It’s not so much what Texans think about gaming in Texas — they’re generally for it — but about how strongly they feel. And the people who don’t want expanded gaming feel more strongly than proponents.
Joshua Blank
Joshua Blank is the manager of polling and research at the Texas Politics Project. Born in New York, New York, he has a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston University and a master's and doctorate in government, from the University of Texas at Austin.
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The Polling Center: Race and Change in Voter ID Support
Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office has argued that Texans of all races strongly support voter ID. While this was true as recently as early 2011, the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll shows that there has been a sea change.
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The Polling Center: Obama’s Job Approval Numbers in Texas
Heading into President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, we thought it would be worth rehashing his approval numbers here in Texas.
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The Polling Center: Cruz Beats Drum on Immigration
If Ted Cruz seems to be marching out of step with GOP leaders attempting to lower the volume on the party’s immigration rhetoric, results from the last UT/Texas Tribune poll suggest the drumbeat he’s listening to is the one being played by his voters.
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The Polling Center: The GOP’s Sticky Immigration Problem
A proposed federal immigration reform poses a test for Texas Republicans: Their leaders, compared to politicians from other states, tend to be more moderate. But those leaders stand at the front of a GOP that is hostile to some of the proposal’s key points.
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The Polling Center: Lawmakers Fret About Water, but the Public Doesn’t
Water has emerged as the top infrastructure issue before the 83rd Legislature — an issue that appears to be more important to lawmakers than to most of the people they represent.
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Science and Politics — and Partisans
An endorsement by the most famous political independent in the country highlights a political fault line: the partisan division over the usefulness of science in policy making.
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Just What is a “Likely Voter”?
In a poll of potential voters, how should we go about determining what the electorate might look like on Election Day?