Posted on 02/23/2015 10:58:10 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz leads a crowded field for the Republican presidential nomination in Texas, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll released on Monday.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker grabbed only 2 percent of the vote in the last such poll in October, but he has surged to a close second. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whom 14 percent of Republican voters would have chosen in October, fell to fifth place in a wide-open field.
Twenty percent of those surveyed went for Cruz, with Walker coming in with 19 percent. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and neurosurgeon Ben Carson followed with 9 percent, and Perry at 8 percent.
Next, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 5 percent, Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) at 4 percent, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at 3 percent, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 2 percent and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) and former business executive Carly Fiorina all grabbing 1 percent. Thirteen percent of those surveyed replied that they hadn’t thought about it enough to form an opinion.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton surged to 62 percent in the Lone Star State, 50 percentage points in front of second-place Elizabeth Warren, who has repeatedly said she will not seek the nomination.
The online poll was conducted between February 6-15, surveying 1,200 registered voters, with an overall margin of error of 2.8 percentage points, and the Republican sample polling 547 voters carries a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points. The Democratic sample polling 401 voters has a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.
20% for Cruz
19% for Walker
Looking good for both.
I like both.
Walker might be more electable in a nationwide election,
if he can win 3 times in not so red Wisconsin.
” Walker might be more electable in a nationwide election,”
Yeah..a high school graduate will easily make it by the elitist MSM.
Don’t believe the poll; when push comes to shove a TX Republican will always vote for a Bush; they have since at least 1984 anyway.
It’s Texas. I’m surprised it was that close.
Perry was never ahead of Cruz.
Walker/Cruz
Cruz Walker
Walker/Bolton
Cruz/Bolten
I have regarded Perry’s judgement as compromised since he hired Steve Schmidt and Henry Barbour. Anyone with that bad of a political tin ear is just not viable in my opinion.
MSM attacked Walker ferociously in Wisconsin. Walker won in spite of it, in a blue state, THREE times in 4 years.
But you missed main thrust of my point. Which was that between Walker & Cruz (I am supporting both with enthusiasm) Walker is more electable in a national wide election, based on his performance in purple-blue Wisconsin.
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