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TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters on how Texans feel about guns, police, and the pandemic

In this edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Joshua Blank, James Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll and what voters are thinking about guns, policing, voting law and the pandemic.

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Handguns and rifles for sale at McBride’s Gun’s in Central Austin on April 20, 2021.
Handguns for sale at McBride’s Gun’s in Central Austin on April 20, 2021. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

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In this edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Joshua Blank, James Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll and what voters are thinking about guns, policing, changes to voting law, and how this survey's results on COVID-19 compare with what turned up in the first poll of the pandemic a year ago.

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