James Henson, Daron Shaw, and Joshua Blank dig into the data from the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project statewide poll, which found Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris 49% to 44% in the presidential race in Texas, and incumbent Ted Cruz leading Democratic Congressman Colin Allred 44% to 36% in the U.S. Senate race.
Some references from the podcast:
The rollout post for the August UT/Texas Politics Project Poll contains links and graphics for much of the data discussed in the podcast. Below are a few examples.
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump | 4% | 33% | 92% |
| Kamala Harris | 90% | 38% | 5% |
| Jill Stein | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Chase Oliver | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion | 4% | 21% | 3% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Cruz | 7% | 27% | 82% |
| Colin Allred | 72% | 34% | 5% |
| Ted Brown | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Someone else | 6% | 7% | 2% |
| Haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion | 14% | 29% | 10% |
| Overall | Republicans | Democrats | Independents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | Trump | Harris | Trump | Harris | Trump | Harris | Trump | |
| The economy | 40 | 50 | 5 | 89 | 81 | 8 | 34 | 37 |
| Inflation / Prices | 40 | 49 | 5 | 89 | 80 | 7 | 31 | 36 |
| Immigration / Border Security | 36 | 53 | 5 | 91 | 73 | 12 | 31 | 39 |
| Foreign Policy | 41 | 48 | 6 | 86 | 81 | 8 | 40 | 32 |
| Climate Change | 47 | 27 | 14 | 51 | 86 | 3 | 47 | 18 |
| Crime and Public Safety | 42 | 48 | 4 | 88 | 85 | 7 | 38 | 34 |
| Gun Violence | 43 | 41 | 7 | 74 | 84 | 7 | 38 | 31 |
| Abortion Access | 55 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 90 | 3 | 59 | 18 |
| Health Care | 47 | 38 | 10 | 73 | 90 | 4 | 43 | 23 |
| Infrastructure | 41 | 45 | 4 | 84 | 83 | 5 | 36 | 31 |
About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced by Jim Henson for the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast in Apple Podcasts and Spotify.