[Ohioan]

It is far too early to believe any particular poll; far too early to pay too much attention to any report of negatives. (NBC is part of the Jeb Bush promotion these days--so keep that in mind;--and Donald Trump has shown how easy it is to render Jeb Bush ineffective.)

Ted Cruz knows how to present Conservative arguments effectively. He is in the tradition of Goldwater & Reagan in that. If he just can master Reagan's technique of shooting down Leftwing arguments with a smile--Goldwater, unfortunately, was more apt to scowl, which played into the hands of those who claimed he would start a nuclear war--although that was only one factor in his defeat.

[zeestephen]

The poll was a National Election Pool exit poll taken on election day 2014 in Texas.

That's before either Cruz or Jeb began a serious run at the nomination.

National Election Pool does all the national election day polling for every TV news network, also for Associated Press and New York Times.

I think it's fair to say the poll probably has some left wing bias, considering the news media who pay for it.

Still, I'll bet that Goldwater and Reagan never saw a poll like that - 50% “NO” - in their home states.