Inside Intelligence

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about campaign finance, endorsements and advertising.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about moving the dates for presidential and non-presidential primaries, about straight-ticket voting and about online voter registration.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics — our last one of 2013 — we asked for election predictions.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the candidate filings and about the 2014 primaries.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked whether legislators ought to be picking U.S. senators instead of voters, and about current and future leaders of the state’s university systems.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte’s effect on the Democratic ticket, when Republicans will win a majority of Hispanics and how the primaries foretell the future.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the political fallout from the state’s new laws on abortion and women’s health centers.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and about where he stands in relation to Republican voters in Texas and elsewhere.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the lieutenant governor’s race, and about what might happen in the state Senate depending on the winner.