Backing climate sceptics and real science good for Ted Cruz (10 point lead)

Just seen this news. Ted Cruz is now cruising along at 31% support 10 points ahead of billionaire “bull-in-a-mosque” Trump. This kind of suggests to me, that if you have the courage to support unpopular but important issues like Climate skepticism, that the public will back you. But if you are a foot in mouth politician pandering to the latest public bandwagon you get dumped.
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