With some political campaigns embracing law enforcement in Texas, the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll found two things to be true: Most voters don’t want to decrease funding for police, and almost all voters feel safe where they live.
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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Fears about the coronavirus dip from April peak, but remain high, UT/TT Poll says
Amid the apprehension that Texans expressed about the spread of infections, there are partisan differences about how serious a problem the coronavirus is, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Coronavirus vaccines could be a hard sell in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds
Less than half of Texas voters say they’d get a coronavirus vaccine if one were widely available, and 41% believe a vaccine will be announced before it’s proven to work, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas voters have serious concerns about voting and the 2020 election, UT/TT Poll finds
Only a minority of Texas voters from both parties say they’re ready to trust the results of the 2020 election for president, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas voters are as split as the Senate on Supreme Court opening, UT/TT Poll finds
When it comes to filling a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas voters are split the same way the U.S. Senate is split — along party lines, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by 5 points in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds
The president leads the former vice president 50%-45% in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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John Cornyn leads MJ Hegar by 8 points in U.S. Senate race, UT/TT Poll finds
Cornyn, the Republican incumbent, leads Hegar 50%-42% in his bid for a fourth term, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ratings fell during the pandemic, UT/TT Poll finds
As the pandemic has dragged on in Texas, the distance between Abbott’s approval and disapproval ratings from voters has narrowed, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas voters split on police violence protests, open to moving Confederate statues, poll finds
Long-held views on discrimination against Black people and on memorials to the Confederacy are changing in Texas, and voters are open to universal voting by mail, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas.
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Poll says Texans’ hopes for quick return to pre-coronavirus life are fading
Texans remain focused on the coronavirus, are less optimistic about returning to normal quickly, and their assessments of government pandemic responses have soured, according to a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll.