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In a new Second Reading podcast, Jim Henson & Joshua M. Blank look at polling and other context for the U.S. Senate race in Texas as national attention on the contest increases. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-re… #txlege #tx2024

We just posted results from the October 2024 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project statewide poll. Trump leads Harris by 5 pts (51%-46%), Cruz leads Allred by 7 pts (51%-44%). texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/voting-ab…… #txlege #tx2024 [Edit: This time with the right U.S. Senate graphic]

Over at the The Texas Politics Project, Jim Henson & I gathered up some of the results from the recently released Oct. '24 UT Austin / TXP poll to give some more depth to the trial ballot results in Texas as the '24 election enters its final days. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/focusing-… #tx2024 #txlege

For those following the Roberson case in Texas, here's a look at Texans' views of the death penalty from December 2023 UT/TXP polling, AND, support for the death penalty by voters perceptions abt the frequency of wrongful convictions. #txlege texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search…

Here's another piece of context for today's election discussions from the June 2020 UT/TXP Polling archive: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/have-you-e…

.Jim Henson & Joshua M. Blank examine one of the main sticking points for Allred in the Texas Senate race: the polling just hasn’t shown much potential for crossover voting texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/focusing-… #txsen #txlege

The political center is having a moment in the U.S. Senate race in Texas, but it's not likely to last - pondering Texans ideological placement of the top of the ballot candidates and the implications, w/ Joshua M. Blank via The Texas Politics Project texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/political… #txlege #Tx2024

.Joshua M. Blank on how Trump and his campaign spoke to low-propensity Hispanic male voters by appealing “to their pocketbooks, to their masculinity, to their place in culture and society, but not directly to an identity as a racial and ethnic minority.” texastribune.org/2024/11/06/don…

Different looks at John Cornyn job approval in Texas, from October 2024 UT/The Texas Politics Project Poll. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/john-corny… #USSenate #Txlege

Trend in John Cornyn job approval in Texas (overall) Interactive version of graphics + tabs for subgroups via The Texas Politics Project: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/john-corny… #ussenate #Txlege

If you're trying to understand Senator Ted Cruz's endorsement of Sen Scott for the top GOP leadership post over his TX colleague, Senator John Cornyn, it's helpful to understand Cornyn's unique position in the Texas political universe, via the The Texas Politics Project: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/john-corn…

New Second Reading podcast: Joshua M. Blank & I talk about what data from the Texas Politics Project polling archive tells us about the swing toward Donald Trump among Texas Latinos. Short version: there were signs. Some data snapshots below. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-re… #txlege

Quite the polling nugget from Jim Henson and Joshua M. Blank in their newsletter this morning: "Among the 14% of Texans who say people are wrongly convicted of death penalty offenses in Texas “a great deal of the time,” 45% support the death penalty anyway."

New: Greg Abbott's 89(R) list of emergency items are... -Property tax relief -Water infrastructure investment -Teacher pay raise -Expand career training -Education Savings Account program -Bail reform -Create a Texas Cyber Command #txlege

See poll overview, drilldown into results, and links to docs, data, and thousands of graphics from the just-released UT/Texas Politics Project Poll here: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/new-ut-te… #txlege

New Second Reading podcast: Daron R. Shaw Jim Henson & Joshua M. Blank talk about how the new Texas Politics Project Poll finds the economy & shifting immigration attitudes (and context) are effecting views of the Trump presidency & the #txlege youtu.be/9fQTRrMDu0M?si…

Join us Thursday for our next Nerdy for 30 - Jim Henson and Joshua M. Blank will join us to unpack the latest polling data from across the state. They’ll offer insights into how Texans view the most pressing issues—including reactions to policy debates and outcomes from the

New Second Reading podcast, Daron R. Shaw , Joshua M. Blank & Jim Henson dig into the UT/Texas Politics Project Poll released this week. Topics include Donald J. Trump's standing in Texas, views of Senator John Cornyn & Attorney General Ken Paxton, and more. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-re… #txlege

Great #Nerdyfor30 yesterday w/ Jim Henson & Joshua M. Blank from The Texas Politics Project. They unpacked how Texans are thinking about key issues—from reactions to the 89th #txlege session to what public opinion may tell us ahead of the July Special Session and beyond. Recording available

A new Second Reading Podcast features a detailed discussion of #txlege & #Tx2026 related results from our June poll w/ Jim Henson & Joshua M. Blank, recorded for a webinar put on by @PAAT. It's an experiment w/ video - watch on our site or via YouTube texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-re…