Posted on 03/02/2016 9:00:23 AM PST by Sybeck1
Each of the 60 previous Republican presidential candidates who carried their home state did so with a larger percentage of the vote than Cruz; Cruz is one of only six who failed to reach the 50 percent mark
The Ted Cruz campaign delivered on its promise to win the Texas primary on Tuesday and then exceeded ‘expectations’ by also coming in first place in the neighboring state of Oklahoma and the Alaska caucuses.
With four victories now under his belt, Cruz will attempt to use his comparatively successful electoral track record against the remaining non-Trump candidates (Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Ben Carson) in an attempt to expedite their withdrawal from the race.
To be sure, the Texas U.S. Senator’s victory in his home state – and the most delegate rich state on the primary calendar thus far – was crucial for the Cruz campaign, and avoided an embarrassment that might have pressured him to withdraw after Super Tuesday.
While Cruz escaped that unenviable situation, his victory in Texas is decidedly shy of impressive.
In fact, by one measure, it is the least impressive home state primary victory in party history.
A Smart Politics analysis finds that Ted Cruz’s 43.8 percent showing in Texas marks the lowest support ever recorded by a Republican presidential candidate in a home state victory out of the more than five-dozen campaigns to win their home state since 1912.
Over the last 104 years since the debut of presidential primaries, Republican White House hopefuls have successfully carried their home state in a presidential primary 61 times.
Prior to Cruz’s plurality win in Texas on Tuesday, only five of these candidates failed to win a majority of the primary vote en route to their home state victory:
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I think Rubio’s on track to break that record in a couple weeks.
W carried it in ‘00 with 88% compared to McCain’s 7%.
Uh oh....celebrating to fast.
Can’t wait to see NY. Guarantee Trump does better then Cruz did in Texas. Lol.
Trump 2016!
So when your favorite sports team wins by 1 point/run it is not really a win? Trump logic. Bizarro world...
in before the cruzers with their hair on fire
He will hold it until the 16th
The percentage is not important, Texas owns Cruz!!!
So if Trump doesn’t get 50% in New York, will we see the same article for him?
It's actually very meaningful considering the 50% threshold for delegates. Had Cruz reached the 50%, the delegate count would look significantly different.
This is news when Hillary’s vote total in Texas was over 400,000 less than the number of votes she got in 2008?
The story of Super Tuesday should be the complete collapse of the Democrat party.
Not if he doesn’t win it
Stupid article. Cruz won his home state. That’s more than Algore could accomplish yet he came really close to winning in the November election.
LOL - like that could ever happen.
I agree. Rubes will get 20.
How many names were on the ballot in each of those previous races? There were thousands of votes cast in Texas for Jeb, Fiorina, Santorum, Christie, and even, embarrassingly, Linda Graham! The ballots were printed before they withdrew from the race. In a two person race, the totals would have been different.
“It’s actually very meaningful considering the 50% threshold for delegates. Had Cruz reached the 50%, the delegate count would look significantly different. “
And thankfully, he didn’t! Because in truth, Texas isn’t really “in love” with Teddy. It’s more in the nature of “going home at 2 with a “10,” and waking up at 10 with a “2!” Texas will vote Trump in the general election in a heartbeat.
Yep.
I’m not going to criticize Cruz’s wins yesterday.
He won those three states, and deserves to be congratulated for those wins.
What makes me mad about yesterday was Rubio winning anything.
I hate that punk.
http://www.270towin.com/states/New_York
Statistically, when did NY ever vote for a Republican for president? Since 1976, ONLY during the Reagan years did New York turn from blue to red in a presidential election! Not even the Texan Bush boys were able to take New York! And thus far, Cruz has failed to garner the support & votes of the Reagan democrats needed to take New York.
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