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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 09:18 AM Oct 2013

"The Cruz Missile Crisis"



Keep in mind, Ted Cruz is mainstream in the Republican base. According to the latest national survey conducted for Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund, which fielded just last week, Ted Cruz is right at the center of a Republican Party that is majority Tea Party and Evangelical. Combined, these groups make up over half of Republican partisans, and comprise over 60 percent of the GOP when you include the religious observants.

Cruz is immensely popular with Tea Party adherents. Among this group, 75 percent give him a positive rating and half give him an intensely positive rating (over 75 on our 100-point scale.) His average rating among this group is a stunning 81.8 out of 100. While he is less well known among Evangelical Republicans, he is no less popular among those who identify him—40 percent give him a positive rating, a third are intensely favorable toward him. On average, Evangelicals give Cruz a rating of 75.9 out of 100…

[E]ven as pundits label Cruz as “fringe,” it is critical to remember that this is only true when talking about the national electorate. In his own party, there is nothing “fringe” about Ted Cruz. He is right at the center.



More:
http://www.democracycorps.com/National-Surveys/keep-in-mind-ted-cruz-is-mainstream-in-the-republican-base/
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/10/22/early-morning-open-thread-sen-cruz-may-he-live-a-thousand-years/
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"The Cruz Missile Crisis" (Original Post) kpete Oct 2013 OP
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #1
yup. Still, that group is a small minority of the American population librechik Oct 2013 #2

librechik

(30,663 posts)
2. yup. Still, that group is a small minority of the American population
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 10:16 AM
Oct 2013

And even a minority of the electorate. If Democrats worked hard at registering and recruiting Dems from among the non voters, we could pull ahead even in the gerrymandered states. Because biggest party in the US is still non-voters.

I admire Australia which keeps things democratic and representative by making voting mandatory.

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