Posted on 03/25/2016 8:42:32 AM PDT by NYRepublican72
Ted Cruz holds a modest lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin two weeks before that states winner-take-all Republican primary, according to a new Washington Free Beacon poll.
The Basswood Research survey of 500 likely Republican primary voters, conducted on March 19 and 20, shows the Texas senator leading Trump by 4.8 points, 36.2 to 31.4. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trails with 20.8.
Cruzs lead expands dramatically in a head-to-head contest with Trump. If Kasich were to drop out before the primary, 47.8 percent of respondents say they would back Cruz, compared to just 36.2 percent for Trump.
Wisconsin is expected to be a crucial contest in the race for the Republican nomination, as Trump looks to expand his lead, Cruz clings to diminishing prospects to unseat him as the frontrunner, and Kasich seeks to consolidate enough support to keep his bid relevant ahead of a potential contested Republican convention.
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I could be wrong, but I think that Wisconsin isn't statewide "winner take all" in the same way that FL,AZ,OH are winner take all. Instead, it's winner take all per Congressional district, unless a candidate gets over 50% in which case all delegates in the state are pledged to the winner. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Wisconsin is WTA by Congressional district for 24 of the 42 delegates. (8x3). The remaining 18 delegates go to the statewide winner, regardless of any threshold.
Cruz and Trump (and possibly even Kasich) will get some delegates under this scheme.
Cruz is going to screw the pooch. He is trying to keep Trump from getting the delegates he needs thinking he will get it in a contested primary. The GOPe is happy because they know neither Trump or Cruz will win if it comes to that. As far as the general election goes there is no way Cruz can beat Hitlery. The polls are meaningless now because the Clinton War Room has yet to begin the attack. Cruz will be demonized as the government shutdown guy like a couple of years ago and the dumb arse public will believe it thanks to the commies in the media. Trump really is the only snowballs chance we have of winning. Even though I would prefer Cruz over Trump I am not going to be so stupid to help lose this critical election because I have to support my #2 choice over my #1 choice.
Cruz is done
Trump did not make it personal, Cruz did and Trump responded
Cruzs bimbo eruptions are going to put him under
And Rush has ties to Trump. So is Rush like the National Enquirer? - I like this stupid reasoning technique it is much easier than thinking.
How about the simple explanation? Cruz is sanctimonious hypocritical horn dog of a politician with all the hubris and arrogance to boot.
We've never seen one of those before.
This will play out in the next couple of days but I think it ends poorly for all who got rodent copulated by Ted and Ted himself ... if that is what of course happened.
“How about the simple explanation? Cruz is sanctimonious hypocritical horn dog of a politician with all the hubris and arrogance to boot.”
You’re right. That’s a possibility. But then that would put Cruz in Trump’s class, right?
This is why Trump’s people are putting out smear stories about Cruz.
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