After Trump’s landslide victories in five primary contests last week, Ted Cruz has made headlines for his campaign’s efforts to stop the Republican front-runner on his reenergized path to 1,237 delegates. Cruz’s recent alliance with John Kasich, as well as his announcement of his Vice Presidential pick Carly Fiorina last week, indicate that Cruz is working every angle to stop Trump, though the public support for these moves among Republicans is tepid at best.
These calculated efforts are largely viewed as such by the Republican Party, according to the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll conducted online from April 25 through May 1 of 14,640 adults including 12,462 registered voters.
In regard to the strategic alliance between Cruz and Kasich to limit each’s campaigns in particular states in order to deny Trump the nomination, including Indiana, where Kasich has limited his campaign activity, 70 percent of Republican and Republican-leaners are either uncomfortable or angry with the deal.
In regard to Cruz’s announcement of Carly Fiorina as his running mate, about eight in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaners think Cruz’s choice was a strategic move to revitalize his campaign. Just 16 percent think this selection was because she is the best candidate for vice president. Even among Cruz’s supporters, a 55 percent majority think he selected Fiorina as his vice presidential pick in order to revitalize his campaign.









