February 20, 2024
In a new Second Reading podcast, Jim Henson, Josh Blank, and Daron Shaw discuss the what results from the just-released University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll might tell us about primary elections in the state as early voter begins.
Touchstones from the latest Second Reading podcast
Overview and documents from the February UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
Some polling results mentioned in the podcast
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Colin Allred | 52% |
| Roland Gutierrez | 14% |
| Mark Gonzalez | 5% |
| Meri Gomez | 3% |
| Steve J. Keough | 3% |
| Carl Oscar Sherman | 2% |
| Heli Rodriguez Prilliman | 1% |
| Thierry Tchenko | 1% |
| Aaron Arguijo | 0% |
| A. “Robert” Hassan | 0% |
| Someone else | 18% |
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 49% |
| Very important | 37% |
| Somewhat important | 11% |
| Not important | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% |
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 38% |
| Very important | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 19% |
| Not important | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 29% |
| Very important | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 19% |
| Not important | 22% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Poll | Approve | Disapprove | Neither/Don't Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | 70% | 8% | 23% |
| February 2016 | 69% | 8% | 23% |
| June 2016 | 73% | 7% | 21% |
| October 2016 | 75% | 5% | 21% |
| February 2017 | 80% | 5% | 15% |
| June 2017 | 83% | 8% | 10% |
| October 2017 | 79% | 5% | 14% |
| February 2018 | 81% | 5% | 14% |
| June 2018 | 80% | 7% | 14% |
| October 2018 | 89% | 4% | 8% |
| February 2019 | 83% | 6% | 10% |
| June 2019 | 84% | 4% | 12% |
| October 2019 | 79% | 6% | 15% |
| February 2020 | 84% | 8% | 12% |
| April 2020 | 88% | 6% | 7% |
| June 2020 | 83% | 7% | 9% |
| October 2020 | 81% | 13% | 7% |
| February 2021 | 79% | 10% | 11% |
| March 2021 | 79% | 13% | 8% |
| April 2021 | 77% | 13% | 10% |
| June 2021 | 77% | 12% | 11% |
| August 2021 | 73% | 18% | 9% |
| October 2021 | 79% | 15% | 6% |
| February 2022 | 74% | 14% | 12% |
| April 2022 | 80% | 10% | 11% |
| June 2022 | 78% | 11% | 12% |
| August 2022 | 80% | 12% | 8% |
| October 2022 | 86% | 8% | 6% |
| December 2022 | 87% | 6% | 8% |
| February 2023 | 83% | 7% | 10% |
| April 2023 | 79% | 9% | 12% |
| June 2023 | 81% | 10% | 8% |
| August 2023 | 81% | 11% | 8% |
| October 2023 | 79% | 10% | 11% |
| December 2023 | 78% | 10% | 12% |
| February 2024 | 83% | 8% | 10% |
| April 2024 | 85% | 8% | 8% |
| June 2024 | 82% | 8% | 10% |
About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced intermittently 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, Spotify, and Stitcher.