The Texas Politics Project

The Texas Politics Project at @UTAustin. Home of the Texas Politics webtext, the UT/ Texas Politics Project Poll & other Texas resources.

[Jim Henson @jamesrhenson]

Trend in Texans' approval of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, via @TxPolProject archives.
In June:
All: 37% approve / 42% disapprove
Ds: 9% approve / 77% disapprove (60% strongly)
Rs: 64% approve / 13% disapprove
Ind: 19% approve / 50% disapprove
https://t.co/cROPaoOoZd

[Jim Henson @jamesrhenson]

Texas responses to ""Do you think anyone born in the United States should be granted U.S. citizenship?" from April 2026 UT/@TxPolProject Poll:
All RV: 62% yes / 30% no / 9% DK
Rs: 38% yes/50% no
Ds: 92% yes/50% no
Ind: 47% yes/42% no
More: https://t.co/nOcxjp1zlg

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

As Texas Democrats gather for their state convention, we've gathered data from our June poll & our extensive archive on their attitudes toward their party, issues, and more for context. https://t.co/TyI8iZ6ImJ #txlege #tx2026

[Jim Henson @jamesrhenson]

With the national #housing bill apparently on ice, Texas voters' concern abou the cost of housing in the @TxPolProject poll released yesterday:
52% very concerned, 29% somewhat concerned, 12% not too concerned 4% not at all concerned.
More: https://t.co/bTiGuaMVx0 #tx2026

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

Second Reading Podcast: Increased Partisan Intensity, a Tight Texas U.S Senate Race, and Bad Tech Vibes in the New Texas Politics Project Poll, w @JoshuaMBlank & @jamesrhenson
https://t.co/JtPQGzCJp9 #txlege

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

UT Poll shows a statistically tied US Senate race and reflects bipartisan backlash against data centers https://t.co/W6my2ZErrV #txlege

[Jim Henson @jamesrhenson]

New UT/@TxPolProject Poll: "In general, do you support or oppose the construction of a data center in your community?"
All: 29% support, 56% oppose (42% strongly), 16% dk
Urban: 36%/44%/18%
Suburbs: 25%/60%/14%
*Rural: 22%/62%/15%
More: https://t.co/hafbPgb8lC #txlege

[Jim Henson @jamesrhenson]

Markets Recoil in Global Sell-Off Driven by Tech Stocks https://t.co/inHwXv5VLQ
Fn from new UT/@TxPolProject Poll: Tx expectations of impact of AI on the economy: https://t.co/rL2izpOcuT

[Feeding Indiana’s Hungry @FeedINsHungry]

“Anything that's going to impact [#SNAP households'] purchasing decisions, whether positively or negatively, is likely to have a bigger impact at the current moment than at any other point in time,” said Joshua Blank, @TxPolProject. https://t.co/oxwU9TU1dZ

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

For source data, disclosure, and more results, see the report on the June poll here: https://t.co/YDHddVxUxa #txlege

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Big shift in Texas. UT poll shows Talarico going from +8 in April (42-34) to -1 now (42-43).

Why? Paxton consolidated the GOP.

In April, Paxton got 63% of GOP voters, with 10% going to Talarico.

Now, Paxton gets 84%, with 5% for Talarico.

Talarico still leads big w/ indies.

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

Urban/suburban/rural views of data center consturction in our latest polling. More: https://t.co/YDHddVxUxa #Txlege #tx2026

[Jack Fink @cbs11jack]

NEW TEXAS POLL by @TxPolProject at UT

Senate:

R- Paxton 43%
D- Talarico 42%
Libertarian- Brown 3%
Someone else- 3%
No opinion- 10%

1200 registered TX voters
June 5-12
MOE: +/- 3.47%

@CBSNewsTexas

[Jack Fink @cbs11jack]

NEW TEXAS POLL by @TxPolProject at UT

Governor:

R- Abbott 47%
D- Hinojosa 40%
Libertarian- Dixon 1%
Someone else- 2%
No opinion- 10%

1200 registered TX voters
June 5-12
MOE: +/- 3.47%

@CBSNewsTexas

[Jack Fink @cbs11jack]

NEW TEXAS POLL by @TxPolProject at UT

Lt. Governor:

R-Patrick 43%
D-Goodwin 36%
Libertarian- Cristo 2%
Green- McCormick 1%
Someone else- 3%
No opinion- 10%

1200 registered TX voters
June 5-12
MOE: +/- 3.47%

@CBSNewsTexas

[Jack Fink @cbs11jack]

NEW TEXAS POLL by @TxPolProject at UT

Attorney General:

R- Middleton 41%
D- Johnson 36%
Libertarian- Oxford 2%
Someone else- 4%
No opinion- 18%

1200 registered TX voters
June 5-12
MOE: +/- 3.47%

@CBSNewsTexas

[Jack Fink @cbs11jack]

NEW TEXAS POLL by @TxPolProject at UT:

Comptroller:

R- Huffines 40%
D- Eckhardt 34%
Libertarian- Echavarria-Garza 1%
Green- Faizi 1%
Someone else- 2%
No opinion- 21%

1200 registered TX voters
June 5-12
MOE: +/- 3.47%

@CBSNewsTexas

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

New #TXSEN poll from @TxPolProject:

Ken Paxton 43
James Talarico 42
Ted Brown (L) 3
Someone else 3
Undecided 10

(June 5-12; 1,200 RVs; +/-2.83%)

https://t.co/WMs6AC3WCc

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

New UT/TxPP Poll: In U.S. Senate race, Paxton 43%, Talarico 42%, Brown 3%, someone else 3%, DK 10%.
Rs: Paxton 84% Talarico 5% Brown 2%, else 2% DK 7%;
Ds:: Paxton 1% Talarico 88% Brown 3% else 2%, DK 6%
Ind: Pax 12% Tal 40% BRown 7% else 8% DK 34%
More: https://t.co/YDHddVxUxa

[Texas Comptroller @txcomptroller]

Behind every great office is a team that knows how to work together — and have a little fun along the way.

Welcome to our 2026 summer interns!

[The Texas Politics Project @TxPolProject]

We just posted a Washington, DC advocacy internship to our internship bulletin board. If you're either looking for an internship, or looking for an interns, it's free to the public, easy to use, and gets a lot of traffic. Browse/post here: https://t.co/8jEakTvfpm #td