2. Ted Cruz: B+
Economic Liberty: A-
Personal Liberty: B
Foreign Policy: B+
Honesty: B
Senator Ted Cruz is pretty good on the issues considering the rest of the GOP, as he is a principled conservative who favors budget cuts and lower taxes. One of the only strikes against him on the economic front is that he refused to compensate for increases in defense spending with cuts to other areas as Rand Paul did. Cruz’s personal liberty score is hampered by his past desire for a federal ban on same-sex marriage, which has evolved into reinstating individual state bans, as well as his former belief that the President should enforce drug laws against states which have legalized marijuana. Cruz’s foreign policy is better than the rest of the GOP field other than Paul, but he still has hawkish instincts. In regards to his honesty, Cruz can at times come off as somewhat artificial, though he claims he has a strong commitment to liberty.
