'Is the Beto bubble bursting?' asks assistant director of new Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke poll

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz continues to lead U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke among likely voters in Texas, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday.

The poll shows the Republican with a nine-point lead among likely voters. He led his Democratic challenger by the same margin in a similar poll released by Quinnipiac in September.

“Is the Beto bubble bursting or just hissing away with a slow leak?” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement. "With less than four weeks until Election Day, Congressman Beto O’Rourke has hit a wall and remains the same nine points behind Sen. Ted Cruz as he was when Quinnipiac University polled the race last month.”

Both polls, which surveyed likely voters, showed that 54 percent of respondents backed Cruz, while 45 percent favored O’Rourke.

Read more: https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/11/beto-o-rourke-ted-cruz-texas-senate-race-poll/1598357002/

My response to the headline is HELL NO!

[Timshel]

1. Exactly!

Hell NO. 😊

[msongs]

2. huge blocks of people just stay home on midterm election day nt

[Loki Liesmith]

3. Beto will lose by about 5 points

And that will be a watershed result for Dems in Texas. It will push him to the forefront of Democratic politics.

[rownesheck]

4. Then

He can be the vice presidential candidate to either Kamala Harris or Eric Holder. Then he can become president in 2028.

[customerserviceguy]

6. I don't think

you get much for showing up in second place, no matter how close it is. This isn't hand grenades or horseshoes.

[Loki Liesmith]

7. This is Texas

It matters

[nycbos]

5. The governors race has Abbott up by 20

There aren't enough tickets spitters for Beto to win.


I would be surprised if Beto's loss is in the single digits.

Before everyone calls me a "troll" I have worked on campaigns in six states. I volunteered on my first campaign when I was 13. I have literally given my young life in the service of the Democratic Party.

[flamin lib]

8. I believe the wild card in this and every other close race

is the huge number of new voter registrations and first time voters. These voters don't show up as likely voters and could make a 3-5% swing.

Maybe not enough but who can tell until they start counting.