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Cruz isn’t the second choice of Trump voters
Hot Air ^ | 10/14/2015 | Henry Olsen

Posted on 10/15/2015 5:57:40 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The FOX national poll also asked the first/second choice question, but did not provide direct tabs of the share of Trump backers who chose Cruz, et al, as their second choice. It did, however, do the next best thing: it gave the entire GOP race standings if Trump were out. Trump polled 26 percent in the overall standings and Cruz polled 8 percent. Without Trump, Cruz rose to 11 percent, a three point gain. Three divided by 26 is about 11 1/2 percent, nearly identical to the thirteen percent from the other two polls.

This might seem to be too low given that Cruz is actively courting Trump and his backers. But the PPP poll suggests that effort is not yet paying off. Cruz’s name ID among Trump backers is only 47 percent positive, 37 percent negative. He still has a lot of selling to do before Trumpets think “Ted Cruz” when their thoughts stray from His Hairness.

Now, there are plenty of scenarios in which I can imagine Cruz will do well with current Trump supporters. If Cruz breaks through in Iowa and Bush recovers to win New Hampshire, for example, he could pick up loads of Trump supporters in an ensuing one-on-one. Or if Ben Carson, who currently is the Trump backers’ favorite second choice, fades, perhaps the junior Senator from Texas will gain those voters love.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carson2016; cruz2016; gopcandidates; trump2016
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

What if Carson is gone from the field at some point....


21 posted on 10/15/2015 6:12:10 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I think the MSM is working overtime to split the votes so that no Republican president will get elected. One thing is obvious; Cruz is being skewered by the MSM while the prop up Trump, Carson, Sanders, and Hillary. They want to make sure that no statesman is elected IMO


22 posted on 10/15/2015 6:13:18 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Malsua
My choice is

TRUMP/CRUZ in 2016

That is the ticket I would most like to see. I will not vote for a Trump/ rubio, bush, carson or any but Cruz ticket.

I am convinced that the GOP will do to Donald what the democrat did to Kennedy if there is a gop insider as VP.

23 posted on 10/15/2015 6:13:35 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware, a terminally ill US Marine is the most dangerous thing on earth.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
I don't know about this.

Me either. Cruz is certainly my second choice.

24 posted on 10/15/2015 6:15:04 AM PDT by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Yeah...who do those voters go to? I think they go to Trump.


25 posted on 10/15/2015 6:15:23 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I agree...Polls make you pick 3. After No. 1, the other two are votes to fill in the blanks. Carson realistically belongs at about 3%.


26 posted on 10/15/2015 6:15:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Good point.


27 posted on 10/15/2015 6:16:14 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: jsanders2001

I hardly ever see Cruz on MSM interviews anymore. What’s going on with that???


28 posted on 10/15/2015 6:17:34 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: Tupelo

Like what? Their radical, left wing views? Their ties to domestic terrorists?


29 posted on 10/15/2015 6:17:44 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (Donald Trump: New York City Liberal)
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To: dragonblustar
I can’t support Cruz because he is part of the Cheap Labor Wing of the GOP.

Dittos.

Cruz's anti establishment shtick is smoke and mirrors, he is actually "establishment" as hell. The MSM is so dumb they fall for it perpetuating this myth.

30 posted on 10/15/2015 6:17:49 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

>>TRUMP/CRUZ in 2016<<

I could definitely get behind that because that is a winning combo. Bush/Rubio or some other GOPe selection will mean that another communist, gun grabbing democrat will be president.


31 posted on 10/15/2015 6:18:48 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Well yes, but my point was this.....at that point, Cruz is probably almost unanimously second choice.


32 posted on 10/15/2015 6:18:57 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: Tupelo
The only problem I have with Cruz is OBAMA.

That's the same thing as saying Rosie O'Donnell is the same as Kate Upton...

The similarities are amazing.../ S


33 posted on 10/15/2015 6:22:17 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: MNJohnnie

Do you happen to have a link easily available for that 18% never vote for number in a Fox poll. I have looked and looked and can’t seem to find it. It would come in most handy in a few arguments I am having with some RINOs.

Thanks.


34 posted on 10/15/2015 6:23:20 AM PDT by battletank
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To: Malsua

I think the same way you do. If I’m forced, I’ll vote for Trump—but I’m much more enthused by Sen. Cruz—the closest thing we have seen to Ronald Reagan in a very long time.


35 posted on 10/15/2015 6:25:27 AM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Just a hunch, but I really don’t think Carson is going to be in this race after the first couple of primaries. Right now he is in Cruz’s lane, but that could change very quickly after more debates and primaries.


36 posted on 10/15/2015 6:25:32 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: Popman

Oh my...


37 posted on 10/15/2015 6:25:40 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
I thought Cruz had the best potential as a constitutional conservative candidate. However, he has done nothing to explain that speech to the Senate on H1B visa expansion, or "refudiate" the contents of the speech that someone else might have thrust into his hands. You'd think he would have done some research after the uproar. Nope.

THAT ALONE has cost him trust among tens of millions of American citizens. The H1B and similar visa programs for foreign workers are total frauds, using US taxpayer money against US citizens in a soft genocide.

38 posted on 10/15/2015 6:25:59 AM PDT by meadsjn
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39 posted on 10/15/2015 6:26:20 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: erod

Really? i don’t know. Carson has and is raising a lot of money.


40 posted on 10/15/2015 6:27:30 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS CHRIST because He first loved me!)
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