Posted on 02/25/2016 9:54:32 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is leading 2016 GOP presidential rival Donald Trump by 15 points in the senator's home state, according to a poll released Thursday just days ahead of Super Tuesday.
Mr. Cruz was at 38 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in Texas, with Mr. Trump at 23 percent and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at 21 percent, according to the survey from Monmouth University conducted from Monday to Wednesday.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was at 6 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich was at 5 percent.
"Cruz looks to be well-positioned in Texas.The challenge for him is that a lot of other states are also on the slate for Super Tuesday," said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmout University Polling Institute.
Texas is one of 11 states where voters will head to the polls Tuesday to make their selections for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, and its 155 delegates up for grabs is by far the most of any state.
Other recent polls on the state have ranged from a tie between Mr. Cruz and Mr. Trump to a 15-point edge for Mr. Cruz, who is trying to demonstrate that he is the only candidate in the race who can take down the billionaire businessman.
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a better than 2-to-1 advantage over Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, 64 percent to 30 percent.
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Yawn...Ted is far from the most conservative candidate. Enjoy the next week. It’s all the time Ted has left in the race.
-PJ
That is a great idea.
Common, you remember that WSJ-NBC poll in South Carolina. It had Cruz beating Trump. You can see why people are suspicious of polls.
To have ANY chance at all, this is the kind of win Cruz needs in Texas to gain traction elsewhere.
I close win for Cruz would be as bad as a loss. Cruz needs a blowout to get some momentum.
To be a more accurate picture of where the race stands it would have to have been taken the 24th and after. This poll includes the 22 and 23, before the results of NV were known. We’ll see what the polls out of TX look like this weekend.
But it’s fun!!!!
38%, eh? That means 62% of likely Republican primary voters in Texas hate him.
Cruz “should” win Texas.
But you can’t win with Texas alone. But a big win here might give Cruz some momentum.
I expect Texas to vote
35% Cruz
25% Trump
I’ll be glad when this RINO beauty contest is over and Ted Cruz can finally wash the lipstick from his rear courtesy of you.
Well TX is kind of a must do for Cruz. Coming in third in every primary since Iowa is not inspiring. He’s highly unlikely to do better than second or third in the other Super Tuesday contests so without Texas its hard to argue staying in the race.
Which means exactly squat since they are proportioned.
Remember how happy you were with that phony WSJ/NBC poll right before South Carolina?
That’s not possible. Trump is a winner and winners win. Why, he’s going to make everyone sick of winning.
Everyone else is a bunch of losers. So they can’t be winning, because Trump is a winner.
You just throw this stuff out there, it just comes out like an involuntary burp.
Keep up the good work Mr. God! You could change the course of this election. But you should step it up. Post more Cruz articles. Step it up.
I believe the term is “whistling past the graveyard”.
Ted should win TX.
If he finishes second it ends his campaign.
The same goes for Kasich in OH.
Of course, Marco 3rd place Rubio, will be propped up by the usual suspects even if he loses FL. K st has cast their lot...
36 Congressional Disctricts with 3 delegates each. It is proportional, sort of. If the winning candidate for that Congressional District has more than 20% but less than 50% of the vote in that CD, he/she is awarded 2 delegates, with the second place getting 1 delegate. If a candidate gets 50% or more of the vote in a CD, they get all 3 delegates. After that, I’m unsure how the remaining delegates are distributed.
“Trump will now go on Twitter and threaten to sue Monmouth University.”
That particular snark is becoming tedious.
“That particular snark is becoming tedious.”
Has Trump said anything new over the past 5 months? Or is he becoming tedious?
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