As he did last month, Jeb Bush remains the potential candidate with the most support from Republicans, and he is also the best-known of the candidates tested. Former Governor Mike Huckabee shows the second-highest level of consideration, followed by Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could say “yes” to […] Read more »
Candidates and Wealthy Are Aligned on Inequality
Appearing at a candidate forum in late January, three likely Republican presidential contenders — Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul — all made a striking confession: They considered “the increasing gap between rich and poor” to be a problem. But on the question of whether the government should […] Read more »
Ted Cruz Is Just Like Reagan In 1980, Except People Actually Liked Reagan
Let’s dispose of this myth once and for all. Every presidential election cycle we hear it: “Well, they said Ronald Reagan could never be elected.” We’re hearing this chestnut again in the wake of Sen. Ted Cruz’s announcement this week that he’s running for president. CONT. Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Is Ted Cruz too conservative for Republican primary voters?
On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) became the first major contender to announce his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Dan Balz has written that Cruz’s candidacy “tests the limits of conservatism,” and based on his congressional roll call voting record, Cruz is the fourth-most-conservative member of the Senate. […] Read more »
Ted Cruz and the Basic Cable Primary
… Republican campaign strategists still speak of the 2016 race ultimately coming down to an establishment type like Jeb Bush and an anti-establishment type like Rand Paul. But the presence of so many potential candidates, with no runaway favorite in the early (but still influential) polls, leaves open the possibility […] Read more »
Why Ted Cruz Is Such a Long Shot
In nearly every presidential primary, a few candidates attract a lot of news media attention even though they have almost no chance to win the nomination. Sometimes they even lead national polls or win states, but invariably their appeal is too narrow to allow them to build the broad coalition […] Read more »