Poll: Jeb Bush still tops field of GOP candidates, but Ted Cruz is rising fast

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the only GOP hopeful to formally announced his candidacy thus far, has shot up in the rankings in a new CBS News poll. Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed said that they would consider voting for Cruz in March, up 14 points from when the same question was asked a month ago. 

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By comparison, 51 percent said they would vote for Bush, just two percent higher than did in February. 

Still, while Cruz is enjoyed a one-month bump, the conservative Texan continues show serious weakness among Republican voters. Twenty-two percent of those surveyed said they could not vote for Cruz, one point higher than in February’s poll. Twenty-seven percent of those polled said they could would not vote for Bush in March, while 26 percent said the same in February. 

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