The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds Texans in a dour mood colored by a resurgent COVID-19 virus, an economy recovering yet roiled by its impact, and state politics driven by increasingly entrenched and in many instances extreme partisanship, which is being accentuated by the Republican monopoly on state government. Texans expressed more worry about the surging pandemic and its effects than in June, and gave Governor Abbott the lowest job approval rating of his tenure in office. A majority – 52% – said the state is headed in the wrong direction, the worst assessment of the direction of the state since the inception of this polling project in 2008. CONTINUED
Jim Henson & Joshua Blank, Texas Politics Project
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