This week, the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune released results from our latest poll measuring voter attitudes. The Tribune’s Thanh Tan talks to executive editor Ross Ramsey about the major takeaways.
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: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans’ Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem.
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Re-electing Perry
Gov. Rick Perry told us on Tuesday that he may run for re-election. Voters aren’t sold, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: In Senate Race, Dewhurst and Cruz Lead the GOP Pack
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is still the leader of the Republican pack running for U.S. Senate, and Ted Cruz is in second place, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Santorum Has Huge Lead in Texas
In Texas, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has a commanding lead over his Republican rivals in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Economy, Immigration Top Voter Concerns
Texas voters think the economy is the biggest problem facing the country but immigration is the most pressing issue facing the state, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Mormon Candidates Face Hurdle
More than one in five Texas voters say most of the people they know would not vote for a Mormon presidential candidate even if they agreed with him or her on the issues, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Top Pick for U.S. Senate? Undecided
Half of all GOP voters haven’t decided who should be their nominee for the U.S. Senate, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Most Voters Don’t Credit Perry for Texas’ Economic Success
Texas voters are more likely to attribute the state’s economic success to its natural resources and long-standing pro-business policies than to Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Audio: UT/TT Pollster on How Texans Perceive Perry’s Presidential Bid
The Trib’s Thanh Tan kicks of a week of stories on the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune political poll — which shows Herman Cain in a statistical tie with Rick Perry in Texas — by interviewing the poll’s co-director, Jim Henson of the Texas Politics Project.