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Trump doing better in "open" primaries; Cruz sees success in GOP-only contests
FoxNews ^ | March 7, 2016 | Judson Berger

Posted on 03/07/2016 1:11:56 PM PST by Innovative

A pattern is starting to emerge that holds both promise and peril for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump:

Trump does better in “open” primary contests where members of either party can vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tends to do better in "closed" contests limited only to registered Republicans.

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KEYWORDS: cruz; gopprimaries; trump
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To: manc

Cruz is trying to lawyer his campaign not lead.


41 posted on 03/07/2016 1:31:16 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ScottinVA
it's "Operation Chaos" in reverse.

No evidence of that. For one thing Democrats have a real choice to make in their own primaries. More likely Trump draws heavily from independents who outnumber both Republicans and Democrats nationally by a wide margin.

42 posted on 03/07/2016 1:31:29 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: publana

The “shenanigans” that got us McCain and Romney were conducted by “true conservatives” who attacked each of our leading candidates one-by-one until there were none left. Then the GOPe RINO waltzes in free.

We’d be a hell of a lot better off to push the good qualities of our personal favorite candidates and leave the attacks off.


43 posted on 03/07/2016 1:31:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Donglalinger

Good one.


44 posted on 03/07/2016 1:33:16 PM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: tatown

The GOP wanted a bigger tent and now blue collar working class guys join us the GOP doe snot want them.
guess if they were girlie, homosexuals and cross dressers they would be welcomed by the GOP


45 posted on 03/07/2016 1:33:30 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

I don’t know or believe anything anymore. 99 out of 100 sources are either liars, misinformed, or in the tank for someone. It is all still performance art.


46 posted on 03/07/2016 1:33:52 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: longtermmemmory

seems so


47 posted on 03/07/2016 1:33:54 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: tatown
Which is why you want a candidate that performs better in an open (ie general) election.

Oh, really, then why not make all our primaries/caucuses open? Let's let non-Republicans pick all our candidates. Brilliant!
48 posted on 03/07/2016 1:34:21 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Resolute Conservative

I hear these are voters who didn’t vote in the last two elections and some haven’t voted since the 80’s.


49 posted on 03/07/2016 1:34:42 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Resolute Conservative

well some are my wife’s family and I have known them and a couple of good pals for many many years.


50 posted on 03/07/2016 1:34:49 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Innovative


51 posted on 03/07/2016 1:35:42 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ScottinVA

Or, there are a whole lot of democrat working stiffs out there that aren’t any more happy with the establishment than we are.


52 posted on 03/07/2016 1:35:43 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: All

So, who gets the delegates won by the guys that dropped out? Right now it’s just Carson but there should be two more soon hopefully.


53 posted on 03/07/2016 1:36:30 PM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

We can chose to agree to disagree on that point.


54 posted on 03/07/2016 1:38:58 PM PST by tatown (Career politicians got us into this mess and they have no intention of getting us out of it.)
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To: publana

It’s great to get crossovers, but that’s not what’s important. It’s the independents. Republicans are about 25% of the electorate. Democrats are about 31%. Obviously neither party can win with just their voters. Independents are about 42% but tend to vote less often. The candidates who can motivate independents to go to the polls and vote for them are the ones who win.

My experience tells me that most independents tend to be more conservative than liberal, but often have a visceral dislike of the Republican brand as only being for the rich. Trump’s strength with them is that they don’t see him as a traditional Republican.


55 posted on 03/07/2016 1:41:16 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Innovative

I think that the biggest difference between Trump and Cruz victories isn’t one of open vs. closed primaries, but of primaries vs. caucuses. Since so few people actually vote in a caucus, having a good ground game and meeting one-on-one with local politicians, activists, and journalists is critical. Cruz has a strong ground game in caucus states, Trump does not. On the other hand, in big primary states Trump can bank on higher name recognition and media exposure.


56 posted on 03/07/2016 1:47:37 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: publana

Not so much this time. This election is the exception to most previous elections.


57 posted on 03/07/2016 1:48:31 PM PST by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: RightFighter; tatown
This is the same BS that people have been banned from FR for in the past - the mere suggestion that conservatives should nominate someone who was moderate enough to draw Democrat votes in the general election would get the Zot. Crazy times.

There are more people in the US that vote DEMOCRAT (Democrats/the Dead/Illegal immigrants/etc) than do REPUBLICAN. If there are not 'crossovers', no Republican Candidate can win the general election.

58 posted on 03/07/2016 1:54:14 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Innovative
Trump does better in “open” primary contests where members of either party can vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tends to do better in "closed" contests limited only to registered Republicans.

Trump does better in Real World primaries.

Cruz does better in Safe Zone primaries.

59 posted on 03/07/2016 1:55:02 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: Innovative

“Cruz sees success in GOP-only contests”....

If anyone is surprised by that statement, they have been sleeping under a rock for some time. The GOP and RNC have been working overtime to figure a way to defeat Trump.


60 posted on 03/07/2016 1:58:17 PM PST by DaveA37
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