The latest PPP poll shows Ted Cruz with a five-point lead over David Dewhurst for the U.S. Senate race in Texas.
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PPP’s first poll of the Texas Senate runoff finds Ted Cruz with a surprising 49-44 lead and a much more enthusiastic cadre of supporters than former frontrunner David Dewhurst.
Cruz’s lead expands to a whooping 59-36 margin over Dewhurst among voters who describe themselves as ‘very excited’ about voting in the election. The lower turnout is, the better Cruz’s chances will be. Dewhurst leads 51-43 with ‘somewhat excited’ voters and 50-36 with those who say they are ‘not that excited.’ The big question is whether those less enthused folks will actually bother to turn out or not.
This race is one of the most stark examples of the Tea Party movement propelling a candidate that we’ve seen to date. 40% of voters identify themselves as members of that movement and Cruz has a 71-26 advantage with them. Dewhurst leads 57-34 with non-Tea Partiers, and they are 50% of the electorate, but it’s not nearly enough to drown out Cruz’s advantage with that group.
Aside from being a “stark” example of the Tea Party’s ability to propel a candidate, it once again reveals the influence Gov. Palin has on the political scene, despite how uncomfortable this makes the GOP establishment. They shall embrace Tea Party principles or they shall dismiss them at their own peril.
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