Posted on 03/27/2016 2:01:58 PM PDT by drewh
ed Cruz may be gaining on Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in the largest remaining state in the Republican primary.
A new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll of likely Republican voters published on Sunday showed the Texas senator, with 35% support, just 1 point behind Trump's 36% in California.
California is the largest and most delegate-heavy state remaining in the Republican nominating contest. In the poll, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, the third GOP candidate, logged a distant third with 14% support.
Other recent polls have mostly shown Trump with a large lead over Cruz and Kasich, and with the primary still over two months away, the polls could easily shift before election day.
Still, even if Trump wins the primary outright, Cruz's strength in California could still pose a problem for the real-estate magnate.
The Times/USC poll is one of the first released since Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race, and could hint that Cruz has a shot at taking a large chunk of the delegates home in California. Thirteen delegates are awarded to the state-wide winner, while the remaining sum are awarded by whichever candidate wins each district.
The Sunday poll also found Cruz's strength concentrated in Los Angeles County and the Central Valley, one of the more rural parts of the state. Some observers further speculated that Kasich could play well in Democratic-heavy coastal areas. Taken together, Cruz and Kasich's support in California could hinder Trump's goal of securing the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination on the first round of voting.
California's primary is on June 7.
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“You are right. Because so far, Ted Cruz is performing blah blah blah “
Yeah, ok.
Thanks for the canned Cruz fan post. I’m sure Ted will send you blessings and your own girlfriend as a prize.
Should Work both ways then huh?
I don’t believe it for a minute.
I’m a SoCal republican (quite a few of us out here in the IE actually) and will be voting for Cruz.
Still, long shot to stop the populist/RINO runaway train that is Trump (aka guarantee of a Hillary presidency).
FornicaTed.
Believe it. Cruz has a real shot of winning California.
Yea because Cruz will bring the voters out in droves....
Crooze wins mostly in caucus states because it’s one thing to vote in a secret ballot versus voting in a caucus room filled with Crooze partisans.
In primaries, late voters go against Trump due to the millions spent sliming him by the establishment. He still wins though.
Any caucus states left?
That primary isn’t until June 7th. By that time Cruz would have lost NY, CT, RI, MD, PA, DE, IN, and maybe even WI (next up). So, by time CA, MT, NJ, NM and SD come up on June 7th, Cruz will be so far behind in delegates, and popular vote, most people won’t vote for him, so it is likely Trump would pick up the bulk of the delegates on June 7th.
Nah, he is on his way out. They got him. Just a matter of time. tick, tick
Check the polling methodology..
Poll was conducted 3/16-3/23 among 1503 voters, INCLUDING 391 registered Republicans... pu-leeze.
Given the by district nature of the CA primary a close numerical race is the worst news Trump could get.
Two months from now Cruz is out of the campaign and it will be Trump vs. Kasich in the Golden State.
Los Angeles Times poll? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
ROFL....Don’t you Cruz people wish this were true????
June 7 is a long way off.
You pitiful sicko….
Yep Trump led in Iowa as far as I know. Don’t know about Kansas.
It would be glorious. Schadenfreude of all schadenfreudes. Liberal heads will explode with the brightness of 1,000 suns. Talk about weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I'm still holding out hope.
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