TX- UT: Cruz, Trump tied; Clinton well ahead

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http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/2015/11/12/uttt-poll-cruz-trump-tied-clinton-well-ahead/75639940/



Clinton 61
Sanders 30

The University of Texas/Texas Tribune internet survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8 and has an overall margin of error of +/- 2.83 percentage points. Among registered voters in Republican primary races, the margin of error is +/- 4.21 percentage points; in Democratic primary races, it is +/- 4.57 percentage points. Numbers in charts might not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.

[weixiaobao]

Trump 27
Cruz 27
Carson 13
Rubio 9
Bush 4
Paul 4
Fiorina 4
Huckabee 2
Santorum, Christie, Kasich 1
the rest 0
Undecided 5
...

[RI]

I'm surprised Carson fell so far in Texas; looks like Cruz's surge was almost entirely at his expense.

[Crumpets]

Democrats' numbers:

Clinton 61%
Sanders 30%
O'Malley 1%
Lessig 0%

Second choice:

Sanders: 27%
Clinton 18%
O'Malley 13%
Lessig 5%

Also, who would you definitely not support?

Lessig 6%
Clinton 5%
Sanders 5%
O'Malley 4%

[Landslide Lyndon]

I'm surprised Carson fell so far in Texas; looks like Cruz's surge was almost entirely at his expense.

Cruz's strategy is to go after Carson's voters.

[Crumpets]

This poll also has a "political knowledge" section

Which political party holds the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives?

1. Republican Party 77%
2. Democratic Party 10
3. Neither 2
4. Don’t know 11

What majority of both houses of the U.S. Congress is needed to override a presidential veto?

1. More than one-half 6%
2. More than two-thirds 69
3. More than three-fourths 12
4. Don’t know 13

Which presidential candidate is currently a U.S. Senator from Florida?

1. Rick Santorum 4%
2. Marco Rubio 65
3. Rand Paul 3
4. Lindsey Graham 2
5. Don’t know 27

Which presidential candidate is currently the governor of Ohio?

1. John Kasich 59%
2. Chris Christie 6
3. Jeb Bush 3
4. Bobby Jindal 3
5. Don’t know 29

Which of the following presidential candidates had a former career as a neurosurgeon?

1. Scott Walker 1%
2. Mike Huckabee 1
3. Ben Carson 78
4. Carly Fiorina 1
5. Don’t know 18

[Maxwell]

Well... I'm happy generally 2/3rds of people know stuff.

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Texas is a microcosm of national polls with the Dems.

I never thought Texas would be the microcosm of national anything.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

This poll also has a "political knowledge" section

Which political party holds the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives?

1. Republican Party 77%
2. Democratic Party 10
3. Neither 2
4. Don’t know 11

What majority of both houses of the U.S. Congress is needed to override a presidential veto?

1. More than one-half 6%
2. More than two-thirds 69
3. More than three-fourths 12
4. Don’t know 13

Which presidential candidate is currently a U.S. Senator from Florida?

1. Rick Santorum 4%
2. Marco Rubio 65
3. Rand Paul 3
4. Lindsey Graham 2
5. Don’t know 27

Which presidential candidate is currently the governor of Ohio?

1. John Kasich 59%
2. Chris Christie 6
3. Jeb Bush 3
4. Bobby Jindal 3
5. Don’t know 29

Which of the following presidential candidates had a former career as a neurosurgeon?

1. Scott Walker 1%
2. Mike Huckabee 1
3. Ben Carson 78
4. Carly Fiorina 1
5. Don’t know 18

Did they show for each answer who those people supported?