Posted on 02/24/2016 5:12:08 PM PST by NYRepublican72
DALLAS - Six days before Super Tuesday, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are now tied in Texas, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by WFAA-TV.
Cruz and Trump both had 32 percent support from likely and actual GOP primary voters, with a 3.9 percent margin of error.
It is the most recent survey of Texas voters and the first one to show Cruz no longer leading in his home state.
âHeâs fading,â said Cal Jillson, professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, of Ted Cruzâs candidacy. âTrump has proven to be stronger and more resilient than anyone expected.â
Marco Rubio is a distant third in the WFAA Texas TEGNA poll with 17 percent, John Kasich has 6 percent, Ben Carson has 5 percent and another 5 percent of respondents remain undecided, the poll revealed.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has double the support of Bernie Sanders with 61 percent compared to his 32 percent. Seven percent of likely or actual Democratic voters were undecided.
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Even if Cruz wins the most delegates in TX all it does is prolong his pain - and Rubio’s.
Trump’s got his eye on the big prize.
David Axlerod (yeah, I know ...) said last night that Trump should let Cruz win Texas. It won’t make much difference in delegate count and would keep Cruz in race to help split vote in winner-take-all Florida and Ohio.
Then it will truly be “game over.”
Axlegrease is a genius in my book.
If he’s being honest here (and who could know?) then that’s the right strategy.
Don’t worry. Trump voters will find his name on the ballot regardless of where it is.
“before the coronation starts”
It’s started, get used to it. It’s President Trump to you. Cruz and Rubio are doomed. Doomed, I tell you, doomed.
“Cruz needs 50% to make a win worth it. Otherwise, it’s proportional”
Yep. With a week to go, and a roaring gale in his sails, Trump could coceiveably break that 50% threshold and take all the Texas delegates.
In the meantime, Ted is slipping into oblivion, and might just barely match Trump’s vote total here, to keep it proportional.
“...if Cruz wins in Texas it keeps him in play.”
That’s a Yuge ‘if’, at this point.
We will know next Tuesday.
Ted will be lucky to simply hold on, after Tuesday. It ain’t lookin good.
The reason you slam Cruz and no other republicans or democrats is because Cruz is so much better than your candidate
“The reason you slam Cruz and no other republicans or democrats is because Cruz is so much better than your candidate”
Yeah, and your candidate is sucking my guy’s tailpipe exhaust! Neener, neener, neener!
Geez, friend, you’re defending Ted like a sixth grade girl. Bring some logic, facts, or reason to the table, or sit down.
“Ted will be lucky to simply hold on, after Tuesday.”
He has a pretty good shot at winning Texas. Things are not really going to be clear until mid-March no matter how much everyone wants to predict their guy has it all wrapped up and the other guy is doomed.
“He has a pretty good shot at winning Texas.”
Define “winning”.
In order to take all of Texas’ delegates, Cruz has to get 50% of the vote here. Given his recent performances, that’s highly unlikely.
About the best Ted can hope for, is to come away with a sizeable enough share of the vote, to hold Trump under 50%.
A proportional share of the vote here is as good as a loss for Ted. He absolutely needs to dominate the Texas primary to recover any momentum or credibility as a serious candidate.
“And if Cruz wins in Texas it keeps him in play. So, yeah, Texas does matter.”
Good, I hope Cruz stays in, as he keeps the vote all split up, and Trump will love that. Keep Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson in through March 15th (FL and OH primaries) and for sure Game, Set, Match Trump. So on this we agree, keep Cruz in play, lol.
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