New TX Senate poll Cruz vs. O'Rourke - Dead Heat (thought, polls)
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My community is in Montgomery County, TX (the only county in the U.S. where Trump beat Hillary by 100,000 votes, Where Gingrich and Herman Cain had their debates, and a popular stop (Barnes & Noble) on conservative book tours).
In the last week or so I've seen a number of Beto stickers in car windows, and zero Cruz stickers.
Maybe that is because many of us no longer fill our cars with bumper stickers?I know we do not see nearly as many on either side anymore. The bumper sticker is no indication as to how an entire community will vote. Most of us have outgrown the bumper sticker game.
What makes you think that George P Bush is a “big Hispanic favorite”? Most that I know simply see him him as an overprivileged brat scion of the Bush mafia. Beto is the “real deal”. Cruz is a faker with no pride. I will gladly cast my Libertarian vote for Beto this November.
Who you vote for has little meaning on who will win and you are wrong about Bush; I don't know what part of Houston you live in or the overall views of some, but Bush is very much liked by the Hispanics. I think you are letting your personal views influence how you view the race.
That's odd, I haven't seen anything about Beto anywhere in the area.
I'm just taking about on vehicles. Although I don't remember seeing any billboards or fixed signs either (other than the permanent signs for Kevin Brady's office , which obviously are neither campaign signs nor for Beto nor Cruz).
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.
O'Rourke reported a staggering $10.4 million fundraising haul in the second quarter of the 2018 cycle.
Cruz, raised about $4.1 million in the second quarter.
Some good stuff from electoral-vote.com today on the Cruz-Beto race...
To start, the latest polls are not good for the Senator. Quinnipiac now has him up just 6 points, 49% to 43%. Even worse, however, is that 43% of Texans say they don't really know enough about O'Rourke to form a strong opinion, whereas only 7% say that about Cruz. Put another way, O'Rourke's support has much more room to grow than Cruz's. Another poll, from Texas Lyceum, did not attempt to measure how well known the two men are, but did have Cruz with just a two point lead, 36% to 34%, which is a statistical dead heat.
Then there is fundraising, where O'Rourke is currently outpacing the Senator at better than a 2-to-1 clip, pulling in $10.4 million in Q2 (compared to $4.6 million for Cruz).
Cruz is facing two major problems here. The first, which is only partly of his making, is that the GOP and its president are not wildly popular right now, putting any Republican who is up this year at potential risk of getting caught up in a blue wave. The second, which is entirely of his own making, is that Cruz just isn't all that likable or charismatic. That's clearly not fatal; Dick Nixon and LBJ weren't likable or charismatic, and they had fine careers. In a race against a pointy-headed Democratic wonk, say Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cruz' intellectual acuity would probably carry the day. But a fellow like O'Rourke, with Bobby Kennedy-like looks and charm, is the Senator's kryptonite. These days, he often attracts standing-room-only crowds, even in very red parts of the state.
I wonder why the Quinnipiac Poll had BetoTheBoyWonder at ...... 47% Don't know about him??
Less than 100 days until the Election --Beto better step up his game
We are all aware that the whole point of a poll is that the pool is completely random right? If you seed the poll with party or age or other affiliation, then it's not statistically valid. Unless you're limiting the poll to that demographic. i.e. People over 65.
Polls are including 18% of age 65 in their polls ...... Reality is that 65% of voters age 65+ actually vote.
Who you vote for has little meaning on who will win and you are wrong about Bush; I don't know what part of Houston you live in or the overall views of some, but Bush is very much liked by the Hispanics. I think you are letting your personal views influence how you view the race.
Most amusing results from the 2014 Election ...... it was George P's first campaign for a State wide position -- Land Commissioner. I bet not one in 1,000 people know who the Texas Land Commissioner is or what he does. George won that 2014 Election with 2,827,584 votes (60.68%)
In the same Statewide Election in 2014 - Wendy Davis (the pink tennis shoes, abortion rights QUEEN) was running for Governor - they sent in a massive Campaign Organization from Washington, D.C. to turn Texas [color=blue]BLUE![/url].
When the dust cleared - the man in the wheelchair beat Wendy - she got 1,835,596 votes (38.9%).
The new Texas Land Commissioner won almost a MILLION more votes that the Darling of the Left in her Pink Tennis Shoes. Think about that -- very few even know what the Texas Land Commissioner does -- BUT they knew who he was. 47% of Texans are clueless about WHO Beto (the new JFK) actually is.
A bet anything that George P doesn't have that % that have never heard of him.
I'm not necessarily a fan of either Cruz or George P (although I think George is probably doing a better job.) Bottom Line -- a Vote for ANY Democrat in 2018 is a Vote against the USA and a Vote for the Socialists and Antifa. That's based only on what they DO.
As for Beto
A few may know he was in a band.
A few may know he was arrested for attempted robbery and for assault.
A few may know about his drinking a drugging
A few may know he supports Impeaching the President
A few may know he supports Open Borders and Abolishing ICE
Most know ZERO about him ....... at the end of the day, that could be a good thing for Beto.
His Daddy will find another job for him - perhaps Mayor of El Paso
Polls are including 18% of age 65 in their polls ...... Reality is that 65% of voters age 65+ actually vote.
Age 65+ don't make up 65% of the voters in an election.
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, which obviously are neither campaign signs nor for Beto nor Cruz).
