Three Michiganders in this house voting for Cruz. A Michigan thread with no spin would have been better.
Seat Number 32904 way up there in the back row in the south 40 is empty. Michigan must hate him.
hilarious headline.
Donald Trump’s Portland, ME rally earlier had 47,000+ watching the RSBN stream. Thanks Mitt!
Then, using the logic I hear applied to Trump all the time, that means 8 out of 10 Michiganders hate Ted Cruz’s guts with the intensity of a billion supernovas...or something.
Michigan shares a short border with OH and has a lot of the same problems. If Kasich were earning respect in OH and in the region for solving any of those problems, his support would be higher in Michigan.
RCP Michigan average: Trump 33.7 Rubio 18.3 Cruz 17.0 Kasich 10.0
FOX 2 Detroit/Mitchell 3/1 - 3/1 679 LV MoE 3.8 Trump 39 Rubio 19 Cruz 14 Kasich 12
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Trump
|
Rubio
|
Cruz
|
Kasich
|
Carson
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Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 2/22 - 3/1 | -- | -- | 33.7 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 8.3 | Trump +15.4 |
| FOX 2 Detroit/MitchellFOX 2 | 3/1 - 3/1 | 679 LV | 3.8 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 9 | Trump +20 |
| EPIC-MRAEPIC-MRA | 2/27 - 2/29 | 400 LV | 4.9 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 7 | Trump +10 |
| MRGMRG | 2/22 - 2/27 | 217 LV | -- | 33 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 9 | Trump +15 |
| FOX 2 Detroit/MitchellFOX 2 | 2/23 - 2/23 | 459 LV | 4.6 | 41 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 7 | Trump +22 |
| Target InsyghtTarget Insyght | 2/22 - 2/24 | 400 LV | 5.0 | 41 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 | Trump +24 |
| ARGARG | 2/19 - 2/20 | 400 LV | 5.0 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 9 | Trump +18 |
| Detroit News/WDIV-TVDetroit News | 2/14 - 2/16 | 600 LV | 4.0 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | Trump +10 |
| FOX 2 Detroit/MitchellFOX 2 | 2/15 - 2/15 | 394 LV | 4.9 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Except that Trump has consistently underperformed his polling numbers, hasn’t he?
If we are being honest... which on these threads, Trumpettes never are.
[full disclosure - Cruz supporter]
I am of the opinion that Sen Cruz is the standard bearer for the conservative wing of the party and that wing has been growing. Rubio represents the GOPe wing of North Eastern Republicans and that wing has been shrinking. Both are about 20% of the party and as such, neither can win without the other.
Trump represents the disgruntled party members and as such is drawing about 40 to 50 percent. He can win the party nomination on his own, but still needs conservatives and the GOPe to insure a general election win.