Posted on 08/04/2015 5:14:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz remains the first choice of Hot Air readers, followed by Scott Walker and Donald Trump. Most candidates have stayed steady over the last month, but as Trump rose, June’s third place winner Rick Perry fell. Whether Perry supporters have migrated or simply didn’t come out to vote this time, I don’t know, but Perry’s loss was basically Trump’s gain. That’s the first takeaway.
The second takeaway is this: that regardless of who you support, a Republican primary debate without Bobby Jindal and Carly Fiorina would be woefully incomplete. Not only did both make the top 5 in the consensus vote, but Fiorina is now actually in the top 3 among second choices and the top 5 among first choices.
The idea that Obamacaid-supporting John Kasich — who does no better than tenth in any of these lists — would get a seat at the debate but Fiorina or Jindal could be left off the stage is, simply put, ridiculous. And Perry, who’s fallen, still has a strong argument as a top 10 candidate that’s at least as good as Kasich’s. It will be interesting to see what the final lineup looks like.
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Yes!
I am surprised Donald Trump received so much support!
Not at all surprised!
A little surprised, I expected Cruz to be in the top 2, but it’s been wall to wall Trump coverage for the last month and it seems there’s a good amount of conservatives who like him because he stands up to the GOPe. Hopefully, the debates will propel Cruz to the top.
It’s not like he was the North American debating champion in both categories, 2nd in the whole world and Princeton named a debate championship after him. Oh, yeah, those things did happen.
Look again. Cruz is in first place in this particular poll.
Despite the best efforts of the MSM, Cruz is an elite candidate, they ignore him at their own peril.
Ted Cruz Ping! When Trump finally gets his fill of political limelight and moves on to his next great self promotional thing, his support will shift to Cruz. Watershed moment.
Me too!
Another Conservative run poll...and, like Breitbart, another win for Cruz.
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