TX Emerson: Cruz +5

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If you knew the margin was going to be this beforehand, why did we need an Emerson poll to prove it? You don't get to selectively believe bad pollsters when they confirm what you already thought was the margin.

Anyway, Cruz is ahead but I don't see any evidence he's doing better than previously.

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But people are calling this a "reasonable poll." If we already knew that this was going to be the margin, then this poll is entirely useless. Especially since if it showed Cruz up 15 or tied with Beto, people would be saying "lol Emerson is trash, next" and ignoring the poll entirely. It's only "reasonable" because it fits your preconceived notions of where this race is.