Matthew McConaughey is frontrunner for Texas governor: Hollywood star is ahead of Greg Abbott by EIG

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Matthew McConaughey is frontrunner for Texas governor: Hollywood star is ahead of Greg Abbott by EIGHT points AND beats Beto O'Rourke two-to-one new poll finds

    New poll finds McConaughey ahead in head-on matchups for Texas governor
    More prefer the actor in one-on-one comparisons with Abbott and O'Rourke
    But in a three-way race between them all, incumbent Abbott is preferred
    McConaughey has teased interest but it's unclear which party he'd run with

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Wires

Published: 00:27 EST, 22 November 2021 | Updated: 07:27 EST, 22 November 2021

A new poll suggests that actor Matthew McConaughey could defeat either incumbent Republican Greg Abbott or Democrat hopeful Beto O'Rourke in a race for the Texas governor's office.

The poll from the University of Texas and Dallas Morning News found that McConaughey is preferred in both one-on-one matchups, but that Abbott would win in a three-way race.

McConaughey, who lives in Austin, has teased a run for governor for months but has not said whether he would make one as a Republican or a Democrat.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10228821/Matthew-McConaughey-tops-polling-hypothetical-Texas-governor-races.html

[Bigun]

LOL! Polls!

[Hoodat]

[Wingnut]

It is popularity poll.  He's only leading because he does Lincoln commercials.  Very bad commercials.

[Hoodat]

It is popularity poll.  He's only leading because he does Lincoln commercials.  Very bad commercials.

Well, he did play a role in a rodeo movie.

[Wingnut]

Well, he did play a role in a rodeo movie.

Was that one named, "All hat. No Cattle"?

[DB]

Dwain Johnson is talking about running for President...

No need for any actual accomplishments other than a giant ego with millions of fawning fans...

[EdinVA]

McConaughey pay for the poll???

[GtHawk]

Dwain Johnson is talking about running for President...

No need for any actual accomplishments other than a giant ego with millions of fawning fans...

Yeah well when he fawned over the dementia patient now in the White Sanitarium(proper appellation with him residing)he pretty well soured the good will of 50% of the country. At least he has been smart enough, as far as I know, to keep his mouth shut since then.

[berdie]

LOL! Polls!

A poll from UT and the DMN sure makes me take notice.

[catfish1957]

[sneakypete]

I guess it is possible. His movie career seems stalled,he has a very likeable personality,and he has always been proud vocally of being from Texas.

Then again,I know NOTHING about his stands on any political position. He seems to be one of the rare few that has kept that to himself.

[sneakypete]

Dwain Johnson is talking about running for President...

No need for any actual accomplishments other than a giant ego with millions of fawning fans...

@DB

Don't get too cocky. Remember,both Obomber and Slow Joe became Presidents.

Useful fools can rapidly become useful tools.

[catfish1957]

I guess it is possible. His movie career seems stalled,he has a very likeable personality,and he has always been proud vocally of being from Texas.

Then again,I know NOTHING about his stands on any political position. He seems to be one of the rare few that has kept that to himself.

He's a tried and true Austin type lefty from what I understand. Problem is, unlike Beto, we really don't have an idea how far left he swings.  You are right about his career stalling.  It seems he hit a brick wall in the mid 2010's after winning his Oscar.  Hawking Lincolns is not a good sign when 5 years earlier you were on top of the world.

[sneakypete]

He's a tried and true Austin type lefty from what I understand. Problem is, unlike Beto, we really don't have an idea how far left he swings.  You are right about his career stalling.  It seems he hit a brick wall in the mid 2010's after winning his Oscar.  Hawking Lincolns is not a good sign when 5 years earlier you were on top of the world.

@catfish1957

No kidding.

This MAY be good news for Texas IF he runs and wins,though. After all,he HAS to be resentful about not being able to get a movie gig after all those years of successful acting roles.

[mountaineer]

My only question is which one - Robby O'Rourke or McConaughey - is the bigger pothead?

[Wingnut]

My only question is which one - Robby O'Rourke or McConaughey - is the bigger pothead?

You spelled dickhead wrong.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It is popularity poll.  He's only leading because he does Lincoln commercials.  Very bad commercials.

and the Lincoln Lawyer was a bad movie, too.

[LegalAmerican]

LOL! Polls!

DITTO.

[AARguy]

Abbott has the RECORD to run on! He brought the National Guard home from DC before Biden's crazy radical government released them! Abbott protected us from all the crazy left wing China Virus "mandates". He kept our schools open! Our stores! Ours beaches! Our restaurants! He signed "Constitutional Carry"! He's GREAT!

What has MC-what's his name ever DONE for Texas?

[mountaineer]

You spelled dickhead wrong.

Yes, there's that.

[txradioguy]

Has he even formally declared that he's running?  If not then this poll is meaning less and just serves to try and divide the vote that would normally go to Abbott.

[Elderberry]

Matthew McConaughey is flirting with a run for governor. But his politics remain a mystery.

The actor hasn't voted in a primary since at least 2012 and has never donated to a Texas or federal campaign.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/15/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor/

[cato potatoe]

Not running.

[Absalom]

He quit!

[Wingnut]

He quit!

https://nypost.com/2021/11/28/matthew-mcconaughey-says-he-will-not-run-for-texas-governor/

Matthew McConaughey, 52, announced Sunday night that he will not run for governor of Texas, ahead of a Dec. 13 deadline to file for the Republican or Democratic primary or to declare as an independent candidate.

[catfish1957]

Looks like its going to be master skate boarder Beatoff.

[Hoodat]

Not running.

So McConaughey didn't want to be a Democrat Party puppet?

[LMAO]

Dwain Johnson is talking about running for President...

No need for any actual accomplishments other than a giant ego with millions of fawning fans...

I work with a woman who she, her brother, and sister had a chance to meet Dwayne Johnson. Said he was a great guy and really nice to them

Didn’t he back  George Bush and Dick Cheney in 2000?

[Elderberry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-u8xMCOrHg

[Hoodat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-u8xMCOrHg

The best thing McConaughey can do to help himself and others is to learn how to think critically, and develop some logic and reason skills.  Maybe then will he realize that allying himself with Democrats is helping misery to proliferate.

[catfish1957]

The best thing McConaughey can do to help himself and others is to learn how to think critically, and develop some logic and reason skills.  Maybe then will he realize that allying himself with Democrats is helping misery to proliferate.

Critical thinking?  With Reagan as an excpection, 99% of actors are trained parrots with varying levels of skills and talent around mimicry.

The infusion of "celebrity" as a qualification for higher office is maybe the most destructive political trend we've had the past 50 years.

[Absalom]

. Critical thinking? 
With Reagan as an exception, 99% of actors are trained parrots with varying levels of skills and talent around mimicry.
The infusion of "celebrity" as a qualification for higher office is the most destructive political trend we've had in 50 years.

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Intuitive.
The protocols of the Greek Assembly and Roman Senate barred these types
from serving as the Ancients understood that Freedom cannot be unrestrained.
Yet we moderns assert we are the greatest? Hysterical laughter!!!

[cato potatoe]

So McConaughey didn't want to be a Democrat Party puppet?

Gov. Grabbit may have promised him something in return for staying out.  Maybe a lifetime supply of wacky tabacky.

[GtHawk]

I work with a woman who she, her brother, and sister had a chance to meet Dwayne Johnson. Said he was a great guy and really nice to them

Didn’t he back  George Bush and Dick Cheney in 2000?

Don't know about backing Bush/Cheney but he pissed all over himself complimenting Captain Dementia when he endorsed him, that dropped Johnson a whole lot of pegs in my opinion.

[EdinVA]

I work with a woman who she, her brother, and sister had a chance to meet Dwayne Johnson. Said he was a great guy and really nice to them

Didn’t he back  George Bush and Dick Cheney in 2000?

All of the hollyweird creatures are nice when they want you to buy their tickets...