Republican incumbents lead their Democratic challengers in the top four races on the general election ballot, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Starting in 2009, the Texas Tribune and pollsters from the University of Texas have conducted statewide surveys on politics and issues of public interest several times each year. Each poll has illuminated trends in public policy and electoral politics; together, the polls reveal changes and trends in public opinion on a variety of public issues and public figures over time.
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UT/TT Poll: Football is popular in Texas. The NFL isn’t.
Player protests and other issues have put the NFL in strange territory in Texas: It’s both unpopular and politically polarizing.
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UT/TT Poll: Texas voters’ view of federal response to Hurricane Harvey slips
Texas voters’ approval toward the federal government’s response to Hurricane Harvey fell since we last checked in October, from 57 percent to 48 percent, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Texans are pro-immigrant — with caveats
Only 30 percent of Texas voters believe the United States admits the right number of legal immigrants, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, while 42 percent think the number is too high.
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UT/TT Poll: Texas Republicans down on FBI, Russia investigation
Texas Republican voter opinion turned against the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller even before last week’s mass shooting in a Florida high school and indictments of Russian propagandists who tried to influence American elections, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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UT/TT Poll: When it comes to Texans’ view of Trump, party outweighs everything
The most reliable indicator of whether a Texan thinks Donald Trump has what it takes to be president is the party that voter identifies with, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Texas Republican voters remain high on Trump
With the usual disclaimers about partisan imbalance, President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are holding steady, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Clear sailing for Abbott, Patrick, uncertain waters for Bush, Miller
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are far ahead of their Republican primary opponents in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, but the Democrats running for those two high offices face more difficult paths to their party’s nomination.
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The UT/TT pollsters on Trump, Confederates, bathrooms and politics
On this week’s special edition polling TribCast, Ross talks to University of Texas/Texas Tribune pollsters Josh Blank, Jim Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest UT/TT Poll — on everything from Donald Trump to Hurricane Harvey to Confederate memorials and bathrooms.
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UT/TT Poll: Texas voters say U.S. is headed in the wrong direction
By a two-to-one margin, Texas voters believe the country is going the wrong way, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.