UT/TT Poll: Texans Are Leery of Government
Texans don't trust government very much — especially the federal government, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll conducted this month. Their least favorite branch of the federal government? Congress, by a wide margin.
Asked to choose their most trusted part of the federal government, only 10 percent listed the legislative branch and Congress. Nearly three times as many listed the executive branch and the presidency, while 34 percent listed the judicial branch and the Supreme Court.
“The branch closest to the people is the one we hate the most,” said Daron Shaw, a political science professor at ...
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Joe Deshotel
This shows how hard it will be to transform Texas into a battleground. The Republican's have their own issues but its about the soul of the party not whether it will lose control of state government. As far as rhetoric Republicans are victims of their own success. We will never make the proper investments in education or water infrastructure if increasing govt. revenues are always off the table. That maybe Democrats best bet and not simply demographics.