Posted on 08/01/2018 8:43:06 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Texas Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) is neck and neck, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
The 2018 Texas Lyceum Poll showed Cruz leading O'Rourke by a hair 41-39 percent among likely voters. That's well within the survey's margin of error of 4.67 percentage points.
That's a particularly tight margin for Texas, which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades.
The findings come weeks after O'Rourke, a three-term congressman, reported a staggering $10.4 million fundraising haul in the second quarter of the 2018 cycle, bringing his cash-on-hand to just under $14 million.
That's far more than the incumbent Cruz, who raised about $4.1 million in the second quarter and has about $9.3 million in cash on hand, Federal Election Commission filings show.
Texas has normally been a reliably red state, voting for President Trump over his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton by 9 points in 2016.
Chris Wilson, a former pollster for Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, called the poll's findings into question on Wednesday, saying that the partisan breakdown for the survey looks nothing like Texas voters.
ETC...
Nah, it will just be a sign that we AIN’T BUILT THE DAMN WALL YET!!!
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If we don’t build the wall and start removing illegal aliens at a much higher number, Texas will be going Democrat.
No. It wont be close.
Any FReepers good with stats get how the poll’s MoE is that high with the methodology used...?
Just curious.
I don’t do the MSM and rarely hear of Cruz. However, That is what I would expect since I don’t live in Texas.
Now they are sending text messages asking if Im voting for Beto. I responded No I will not be voting for the National Socialist Workers Party candidate.
They wrote back asking which candidate I was referring to. LOL!
Real Clear Poltics has Cruz +8.4
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/senate/tx/texas_senate_cruz_vs_orourke-6310.html
“””””””””””Before 2016, I (I am not a Texan) to see and hear Cruz a lot. I guess it was for his POTUS run? Now, I forget he even exists, I see him on TV so little.”””””””””””””””””
If he constantly said TRUMP SUCKS you would see him all the time.
I don’t buy this poll but we can not assume anything.
You mean like.....Hillary ahead by 15 points??
Assuming Ted never put the moves on a 14-year old in the mall, we should be fine.
This fake poll is basically electioneering.
LMAO . . .
and Abortion BArbie is the current governor of Texas and Cankles took Texas in the Presidential election.
In other words, the media never gets tired of pulling the same crap.
He is good in the Senate....but in other positions. he's simply obnoxious.
It shouldn’t even be close. The lowest unemployment in history and 4% growth vs. the Democrats offering free abortions, transgendered restrooms and eventually Venezuelan style socialism. Don’t they know that under socialism, they might get their special trans bathrooms but there won’t be any toilet paper?
Beto is out campaigning, working for a victory. What is Lyn' Ted doing? Heck, he hasn't apologized even once for his Never Trumper ways. I suspect we'll seem him do some form of mea culpa to get Trump supporters but it won't undo the permanent damage he's done to himself. Too bad Trump will ignore it and endorse him, he'll likely lose even with Trump endorsement.
And it could have been avoided had Republicans been allowed to put up a Trump Republican instead of a damaged Never Trumper. When will the party learn?
LOL !!!
This poll is nothing but a fund-raiser for Beto. Good! Any money raised will just be money diverted from another closer race.
Prediction:
Cruz wins by mid-teens. Abbott wins by high-teens.
Thanks.
The only yard signs I see are for Beto and they have all been in the Montrose (gay) part of town which I drive through on my way to work.
Looks like POTUS will have to hold a rally in Texas to save Cruz’s Cubanadian behind. Haha.
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