Ted Cruz takes big lead over Beto O'Rourke in latest poll

CNBC:
Sen. Ted Cruz finally got some good news in the Texas Senate race.

The incumbent Republican holds a 9 percentage point edge over Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke in his bid to hold on to his red-state seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. Cruz gets support from 54 percent of likely voters, versus 45 percent for the upstart representative, the survey shows.
Republicans had the sounded alarm after a series of polls showed a tighter race between Cruz and O'Rourke, a well-funded challenger who aims to become the first Democrat to represent Texas in the Senate in a quarter of a century. The latest poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
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A Quinnipiac poll of Texas voters last month showed a 6 percentage point lead for Cruz.

In Tuesday's survey, 93 percent of likely voters said they had made up their minds. Both candidates had the support of 94 percent of likely voters in their parties, while O'Rourke held a slim lead among independents.
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What this poll demonstrates is that Republicans are still a large majority of voters in Texas and they support Cruz.  I suspect the polls showing a closer race probably under polled Republicans.  I noticed in recent days when Washington GOP leaders talked about close Senate races they did not mention the Texas race.  This is probably why.  It is likely that the party's internal polling gives similar projections.  O'Rourke's position on the 2nd Amendment and on open borders also made it difficult for him to attract GOP voters.

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