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TEXAS PULSE/STATESMAN POLL

Cruz, Clinton still lead in Texas

Despite taking a tumble in national polls and early voting states, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz still has a 12percentage-point lead over businessman Donald Drumpf in the Texas Republican presidential primary,
according to the Texas Pulse/Statesman poll released Feb. 24, 2016. On the Democratic side, former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a whopping 40-point lead over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Methodology: This Texas Pulse poll surveyed about 1,000 likely voters 620 Republicans and 411
Democrats between Feb. 19 and Feb. 22.
Source: Crosswind Media & Public Relations (http://crosswindpr.com/)
Related: Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton lead among Texas voters in latest poll
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Democrats
Responses from 411 likely Democratic voters in Texas.
Republicans

Democrats

Q1. Choice if the 2016 presidential primary were held today

Clinton: 66%
Sanders: 26%
Not sure: 6%
Some other candidate: 1%

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reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE
18-39

40-64

65+

Clinton

54%

70%

72%

Sanders

37%

23%

22%

Not sure

8%

6%

6%

Some other

2%

1%

1%

candidate

Q2. Primary reason for voting for your candidate

Ability to manage the economy: 27%
Ability to manage social changes in the country: 23%
Ability to win the general election: 15%
Ability to handle international relations and trade issues: 12%
Ability to change Washington: 12%
Some other reason: 7%
Ability to manage border security: 2%
Not sure: 1%

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race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

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Ability to manage

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35%

20%

15%

30%

25%

27%

11%

11%

15%

7%

14%

13%

6%

9%

3%

5%

17%

21%

Not sure

2%

1%

2%

Ability to manage

2%

2%

3%

social changes in
the country
Ability to manage
the economy
Ability to change
Washington
Ability to handle
international
relations and
trade issues
Some other
reason
Ability to win the
general election

border security

Q3. Most important issue facing Texas today

The economy and jobs: 29%
Education: 26%
Health care: 14%
Social issues: 12%
Immigration and border security: 7%
Taxes and spending: 6%
Not sure: 3%
Some other issue: 3%

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Transportation: 1%

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race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE
18-39

40-64

65+

27%

30%

27%

Education

23%

28%

21%

Social issues

16%

11%

9%

Taxes and

11%

3%

8%

Health care

9%

13%

22%

Immigration and

7%

8%

4%

Transportation

3%

0%

0%

Not sure

2%

3%

6%

Some other issue

2%

3%

3%

The economy and

jobs

spending

border security

Q4. Should President Obama nominate a replacement for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia?
Obama should name the nominee: 86%
Obama should allow the next president to name the nominee: 12%
Not sure: 3%

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race

sex

marital status

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE

Obama should

18-39

40-64

65+

72%

90%

90%

22%

8%

8%

6%

2%

2%

name the
nominee
Obama should
allow the next
president to name
the nominee
Not sure

Q5. Favorable/unfavorable: Barack Obama

Very favorable: 68%
Somewhat favorable: 23%
Somewhat unfavorable: 4%
Very unfavorable: 3%
Never heard of him: 0%
Not sure: 1%

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race

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early voting status

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BY AGE
18-39

40-64

65+

Very favorable

52%

73%

75%

Somewhat

36%

19%

18%

5%

5%

3%

Very unfavorable

6%

2%

3%

Never heard of

1%

0%

0%

1%

1%

1%

favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable

him
Not sure

Q6. Favorable/unfavorable: Greg Abbott

Very favorable: 4%
Somewhat favorable: 17%
Somewhat unfavorable: 24%
Very unfavorable: 49%
Never heard of him: 2%
Not sure: 5%

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race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

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Very favorable

5%

2%

5%

Somewhat

27%

13%

12%

20%

26%

25%

Very unfavorable

34%

56%

50%

Never heard of

4%

0%

1%

9%

2%

7%

favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable

him
Not sure

Q7. Favorable/unfavorable: Ted Cruz

Very favorable: 4%
Somewhat favorable: 8%
Somewhat unfavorable: 16%
Very unfavorable: 67%
Never heard of him: 2%
Not sure: 3%

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age

race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE

Very favorable

18-39

40-64

65+

7%

2%

5%

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Somewhat

11%

8%

6%

20%

13%

19%

Very unfavorable

54%

72%

68%

Never heard of

2%

2%

1%

7%

3%

1%

favorable
Somewhat
unfavorable

him
Not sure

Q8. Favorable/unfavorable: John Cornyn

Very favorable: 5%
Somewhat favorable: 18%
Somewhat unfavorable: 28%
Very unfavorable: 31%
Never heard of him: 9%
Not sure: 10%

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age

race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

party aliation

political ideology

early voting status

reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE
18-39

40-64

65+

Very favorable

7%

5%

2%

Somewhat

17%

17%

23%

favorable

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Somewhat

19%

29%

35%

Very unfavorable

22%

35%

30%

Never heard of

16%

7%

5%

18%

7%

5%

unfavorable

him
Not sure

Q9. Are things in this country going in the right direction or o on the wrong track?
Right direction: 61%
Wrong track: 33%
Not sure: 6%

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race

marital status

sex

income

education

family status

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political ideology

early voting status

reason for supporting candidate

BY AGE
18-39

40-64

65+

Right direction

55%

66%

54%

Wrong track

34%

29%

43%

Not sure

11%

5%

3%

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