A gubernatorial poll published April 18 by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler shows the Oscar-winning actor with more support from Texas constituents than the current governor, Greg Abbott. In a hypothetical contest, McConaughey garners 45% support, with Abbott getting 33% and 22% saying they would vote for someone else, according to the poll. The majority of McConaughey’s support came from the Democratic respondents, 66% of whom chose McConaughey over the other two possibilities, with 44% of independents doing the same, and 30% of Republican voters saying they would vote for the actor over the governor or an unspecified third party.