Posted on 09/18/2018 10:40:32 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a nine-point edge over opponent Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) in the Lone Star State’s Senate race, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
About 54 percent of likely Texas voters support Cruz, compared with 45 percent who support O’Rourke.
While both have net-positive favorability ratings, Cruz’s margin is greater than his opponent’s. About 52 percent of likely voters have a favorable opinion of Cruz, compared to 43 percent who have an unfavorable opinion. Roughly 43 percent of likely voters have a favorable opinion of O’Rourke, whereas 42 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
The upcoming midterm cycle is largely considered to be a referendum on President Trump. Likely voters are split 49-49 on the president’s job approval.
Cruz's 9-point edge in the polls differs from other recent surveys, which have O’Rourke only down four to five points. Republicans have grown increasingly concerned about Cruz holding on.
White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney told Republicans at a closed-door meeting earlier this month that Cruz could lose his seat, citing problems with his likeability, according to The New York Times.
“I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s a possibility. How likable is a candidate? That still counts,” he said.
Should Texas become more competitive, it would open up a Senate map for Democrats that largely has them playing defense. Ten Democratic senators are running for reelection in states Trump won in 2016.
An average of polling for the Texas Senate race tabulated by Real Clear Politics shows Cruz up by four points. The Cook Political Report rates the race as “Lean R.”
Quinnipiac University surveyed 807 likely Texas voters from Sept. 11-17. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 4.1 percent.
Well, it may be because I was raised in West Texas, and moved into Central Texas, but I don't think I have ever met a Hispanic who has gone through the legal process, so I wouldn't know how they think about open borders.
I'm basing my observations on the Hispanic people I know, who are family members, friends, neighbors and community acquaintances. Even those who are two (or more) generations away from the original border jumper are sucking up the Socialist's propaganda that Trump wants to kick ALL of them out of the US.
When normally level headed, non-political people are talking about carrying around their birth certificates while going to the grocery store, church, etc because they are convinced ICE is around every corner just waiting to jail them, I believe it's time to say Houston, we may have a problem.
As such, I'll repeat your comment: Go Vote as if your life depended on it (because it just might)
I haven’t followed this race that closely. Didn’t the information about O’Rourke leaving the scene of an accident come out recently?
Indeed - in addition, even if a poll is “accurate”, it just shows how people would vote...but what matters is who actually shows up and votes in the end.
Could have been his appearance on The Late Show where he openly supported far-left policies and the talk radio circuit picked them up and played them far and wide. No border wall, government run healthcare, the whole works of ultra leftism.
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