Statesman GOP Pulse Poll

8/12/2016
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TEXAS PULSE/STATESMAN POLL
Cruz, Clinton still lead in Texas

Despite taking a tumble in national polls and early voting states, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz still has a 12percentage-point lead over businessman Donald Drumpf in the Texas Republican presidential primary,
according to the Texas Pulse/Statesman poll released Feb. 24, 2016. On the Democratic side, former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a whopping 40-point lead over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Methodology: This Texas Pulse poll surveyed about 1,000 likely voters 620 Republicans and 411
Democrats between Feb. 19 and Feb. 22.
Source: Crosswind Media & Public Relations (http://crosswindpr.com/)
Related: Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton lead among Texas voters in latest poll
(http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national/ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-lead-among-texasvoters-i/nqXSs/) | More Statesman election coverage (http://statesman.com/elections)
Republicans
Responses from 620 likely Republican voters in Texas.
Republicans
Democrats
Q1. Choice if the 2016 presidential primary were held today

Cruz: 38%
Drumpf: 26%
Rubio: 13%
Not sure: 7%
Kasich: 7%
Carson: 6%
Some other candidate: 2%
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Gilmore: 0%
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age
race
sex
marital status
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status
most important issue facing TX

BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Cruz
29%
43%
36%
Drumpf
20%
25%
33%
Rubio
15%
12%
15%
Carson
14%
5%
2%
Not sure
9%
6%
6%
Kasich
9%
7%
7%
Some other
4%
2%
1%
2%
0%
0%
candidate
Gilmore
Q2. Primary reason for voting for your candidate

Ability to change Washington: 36%
Ability to manage the economy: 21%
Ability to win the general election: 12%
Some other reason: 9%
Ability to manage border security: 9%
Ability to manage social changes in the country: 8%
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Ability to handle international relations and trade issues: 5%

Not sure: 1%
age
race
marital status
sex
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
Ability to change
18-39
40-64
65+
30%
38%
36%
26%
17%
23%
14%
6%
7%
11%
8%
8%
9%
10%
8%
5%
5%
7%
4%
16%
12%
2%
0%
0%
Washington
Ability to manage
the economy
Ability to manage
social changes in
the country
Ability to manage
border security
Some other
reason
Ability to handle
international
relations and
trade issues
Ability to win the
general election
Not sure
Q3. Most important issue facing Texas today

Immigration and border security: 46%
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The economy and jobs: 18%

Taxes and spending: 13%
Health care: 8%
Education: 5%
Not sure: 3%
Social issues: 3%
Some other issue: 2%
Transportation: 2%
age
race
marital status
sex
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status
BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
40%
46%
50%
19%
11%
13%
16%
18%
20%
Health care
9%
9%
4%
Education
5%
5%
5%
Social issues
4%
4%
2%
Not sure
3%
3%
3%
Some other issue
2%
2%
2%
Transportation
1%
2%
1%
Immigration and
border security
Taxes and
spending
The economy and
jobs
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Q4. Should President Obama nominate a replacement for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia?
Obama should allow the next president to name the nominee: 74%
Obama should name the nominee: 21%
Not sure: 5%
age
race
sex
marital status
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
Obama should
18-39
40-64
65+
67%
74%
79%
25%
21%
18%
7%
5%
4%
allow the next

president to name
the nominee
Obama should
name the
nominee
Not sure
Q5. Favorable/unfavorable: Barack Obama

Very favorable: 6%
Somewhat favorable: 7%
Somewhat unfavorable: 15%
Very unfavorable: 70%
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Never heard of him: 0%

Not sure: 1%
age
race
sex
marital status
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Very favorable
13%
4%
5%
Somewhat
14%
5%
5%
19%
16%
11%
Very unfavorable
51%
74%
77%
Never heard of
0%
0%
2%
3%
1%
0%
favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable
him
Not sure
Q6. Favorable/unfavorable: Greg Abbott

Very favorable: 44%
Not sure: 5%
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age
race
sex
marital status
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Very favorable
31%
46%
52%
Somewhat
43%
38%
37%
9%
8%
4%
Very unfavorable
4%
4%
4%
Never heard of
2%
1%
1%
11%
3%
2%
favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable
him
Not sure
Q7. Favorable/unfavorable: Ted Cruz

Very favorable: 39%
Not sure: 3%
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age
race
sex
marital status
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Very favorable
27%
44%
40%
Somewhat
47%
30%
35%
11%
8%
11%
Very unfavorable
9%
14%
12%
Never heard of
0%
0%
1%
6%
3%
2%
favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable
him
Not sure
Q8. Favorable/unfavorable: John Cornyn

Very favorable: 18%
Not sure: 11%
age
race
marital status
sex
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

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BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Very favorable
16%
18%
20%
Somewhat
26%
38%
43%
16%
19%
20%
Very unfavorable
3%
11%
10%
Never heard of
19%
3%
4%
21%
10%
4%
favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable
him
Not sure
Q9. Are things in this country going in the right direction or o on the wrong track?
Wrong track: 90%
Right direction: 8%
Not sure: 2%
age
race
marital status
sex
income
education
family status
party aliation
political ideology
early voting status

BY AGE
18-39
40-64
65+
Wrong track
84%
92%
92%
Right direction
13%
6%
6%
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Not sure
3%
2%
3%
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TEXAS PULSE/STATESMAN POLL

Cruz, Clinton still lead in Texas

Q1. Choice if the 2016 presidential primary were held today

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early voting status

most important issue facing TX

Q2. Primary reason for voting for your candidate

Ability to handle international relations and trade issues: 5%

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early voting status

most important issue facing TX

Q3. Most important issue facing Texas today

The economy and jobs: 18%

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early voting status

Some other issue

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early voting status

most important issue facing TX

allow the next

Q5. Favorable/unfavorable: Barack Obama

Never heard of him: 0%

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early voting status

most important issue facing TX

Q6. Favorable/unfavorable: Greg Abbott

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early voting status

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Q7. Favorable/unfavorable: Ted Cruz

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early voting status

most important issue facing TX

Q8. Favorable/unfavorable: John Cornyn

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most important issue facing TX

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most important issue facing TX

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