Eight Months of the U.S. Senate Race
However cloudy the results, the flurry of late polling in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate provides an opportunity to look at the trajectory of the public surveys in the race.
On the heels of the release of the results of the May 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Public Policy Polling, which has been polling regularly in Texas for the last few years, released the results of another statewide survey, including polling in the GOP Senate primary. The poll was in the field May 22-23, two weeks after we collected data for the UT/TT Poll, and ...
Comments (3)
audrey fisher
As anyone who has been tracking this, it may be more about SuperPac / independent expenditures than almost anything else. A check of $$$ spent by Freedom works has been around for a long time and it has been for Cruz. Club for Growth has also jumped on his bandwagon.
The $$$$ spent should be an embarrassment to politicians - but I'm not holding my breathe!
Buying a nomination is alive and well in TX
Janet Thomas
Who do these pollsters call? I've been a registered voter in Texas for 30 years and I been contacted twice for a political poll. It strikes me as odd that Dewhurst is ahead according to their figures. 99% of the Republicans I know are voting for Cruz.
gypsy314 ne
Anyone but Obama and democrats!