The straw poll results from last year:
Paul 31%
Cruz 11%
Carson 9%
Christie 8%
Walker 7%
Santorum 7%
Rubio 6%
Ryan 3%
Perry 3%
Jindal 2%
Rice 2%
Huckabee 2%
Palin 2%
We don't yet know who will be on the ballot this year. Bush asked that his name not be included on the ballot the last two years, but now that he's quasi-running a quasi-presidential campaign, he presumably won't make that request again.
Flip Cruz with Paul and Walker with Christie and i dont think much else changes.
Why would Cruz do that much better than last time? If anything, he's faded since last year.
Agreed. I've said all along that Cruz peaked too soon. His attention whoring hasn't been nearly as successful this past year, and he's slipped considerably in the primary polls.