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brooklynite

(94,617 posts)
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 12:14 PM Aug 2018

Poll: Senate race between Cruz, O'Rourke a dead heat

Source: The Hill

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.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/399858-poll-senate-race-between-cruz-orourke-a-dead-heat

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Poll: Senate race between Cruz, O'Rourke a dead heat (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2018 OP
don't worry the texas repukes will find a way to fuck with it. nt Javaman Aug 2018 #1
Texas "which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades" oberliner Aug 2018 #2
Texas used DownriverDem Aug 2018 #22
Dixiecrats who became Republicans. yellowcanine Aug 2018 #27
Not all of them DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #39
Gov. Ann Richards is also worth mentioning. TrollBuster9090 Aug 2018 #50
That will be a great day. DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #54
Lloyd Bentsen AdamGG Aug 2018 #63
Would be so sweet to see Cruz go down. Snellius Aug 2018 #3
Yes, amen to that! Initech Aug 2018 #47
SHE... Trueblue Texan Aug 2018 #52
Between outside money, dirty tricks, and voter disenfranchisement, I expect Cruz will still win RockRaven Aug 2018 #4
You might be right. But just the vision of the GOP having to spend large amounts of money, and TrollBuster9090 Aug 2018 #51
Deep red district here... Trueblue Texan Aug 2018 #53
i gotta go give him some money. barbtries Aug 2018 #5
You can donate through "Act Blue". 33taw Aug 2018 #7
i did barbtries Aug 2018 #11
Great!! Thanks 33taw Aug 2018 #16
Go Beto! DFW Aug 2018 #6
Don't Forget Nunes rkleinberger Aug 2018 #42
Janz still has a substantial gap to close redstateblues Aug 2018 #43
Yes traitor Nunes has to go too! True_Blue Aug 2018 #45
To see Cruz lose Legends303 Aug 2018 #8
I would love to see Scuz lose. Wolf Frankula Aug 2018 #56
C'monnnnnn Beto! Power 2 the People Aug 2018 #9
How the hell could Cruz appeal to ANYONE? His creepiness is off the freakin' chart! PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #10
repubs are voting DownriverDem Aug 2018 #24
Yeah, you're right. That's why we're living this nightmare now. PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #30
You're not alone in thinking Cruz is creepy. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #26
I always think of the "uncanny valley" concept when I think of his face caraher Aug 2018 #35
Those are GREAT examples you posted! Thanks! PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #36
Yes, something along those lines catrose Aug 2018 #60
Demographics videohead5 Aug 2018 #12
Ted Cruz is in deep , deep trouble, duforsure Aug 2018 #13
Go Beto Gothmog Aug 2018 #14
Cruz doesn't care about Texas dem in texas Aug 2018 #15
Same as that little puke Nunes. You would think their constituents would get pissed. 33taw Aug 2018 #17
While I'm a little leary of the poll, progressoid Aug 2018 #18
Not a typical poll basher but think NPR called Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #19
I haven't seen a single Cruz yard sign or car sticker. Paladin Aug 2018 #20
Think his strategy is to remain incommunicado. Probably Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #21
here in my section of Fort Worth, I have seen 2 for Raphael. There are 14 just yellowdogintexas Aug 2018 #32
Awesome work you are doing! This is exciting! PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #40
I've Seen Two Vogon_Glory Aug 2018 #62
Here's thing. Democrats aren't in doubt TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #23
Home from quick vaca tour through Austin, Burnet, Lubbock, Abilene, txwhitedove Aug 2018 #25
he has been doing that since April 2017. All 254 counties and going back to as many as he can yellowdogintexas Aug 2018 #33
Ohhh Kim Olsen is a firecracker!! tammywammy Aug 2018 #61
I'm being cautiously optimistic Dopers_Greed Aug 2018 #28
Yes!!👏 wendyb Aug 2018 #29
Amazing PrairieBlueCat Aug 2018 #31
Marsha Blackburn's opponent has a huge lead on her yellowdogintexas Aug 2018 #34
again, there are too many undecideds to make the poll all that noteworthy beachbum bob Aug 2018 #37
Ive seen lots of Beto signs in Ft. Worth and Arlington. displacedtexan Aug 2018 #38
Fuck yes! SunSeeker Aug 2018 #41
Just donated... Suburban Warrior Aug 2018 #44
K and R...nt Stuart G Aug 2018 #46
Go Beto!!!!!! Initech Aug 2018 #48
I really hope Beto wins. IrishEyes Aug 2018 #49
Why has Cruz said nothing about russia and putin attacking our country? duforsure Aug 2018 #55
Hearing stories of lifelong Republicans that will vote for Beto dbackjon Aug 2018 #57
That Should Be An Ad smb Aug 2018 #58
OH YEAH - Come November BRING IT HOME BETO!!! onetexan Aug 2018 #59
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. Texas "which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades"
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 12:23 PM
Aug 2018

Texas had at least one Democratic senator for over a hundred years prior to that (usually two).

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
50. Gov. Ann Richards is also worth mentioning.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 07:00 AM
Aug 2018

I have a feeling Texas may be at the tipping point much sooner than we expect.

RockRaven

(14,974 posts)
4. Between outside money, dirty tricks, and voter disenfranchisement, I expect Cruz will still win
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 12:24 PM
Aug 2018

but I hope to be laughing my ass off at him on election day.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
51. You might be right. But just the vision of the GOP having to spend large amounts of money, and
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 07:07 AM
Aug 2018

...having to pull every dirty trick in their tool box (voter suppression, push polls, voter caging, gerrymandering) in a State they used to take for granted would be pretty sweet. Senator Haney will have to sell quite a lot of genuine Hooville rutabagas to keep his seat!



Trueblue Texan

(2,432 posts)
53. Deep red district here...
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 07:53 AM
Aug 2018

And I've yet to see a single Cruz sign. I've seen dozens of Beto signs and have been seeing them for months,

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
11. i did
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:08 PM
Aug 2018

they know me now

it's not the first time, it's just i keep seeing him on twitter when i'm on my phone and don't do money on my phone.

DFW

(54,414 posts)
6. Go Beto!
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 12:45 PM
Aug 2018

I have given him the most I have given any candidate this year and am not done yet. This is one upset I REALLY want to see go our way!!!!

rkleinberger

(155 posts)
42. Don't Forget Nunes
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 07:50 PM
Aug 2018

Don't forget to donate to Andrew Janz running against the treasonous Devin Nunes. Cruz and Nunes need to be removed from office. That would a crown jewel for Democrats and America

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
56. I would love to see Scuz lose.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:20 PM
Aug 2018

Last edited Tue Aug 7, 2018, 09:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Then he could go back to Canada, and we wouldn't hear any more about Ted Scuz for pretzeldent. He would be worse than tRump.

Wolf

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
10. How the hell could Cruz appeal to ANYONE? His creepiness is off the freakin' chart!
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:06 PM
Aug 2018

Maybe it's because as a woman, I just sense something really "icky" in this guy. As in "perv". As in 'lock the door, pull the curtains and call 911' icky.

The hair actually rises on my neck just looking at him! Women of Texas? You could actually vote for this creep? REALLY?

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
26. You're not alone in thinking Cruz is creepy.
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 02:07 PM
Aug 2018

I've had the same feeling since the first time I saw him. I put Cruz and trump in the loser category during the debates. ewww! Unfortunately, somehow trump survived those debates and it wasn't his debate skills that did it.

caraher

(6,278 posts)
35. I always think of the "uncanny valley" concept when I think of his face
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:12 PM
Aug 2018
The answer as to why so many people dislike the Texas Republican instinctively is one that intrigued Dr. Richard E. Cytowic, a professor of neurology at George Washington University.

Writing in Psychology Today, Cytowic noted that Cruz’s “atypical expressions” left him “uneasy,” and that he was not alone among people who have watched Cruz up-close and from afar.

“Note how many colleagues and former associates ‘loathe’ him. A Bush alumnus told the New York Times’ Frank Bruni, ‘Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.’ Former Senate Majority leader Bob Dole says, ‘Nobody likes him,’ while Rep. Peter King sees ‘malice.'” Cytowic wrote. “According to The Washington Post, screenwriter Craig Mazin, Cruz’s former Princeton roommate, has called him a ‘huge asshole,’ and ‘creepy.’ He’s Tweeted, ‘Getting emails blaming me for not smothering Ted Cruz in his sleep in 1988.’ The distaste for Cruz even extends beyond the US: Germans say Backpfeifengesicht, meaning a face in need of a good punch.”

According to Cytowic, the distaste for Cruz’s face starts with his smile.


From https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/neurologist-explains-why-its-hard-to-look-at-ted-cruzs-creepy-unsettling-face/

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
36. Those are GREAT examples you posted! Thanks!
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:29 PM
Aug 2018

I think it was Al Franken that said something like this, "Look, I like Ted Cruz more than anyone else in the Senate does...and I can't STAND him".




catrose

(5,068 posts)
60. Yes, something along those lines
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 09:21 PM
Aug 2018

He didn't mention Cruz' looks, but said Cruz flat out lied to him over something he'd said, that everyone heard Cruz say. He just said, "I didn't say that" and walked away. Franken was done with him at that point.

Sam Bee had the definitive description of Cruz: "a used condom in a Gideon Bible." Pretty much captures the EEEWW factor.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
13. Ted Cruz is in deep , deep trouble,
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:16 PM
Aug 2018

Not just his support is abandoning him for his vote for the tax scam ,and helping to destroy healthcare, Medicaid , Medicare , and now Social Security, he has another storm heading his way with what he's done. Its coming, and just a matter of time. No one lies as much as him that isn't corrupt. Him refusing to stand up against corrupt and treasonous trump has backfired badly on him

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
15. Cruz doesn't care about Texas
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:23 PM
Aug 2018

I can't think of one thing Cruz has done for Texas unless you want to count the time he showed up for photo ops after Hurricane Harvey. He's way to busy running for President.

progressoid

(49,992 posts)
18. While I'm a little leary of the poll,
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:32 PM
Aug 2018

this part was nice:

52% of Texans disapprove of Trump job performance versus 44% who approve.
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
19. Not a typical poll basher but think NPR called
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:34 PM
Aug 2018

This one out the other day? There was a two point poll that was run by Dems that supposedly was online and done over 18 mos.!

On edit...Must not be this one since says it was done in July

Paladin

(28,266 posts)
20. I haven't seen a single Cruz yard sign or car sticker.
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:35 PM
Aug 2018

I've seen several of both, for Beto. And like most of Texas, I'm in a conservative area. Cruz is finally reaping the ugly crop of hatred he's sown for so many years---nobody can stand him, anymore. I'd sure like to see him go down and out.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
21. Think his strategy is to remain incommunicado. Probably
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:39 PM
Aug 2018

A good idea...just rely only on name recognition.

Wonder if hell even debate

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)
32. here in my section of Fort Worth, I have seen 2 for Raphael. There are 14 just
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:04 PM
Aug 2018

on my street. Probably 30 in my precinct!

LOL I stop at houses w/ Beto signs and ask if they want signs for the Texas House candidate in our district. They always say yes. Another team is asking to plant signs for our Congressional Candidate. They say yes. Eventually everyone who has one of these signs ends up with the other two.

AND most of these are in yards which do not usually put them out. I have never ever seen so many yard signs in the 19 years I have lived here. Even Obama.

Here's mine https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155833117457921&set=a.10150667295397921.393954.536237920&type=3

TexasBushwhacker

(20,204 posts)
23. Here's thing. Democrats aren't in doubt
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:49 PM
Aug 2018

20% of the surveyed voters are undecided. Those voters aren't Democrats! Romney got 57% of the vote in Texas in 2012, the year Cruz was elected to the Senate. In 2016, Trump got 52% of the vote in Texas. The GOP is already shrinking in Texas.

txwhitedove

(3,929 posts)
25. Home from quick vaca tour through Austin, Burnet, Lubbock, Abilene,
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 02:04 PM
Aug 2018

Amarillo, Palo Duro Canyon (awesome!), Shamrock, Wichita Falls, DFW and back. My Austinite son says he understands Texas better. Definitely the heartland, good hardworking people, so busy working they don't get all the news they should, probably just Fox because you don't need cable, and forget WiFi cause that's only at the restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Lubbock: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus and repeat throughout the tour, with our lovely tour of Ft. Worth Water Garden interrupted by Kennth Copeland Ministries trying to save us. I was raised in the church, but this was scary and upsetting. Beto needs to tour where they don't hear as much about him, and show his own family values cause that's what it is all about. ~

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)
33. he has been doing that since April 2017. All 254 counties and going back to as many as he can
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:10 PM
Aug 2018

before November. Holding town halls in the Congressional Districts where their House member doesn't. He did that here in Tarrant County last summer and with a week's notice and 2 venue changes, had 600 people in a venue where you have to pay to park! Tarrant is the last metropolitan county that is still red; Fort Worth itself is blue. He drew 1000 average at 5 events here around state convention time, all over the DFW area. He has it right on this campaign.


Kim Olson is also hitting these counties. She holds group meetings with farmers to find out what they need, and rally type events to discuss how everyone is impacted by agriculture. She knows her stuff and is a dynamo on stage.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
28. I'm being cautiously optimistic
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 02:20 PM
Aug 2018

I've seen Beto signs all over DFW, compared to ONE Cruz sign so far.

Back in 2008, these same areas had nothing but McCain/Palin everywhere.

It will be close, and I think it's winnable for us, but Cruz still has the advantage. There are tons of wing nuts here.

 

PrairieBlueCat

(42 posts)
31. Amazing
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 02:40 PM
Aug 2018

Why do some of these delusional Republicans like DeSantis, Marsha Blackburn, and Kevin Cramer think that Trump is beloved?!!

Democrats won a US Senate race in Alabama. An openly liberal Democrat is tied for a US Senate race in friggin' Texas.

He's detested. And I think a chunk of these nutcase core supporters aren't consistent voters. I guess we'll see.

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)
34. Marsha Blackburn's opponent has a huge lead on her
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:11 PM
Aug 2018

He was a very popular governor which helps. He was running before Corker retired.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
37. again, there are too many undecideds to make the poll all that noteworthy
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:49 PM
Aug 2018

BUT Cruz at 41% IS a big concern in GOP circles.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
38. Ive seen lots of Beto signs in Ft. Worth and Arlington.
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 03:55 PM
Aug 2018

Haven't seen a single Cruz sign, and haven't heard the word Cruz at all, and I've been her for months.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
49. I really hope Beto wins.
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 08:02 PM
Aug 2018

He seems like he would be a great senator. A million times better than Cruz.

Also, Trump endorsed Cruz in this years election

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
55. Why has Cruz said nothing about russia and putin attacking our country?
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:25 AM
Aug 2018

Why hasn't he attacked trump for being putins asset? I think we'll know soon why. Nobody lies that much that isn't corrupt. He voted against protecting our elections, why?

 

dbackjon

(6,578 posts)
57. Hearing stories of lifelong Republicans that will vote for Beto
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:22 PM
Aug 2018

Cruz's ass-kissing of Trump, after Trump made him a fool is the last straw.

If Cruz had stood up to Trump, they'd still vote for him.

smb

(3,473 posts)
58. That Should Be An Ad
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 09:48 AM
Aug 2018

(images of il Doofus insulting Cruz's wife and father)

"If Ted Cruz isn't man enough to stand up for his own wife or his own father, where is he going to find the spine to stand up for Texas voters?"

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