Ted Cruz's moment: Texan gains national GOP support and positive reviews

YouGov ^ | January 9, 2016 | Kathy Frankovic

[JSDude1]

Ted Cruz trails Donald Trump in national support, but scores equally well or better on certain candidate qualities like readiness to be Commander in Chief and honesty

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has emerged as the Republican Party’s strongest challenger to frontrunner Donald Trump, inching up in Economist/YouGov Polls. He is the second choice of 40% of Trump supporters among Republican primary voters, and his favorable ratings have climbed 20 points in the last six months.

Cruz’s upward trajectory (nationally as well as in Iowa) helps to explain recent sharp attacks made by Trump against the Texas Senator. So far there hasn’t been much negative movement against Cruz among Republicans. As has been the case for months, about one in five Republicans don’t like Cruz. But that’s lower than the level of unfavorable percentages for some of the other GOP candidates. Three in ten Republicans don’t like Donald Trump, while nearly half have an unfavorable view of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Although Cruz is the most-liked Republican candidate at the moment, two in three Republicans express favorable opinions of Florida Senator Marco Rubio and neurosurgeon Ben Carson, as well as of Trump.

Among all Republican primary voters, Cruz is the clear second choice. More than four in ten primary voters name Cruz as either their first or second choice. But Trump is still ahead of both the senators: nearly half say the New York businessman is their first or second choice.

[TigerClaws]

I may have the opportunity to ask Cruz a question this week.

What should I ask him?

[patq]

I’d say higher negatives while winning first place by a significant margin is a great position to be in. Trump has much more upside.

[changeitback440]

I may have the opportunity to ask Cruz a question this week.

What should I ask him?

you should ask him to stand down.

[Duchess47]

Ask him why he’s running since he’s not a natural born citizen.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Just waiting for Carson to drop out and it will be all tied up.

Trump has brought much-needed attention to Cruz which Cruz will capitalize on in the next debate.

[acapesket]

Puhleeze! Not another one! He is as American as insane 0!

[1rudeboy]

Ask him if he’s CFR, just to see how quickly you’ll be escorted out. lol

[JoSixChip]

I’d say higher negatives while winning first place by a significant margin is a great position to be in. Trump has much more upside.

It does seem like Trump is the standard by which all others are measured.

[JoSixChip]

you should ask him to stand down.

+1

[bigbob]

If you get a chance, ask him if Joan Crawford had crabs...no, wait - that one was for Reagan

[JoSixChip]

Trump has brought much-needed attention to Cruz which Cruz will capitalize on in the next debate.

Sure he will. Cruz, being the world's greatest debater, will beat everybody in the world! Let's just ignore the fact he has not been able to win a single one yet.

[JoSixChip]

He is as American as insane 0!

And that is what you are staking your claim of eligibility on? You think that because a black progressive got away with it, a white GOPe man will?

[Wife of D28Man]

You must not be familiar with his record against the Supreme Court.

[JoSixChip]

You must not be familiar with his record against the Supreme Court.

What is it, like 5 to 4? When it comes to life or death decisions of war and the like, you really don't want someone with a 5 to 4 record making the decisions.

[acapesket]

Think Lawsuits. They cannot claim Cruz is not native born if they refuse Zero’s suit.
Cruz produced his Mother’s B.C.
I don’t recall Zero producing anything…credible that is.
Granny and the HI SoS died mysteriously in a very coveniant time frame?

[winner3000]

Cruz is extremely attractive to conservatives as he has by far been the most courageous elected Republican, representing conservative principles against the wishes of the RINO leadership. He was the target of major pressure by his own party and did not blink. This is rare. We always say we want somebody like this to represent us exactly like that in Washington. Now that we got him, I am willing to support him.

I love the non-PC Trump. I would be very excited to vote for him for President. I’m always nervous though about whether he will walk the walk if he gets the Presidency. We conservatives have been burned too many times by people who speak conservative and start acting (voting) liberal once they get in. I wish Trump had a conservative record before this campaign, either supporting conservative politicians or diving rhetorically in the heated political fights. Does anyone know what his record looks like?

[Nateman]

don't want someone with a 5 to 4 record

With the POS's that infest that court I'd say that was pretty good. Most of the time the lawyer does not matter because those collectivist jerks have already made up their rotten minds.

[JoSixChip]

Think Lawsuits. They cannot claim Cruz is not native born if they refuse Zero's suit. Cruz produced his Mother's B.C. I don't recall Zero producing anything credible that is. Granny and the HI SoS died mysteriously in a very covenant time frame?

There is one little, tiny weeny, difference though, obumber claims to have been born on American soil under American jurisdiction. So there is that.

[21twelve]

I think it is 6-3. The big wins being allowing religous monuments on public land (Ten Commandments), leaving the mention of God in the Pledge, and the gun ruling, stating that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right.

Also the State’s rights one with that mexican criminal.

I imagine that in a government position, Cruz was not in a position to take those cases that he thought were obvious wins. Or - he was pushing things too far. One doesn’t have victories without the risk of loss. And the losses will come.