By a two-to-one margin, Texas voters believe the country is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. While 29 percent said the United States is on the right track, 61 percent said it’s going in the wrong direction. They took a more sanguine […] Read more »
Texas poll: A hard line on immigration, but not on deporting ‘Dreamers’
In the face of a running political argument over what to do with “Dreamers” — recipients of a program aimed at giving some young undocumented immigrants relief from deportation — most Texas voters oppose deportation, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. CONT. Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune Read more »
UT/TT Poll: Texas voters familiar with Cruz but not Democratic rival O’Rourke
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is much better known among Texas voters than his best-known political rival, Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. The incumbent faces some headwinds: 38 percent of voters said they have favorable opinions of Cruz, […] Read more »
UT/TT Poll: In Texas, vast majority of Republicans still support Trump
Donald Trump remains highly popular with Texas Republicans nearly a year after his election as the 45th president, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … His popularity with Texas Democrats, on the other hand, is remarkably low. While 79 percent of Republicans said they approve of the […] Read more »
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump’s Puerto Rico response
Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort. According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, just 32 percent approve of how Trump is handling disaster relief in the U.S. territory, while 49 […] Read more »
Democrats Must Take a Shot at Texas
When Democrats are desperate, they dream of Texas. … Texas is a large and utterly elusive grail. A 2016 simulation incorporating demographic and political trends in the state concluded that Texas would not fall into the Democratic column anytime in the next four presidential elections. “The juggernaut there is whites […] Read more »