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UT/TT Poll: Texans’ Views on Biden, Immigration, Guns and Future of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Texans’ assessments of President Joe Biden and support of legislative proposals on guns, abortion, voting and police reform reflect continuing partisan polarization in the state, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
As Joe Biden neared the 100-day mark of his administration, the poll found 44% approving of the job he has done as president while 46% disapprove. Texans are disappointed in how the president has handled immigration and border security (59% disapprove, 23% approve) – two issues voters have long considered to be the most important issues facing the state.
The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.
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The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.
The Republican Party trounced the Democrats at every level in Texas in November, only to see its politicians turn on one another over the pandemic and voter-fraud conspiracy theories.
Credit.Illustration by Andrew Rae
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Early on the morning of Oct. 19, an air-conditioner repairman named David Lopez was driving his small box truck in Houston, Texas, when a black S.U.V. slammed into him from behind and forced him off the road. After the vehicles came to a stop, Lopez heard the S.U.V.’s driver scream for help. He approached the vehicle, whereupon the driver, a man named Mark Aguirre, jumped out and ordered him to the ground at gunpoint. Aguirre had
How voters see the issues legislators are deciding, according to the UT/TT Poll
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Texas voters have some thoughts for lawmakers on guns, policing, abortion, alcohol to go, and a variety of other issues that remain pending as the Texas Legislature enters the last month of its regular session, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Immigration and border security were the most-mentioned items in an open-ended question about what the Legislature ought to be working on. Those are federal matters, but they’re top of mind for Texas voters, outranking mentions of the next three voter priorities combined. Where immigration and border security topped the legislative priorities list for 36% of voters, COVID-19, the energy system/grid, and the economy/jobs, together were the top priorities of 32%
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People line up at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center to vote and register to vote following a rally celebrating the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial last month.
A majority of those who cast ballots in the May 1 election want to be able to rank candidates instead of just choosing one when voting in local elections.
Nearly 58% of voters favored Proposition E, according to unofficial election results.
Despite the interest from voters, political experts and the City of Austin’s legal team say ranked-choice voting won’t be an option locally until something changes at the state, however.
“Since ranked choice voting is in conflict with state law, ranked choice voting would not be implemented in Austin until or unless the state legislature amended the Texas Election Code to allow it,” a City of Austin spokesperson said by email.
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