Poll: Ted Cruz's GOP Support Jumps By Double Digits

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

Within two weeks of announcing his candidacy for president, Ted Cruz's support among Republican voters has jumped by double digits in a new poll.

The Texas senator's support rose from 5 percent to 16 percent in a little over a month, according to a national survey of 443 national Republican primary voters released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling.

That puts him in "top tier of GOP contenders," PPP concluded, coming in third place behind Scott Walker, who led with 20 percent, and Jeb Bush, who had 17 percent.

Notably, Walker's support fell from 25 percent, while Bush's support stayed at 17 percent — a sign that Cruz may be siphoning support from the Wisconsin governor. Behind Cruz were Ben Carson and Rand Paul tied with 10 percent; Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee tied with 6 percent; Chris Christie with 4 percent and Rick Perry with 3 percent.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/ppp-poll-ted-cruz-surges

[narnian60]

1. Yuck.

That is all.

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. I think Cruz and Walker are competing for the same subset of whack-a-doo far right conservatives

Cruz is the best thing to happen to Jeb. Cruz and Walker will split the far right vote in the primary, and when the "mainstream" R's come into the process late, Jeb wins.

[emulatorloo]

3. Walker has Koch Money, and the Kochs did great in 2012!

They seemed to have worked out the formula to get crazies elected:

- don't talk about your positions
- highlight a glossy biography
- avoid the press

[Still In Wisconsin]

10. It's hard to argue with that point.

I guess this will be the test to see whether the Kochs have become as/more powerful than the RNC establishment. Can they do it on the national level? Time (and an obscene amount of money) will tell.

[Lochloosa]

12. They can't hide from the press running for President. It's one thing for Local/State elections.

Quite another for President. Anyone trying to hide would be crucified.

[Cosmocat]

14. Its very likely going to be a repeat of the two presidentials

the clown car will roll up with a half dozen or more of these twits, who siphon votes off of one another, and the name/"moderate" candidate (McCain, Romney, now Jeb) will muddle through to get the nomination.

[Frank Cannon]

25. EXACTLY.

It's like one of those awful Sharknado movies they replay on SyFy over and over again. I can't believe anyone wouldn't know how it is all scripted to play out.

[yuiyoshida]

18. Maybe its just my impression but

Cruz seems unbalanced, and Walker is just "Junkyard" mean. I don't know which would be worse.

[Cha]

22. I think they're both "junkyard mean" and "unbalanced".. they have a lot in common, imo

yuiyoshida

[yuiyoshida]

23. Think you might be right

Cha! Mahalo!

[Still In Wisconsin]

24. Here's the scary thing about Walker, though:

He is undoubtedly junkyard mean. His actions, so many of them done with pure spite, have illustrated this clearly. However, he has thus far displayed an ability to come off in person and in interviews (carefully chosen interviews with friendly, conservative media outlets of course) as very affable and easygoing. He appears to so many to be a "regular guy" who would probably mow your lawn for you while you're away on vacation. The guy who would take your trash to the curb on garbage day if you forgot. This is not Rush Limbaugh screaming into a microphone- he's more like Ronnie Reagan in a sweater, speaking in comforting tones about "common sense solutions and hope and a better tomorrow."

It's all an act of course. He doesn't give a rip about the people of Wisconsin (he's not even from here) or anybody else. Now that he has "gone national" he has even dropped the nasal mid-western accent we have here- no more "Wiscahnsin." The same may of course also be true of Cruz. I just don't know him as well.

[C Moon]

4. Oh boy, this is going to get interesting—giving an ego-driven nut popularity like that?

[dbackjon]

5. Shows the stupidity and bigotry of America

[yurbud]

6. how does he do with swing voters? Clearly the knuckledraggers love him, but they can't win an

an election with just the GOP base.

[jeff47]

9. Sure they can. See 2010 and 2014 and 2000.

All they need is a "Republican-lite" campaign from the Democrats. Then it's a base-vs-base election.

[blkmusclmachine]

16. That's EXACTLY what the Dems do. Run a right-of-Center campaign, and lose. It's all so predictable.

[yurbud]

29. there's that. Democrats do everything they can to make the GOP look like the Globetrotters

by playing the Washington Generals.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. The drones at Liberty U must've been ordered to vote 100 times each

[MarianJack]

8. I fully expect Rand Paul to be their nominee, but...

I'd really love to see Ted Cruz in that same boat. I expect that either would take the thumping that te Republican/teabagger party deserves!

The only way to get rid of the teabaggers is for them to take a 40 state drubbing ala Goldwater in 1964. Idiotically, the establishment Republicans seem to think that the way to "vanquish" the teabaggers is to surrender to them totally!

If my parents' generation thought that way we'd be speaking German today...Yikes!

PEACE!

[heaven05]

11. IDIOTS!!!!!!!

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trying to make a political horse race and the sad part is, if the money people want him along with large numbers allegedly voting for this POS, he'll win. What a fucked up system that people like him and christie can be seen and touted as viable candidates. Fucked up!

[George II]

13. When you're starting at pretty much the bottom in the first place, any increase would be a "jump"!

[maddiemom]

15. Now 16% of the GOP base (up from 5%)?

Wow. Just Wow. And now just 20% for Walker? Both of them make Nixon look like Captain America in terms of clean cut appeal. Unfortunately it will probably come down to yet another Bush, when push comes to shove. Disheartening is too mild a word, but hopefully it will help the Dems.

[nlkennedy]

17. Walker won't even carry Wisconsin..

Wisconsinite here... It's going to be glorious when Scott Walker loses his own state in the 2016 general...

Obama wins by insane margins, we have a lesbian senator... our teabags area 2010 holdovers.... and nobody gives a damn about the state houses... There is no state party here. None... but at least at federal level we're decent human beings..

[lark]

19. Good, another addition to the clown car.

[LeftinOH]

20. Awesome! The worst their candidate, the better. n/t

[workinclasszero]

21. Oh please,please,please let this Canadian, Dominionist crackpot

be the rethug nominee for Prez!!!

His daddy is a raging 7 mountains lunatic as well!

Any democratic candidate will beat the living shit out of Cruz!

[tridim]

26. Yea, he is going to charm the crap out of lots of stupid voters.

And then he will lose.

[ladjf]

27. Don't ever think for a moment that the Republicans are too smart

to support a wild eyed , dangerous zealot like Cruz. nt

[HassleCat]

28. Run, Ted, Run

Excellent! I sincerely hope Cruz gets the nomination. Any Democrat would beat him like a drum.