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Cruz's Texas win marks lowest home state support in 104 years
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 3/2/16 10:05 AM | Paul Bedard

Posted on 03/06/2016 7:08:03 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal

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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

In Texas more people voted against Cruz than voted for him.
He’s not well-liked in Texas and without popular governor Abbott’s endorsement would have lost it.


21 posted on 03/06/2016 7:26:31 PM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: TXSearcher
Well, Texas definitely likes Cruz better than Trump, Kasich or Rubio.

Unless you count those 3 together as anti-Cruz, which is what we hear from Cruz supporters every time Trump wins a state.

22 posted on 03/06/2016 7:28:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

With Cruz’s numbers he would lose a primary challenge for his Senate seat.

That is ridiculous. You don't know a thing about Texas. He is well loved here and he has performed as advertised.

23 posted on 03/06/2016 7:29:49 PM PST by austingirl (Cruz 2016)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

There were 13 people on the Texas GOP primary ballot and six still in the race when early voting started, including JEB. Makes a difference.


24 posted on 03/06/2016 7:30:32 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: NKP_Vet
In Texas more people voted against Cruz than voted for him.

Most Trump wins have had more people voting against him. Its the nature of this primary.

25 posted on 03/06/2016 7:30:33 PM PST by tlozo
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

“was the worst showing by a Republican candidate in a home state since 1913”

I didn’t even try hard and found out this is completely false. What a poor attempt at miss-information.

1980,
“The next major primary for Anderson was in Illinois, his home state. He arrived there after his New England triumph and had a lead in the state polls. But his Illinois campaign struggled despite endorsements from the state’s two largest newspapers. His campaign, no longer taken lightly by his opponents, was outmatched organizationally and he was ganged up upon in a candidate’s debate. Reagan defeated him 48% to 37%.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Anderson


26 posted on 03/06/2016 7:30:56 PM PST by dila813
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To: ilgipper

Absolutely correct. We are looking at a new paradigm.


27 posted on 03/06/2016 7:31:45 PM PST by John Valentine (Sorry, but your reply to me is nonsensical.)
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To: svcw

Vote fraud was definitely indicated on the voting machines. And Cruz was the likeliest recipient. Whether that was enough to turn the results, we don’t know. And, of course, the Republican establishment has zero interest in finding out.


28 posted on 03/06/2016 7:33:48 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: austingirl

As I understand it, Senator Cruz has done exactly what he campaigned on doing.


29 posted on 03/06/2016 7:39:29 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump to McCain - "Pass the strawberries".)
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To: Cicero

Wasn’t it TX where they just pulled all those machines? Not saying it was Cruz, more likely GOP.


30 posted on 03/06/2016 7:43:16 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: svcw
In addition to the headline: trump people say Cruz cheated

I don't know who said that but they weren't representative of Trump's supporters. I personally think any cheating would be by GOP. In fact, Mississippi is in a precarious situation Tues.

31 posted on 03/06/2016 7:45:55 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Kenny

Cruz won beating Trump by 17% (480,00 votes). It wasn’t close.


33 posted on 03/06/2016 7:49:24 PM PST by tlozo
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To: Baldwin77

No matter how you feel about the issue, you must accept Cruz’s campaign will be dead in the water after this stuff makes the nightly news. WTH is Cruz thinking appearing with guys like Pastor Kevin (Kill the Gays) Swanson and Bryan (Arrest All The Gays) Fischer. Cruz might as well be hanging with the Westboro bunch.

But don’t worry. The MSM won’t pick this up unless Cruz makes it to the general.


34 posted on 03/06/2016 7:51:40 PM PST by moehoward
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To: digger48
Unless you count those 3 together as anti-Cruz, which is what we hear from Cruz supporters every time Trump wins a state.

That must get pretty irritating.

Kind've like when I was called a "Dumb *ss GOPe shill" yesterday by a Trump supporter when I said I voted for Cruz in Texas. (Of course, what REALLY ticked me off was that the thread got pulled before I could respond back.) ROFL

I figure when people are passionate about an election.....dumb things will get said. You just stick by your guns and go with the flow.

35 posted on 03/06/2016 7:51:43 PM PST by TXSearcher (If it walks like a liberal, talks like a liberal........it IS a LIBERAL.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Has there actually been in 104 years a state with as many delegates it represents?


36 posted on 03/06/2016 7:54:46 PM PST by doldrumsforgop
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37 posted on 03/06/2016 7:55:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: soycd

“Texas has been overrun by illegal trash.”

For a vermin to say that just 4 days after we won our independence with a foreign power is what is trash.

Go flush your vile trauma elsewhere.


38 posted on 03/06/2016 7:56:06 PM PST by doldrumsforgop
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To: ObamahatesPACoal
What does this analysis prove? Although today, most Republicans choose their delegates through primaries, this has not always been the case. For decades, only a small number of states--usually fewer than 15--held primaries. Many Republican standard bearers such as Alf Landon, Thomas Dewey, Wendell Willkie, Dwight Eisenhower and Barry Goldwater did not come from home states that had primaries. Other candidates such as Richard Nixon in 1960, Ronald Reagan in 1968 and Herbert Hoover in 1932 ran unopposed in their home states.

Richard Nixon ran unopposed in the California primary in 1960 and did not enter that primary in 1968.

One contest that featured three strong candidates was the California primary of 1928, which Hoover won by 49 percent. Although he didn't score that big a win, Cruz's victory over three strong opponents still is impressive.

39 posted on 03/06/2016 7:56:08 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: moehoward

Maybe it will come up in the next debate ???


40 posted on 03/06/2016 7:56:41 PM PST by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too !)
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