A recently released poll gauging Texas voters' values, political priorities, and opinions on hot-button issues shows the top issues for voters are border security, affordability, abortion, education.
The newly launched Texas Public Opinion Research released its first poll in September. The survey conducted by Lake Research Partners, includes data on what Texans are considering as they look at voting in the November 5th general election.
The poll also looks at pre-debate horserace data on the Texas Senate race between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat Rep. Colin Allred. According to the data, Rep. Allred trails Sen. Cruz, by 4 points; 47% to 43%, Allred is less known to voters than other candidates.
The poll finds that energy issues are important for Texans with the security and the dependability of the grid as the priority. Support for the oil and gas industry comes in second.
Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) is a first-of-its-kind, nonpartisan initiative dedicated to studying and analyzing Texans’ beliefs, attitudes, values, and policy preferences. TPOR seeks to play a leading role in providing high-quality data and analysis that helps researchers, academics, government officials, policymakers, nonprofit groups, and businesses understand a diverse, complex, and too-often misunderstood state. TPOR also helps Texans better understand the views of their fellow residents.
Guest:
Luke Warford is the director of Texas Public Opinion Research. Warford is a former statewide Democratic candidate in Texas and Chief Strategy Officer of the Texas Democratic Party before running for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2022.
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