New PPP poll of Texas shows both Trump and Cruz underwater there

[highplainsdem]

Story about this from The Hil:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/370477-dem-poll-cruz-leads-dem-challenger-by-single-digits

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leads Rep. Beto O'Rourke (Texas), his likely Democratic opponent in November, by single digits, according to a new poll conducted by a left-leaning firm.

End Citizens United, a campaign finance reform group, released a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling that finds Cruz leading O'Rourke by 8 points, 45 to 37 percent. Eighteen percent were undecided.

Wednesday’s poll is in contrast with an internal poll from Cruz’s campaign earlier this month that showed the GOP senator surging ahead of O'Rourke by 18 points. The survey also found that O'Rourke struggles with name recognition compared to Cruz.

In the first poll, both Cruz and President Trump have negative favorability ratings in Texas. Thirty-eight percent view Cruz favorably, while 49 percent view him unfavorably. For Trump, who won Texas by 9 points in the 2016 election, 45 percent view him favorably, compared to 48 percent who view him unfavorably.

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Emphasis added.

Poll results here:

http://endcitizensunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TexasResults.pdf

[Persondem]

1. Nice news. Thank you for the OP

Is there some rule that the word "surging" must be used in every article that mentions polls?

[Tiggeroshii]

2. Thats been the case for a while which is why ive always been conffident Betohas a really good shot

[regnaD kciN]

3. Sigh...

Texans disapprove of Carnival Cruz, but still would vote for him over a Democrat.