[Slyfox]

I am puzzled. Here is the poll that was mentioned. Both CNN and Rush claimed that Cruz came in over Clinton in three swing states.

Read it and get puzzled too.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/2016-presidential-swing-state-polls/release-detail?ReleaseID=2184

[Jack Black]

15. Is your opinion of Ted Cruz favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

Cruz	CO	IA	VA
Favorable	28%	26%	30%
Unfavorable	34	31	38
Hvn't hrd enough	36	42	31
REFUSED	1	1	1

Cruz's challenge is going to be to move the undecideds into "favorable". It's usually the kiss of death to be over 50% unfavorable.

For comparison, here's Rand:

Rand	CO	IA	VA
Favorable	36%	35%	34%
Unfavorable	31	29	31
Hvn't hrd enough	33	35	33
REFUSED	1	1	2

This is a registered voter poll, so includes Donks. Still, you can see Cruz has a lot more work to do to get to >50% approval in all three states, and needs to do considerably better than break-even in wooing the undecideds.

The good news for whoever the eventual GOP nominee is, is that Hillary has terrible approval ratings.

CO	IA	VA
Favorable	41%	45%	48%
Unfavorable	51	47	45
Hvn't hrd enough	6	5	4
REFUSED	2	2	2

[Jack Black]

What is puzzling about the poll? It seems straight forward to me.