Texas Voters Evenly Split on Direction of State Ahead of 2022 Primary: Poll

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Texas Voters Evenly Split on Direction of State Ahead of 2022 Primary: Poll
By Patrick Butler
February 28, 2022

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The state’s political climate leans slightly more toward Republicans, the Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll shows. The poll, conducted Feb. 8 to 15, surveyed 1,188 adults who are registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Half of the respondents (50 percent), all registered voters, believe the state overall is going in the right direction, while 49 percent indicated the state is on the “wrong track.” One percent said “neither.”

Meanwhile, 70 percent of all respondents expressed they were “very confident” or “somewhat confident” that the Texas primaries, the nation’s earliest, would be conducted “fairly or accurately.”

The gubernatorial primary numbers show incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott supported by 60 percent of Republicans and his nearest primary challengers at 7 and 6 percent. His current 50 percent approval rating in February rose from 45 percent in September.

Poll results of the impressions that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke has made on voters showed 43 percent of Democrats think very favorably of him and 32 percent somewhat favorably, while 30 percent of independent voters hold a favorable opinion. His nearest primary challenger drew the support of 4 percent of respondents.

“Beto, for sure,” said Democrat Elvia Rios, 73, of Hidalgo County, who voted early. “His policies are going to offer parity and opportunity to the children of poorer counties.”

Analysis breakdowns of the poll feature percentages of Latino, black, and white respondents, while questions on abortion included responses by Catholic, evangelical, and married respondents.

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