I don’t under your question and what were the percentages? And are you comparing TEXAS with the national level?
Understand
Mediocre Massachusetts Mitt got 57% of the POTUS votes in Texas in 2012.
Cruz got 56% of the Senate votes in Texas in 2012.
97% of the folks on FR agree Mediocre Mitt was a lousy candidate.
It just doesn’t appear to me that Cruz was “immensely popular”, that’s all.