling. These are RCP averages.

Wisconsin = 32.0

Pennsylvania = 34.5

California = 34.3

Sorry, until he starts winning a bunch of states with around 50%, I call these national polls BS.

[georgiarat]

The GOPe are all in to stop Trump whether they use Cruz or Kasich. Both Kasich and Cruz are nothing but tools of the GOPe to stay in power. If Teump does not win the nomination we have lost all hope of ever taking control of the party.

Any vote for Cruz or Kasich is a vote for McConnell. RYan, and Hillary.

[tatown]

Kewl

[orchestra]

Yes, I saw he just added a stop in Appleton,WI on Wednesday. I hope he hits it hard, no reason not to.

[MaxistheBest]

“he strongly supports legal immigrants who follow the rules and come here”

Except for the 12 million illegals here, who can stay here and collect government handouts.

[samtheman]

Most people understand that Trumps best states are ahead of him

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There is no question that Trump will increase his delegate lead. The only question is, can he reach the magic number. I am optimistic, but am still nervous on this question.