More Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the ...

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Percent Voting by Age, Gender, Educational Attainment, Race, and Family Income ...

Talk to any old hand about Texas political history, and reference to the days when "yellow dog Democrats" ran the state is bound to come up. Even now, when such animals are an endangered species in ...

Since the political rise of the pro-life movement in the 1990s, it’s often been suggested that elected Republicans were less seriously committed to banning abortion than their public pronouncements ...

The Texas Politics Project details the order of succession for gubernatorial and presidential positions in Texas.

One of the biggest stories of the 2024 election cycle was Donald Trump’s success in increasing his support among Latino voters. The exit polls in Texas suggest that Trump won 55% of the Latino vote in ...

Poll Summary (pdf) Crosstabs (pdf) Graphics The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds large majorities of Texans saying that it’s important for the legislature to improve the ...

Cumulative Voting in Texas Cumulative voting represents an alternative to the single-member district form of representation that characterizes government on all levels in Texas and the United States.

While the difference wasn’t large, there are some interesting differences hiding in this 7-point gap in support. For example, 29% of voters strongly support “establishing a program,” compared to 21% ...

The April poll found one-third of voters who believe that marijuana should be available for medical purposes only — while the majority of voters, 51%, said they supported the legal availability of ...

James Edward (Pa) Ferguson (1871-1944), Texas governor, son of James Edward and Fannie (Fitzpatrick) Ferguson, was born on August 31, 1871, near Salado, Bell County, Texas. When he was four years old, ...