Post Date: August 2024
Second Reading Podcast: Immigration and elections return to center state in Texas politics for Labor Day
Jim Henson talks with veteran observer of Texas politics Harvey Kronberg about the impact of the rebooted presidential race in Texas, and simmering politics in Texas over legislative elections, the grid and vouchers, and relations among Texas' big three.
Second Reading Podcast: A look at female voters in Texas as Democrats reach out to women in Chicago
Jim Henson talks with veteran observer of Texas politics Harvey Kronberg about the impact of the rebooted presidential race in Texas, and simmering politics in Texas over legislative elections, the grid and vouchers, and relations among Texas' big three.
Grid politics haven’t affected Texas elections, but voters’ doubts about reliability may be more resilient than the grid itself
Whatever the mix of factors — a lack of awareness of the specifics of what the legislature has tried to do, the extreme complexity of the issues involved, or a general lack of trust in political institutions — polling throughout the two sessions has shown a consistent a lack of confidence in what the state’s political leadership is doing to increase the reliability and resilience of the grid.
Second Reading Podcast: A chat with Harvey Kronberg about presidential and legislative politics in Texas
Jim Henson talks with veteran observer of Texas politics Harvey Kronberg about the impact of the rebooted presidential race in Texas, and simmering politics in Texas over legislative elections, the grid and vouchers, and relations among Texas' big three.
Second Reading Podcast: Early baselines for the Harris ticket in Texas and rumblings in state politics
After a three week break, Jim Henson and Josh Blank look at the baseline numbers in the presidential campaign before the big changes in the presidential race and take a quick look at some of the politics simmering in Texas in the shadow of the national politics.