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Polling Texas 2020
UT/Trib, Apr 25: Trump 49, Biden 44
DT/PPP, Apr 29: Biden 47, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, May 3: Trump 43, Biden 43
Emerson, May 13: Trump 47, Biden 41
Quinnipiac, June 3: Trump 44, Biden 43
PPP, June 5: Trump 48, Biden 48
PPP/PT, June 23: Trump 48, Biden 46
Fox, June 25: Biden 45, Trump 44
UT/Trib, July 2: Trump 48, Biden 44
PPP/Emily’s List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43
CBSNews, July 12: Trump 46, Biden 45
Quinnipiac, July 22: Biden 45, Trump 44
Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45
Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46
Polling Texas 2018
WPA, Jan 5: Cruz 52, O'Rourke 34
PPP, Jan 27: Cruz 45, O'Rourke 37
Quinnipiac, April 19: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, May 31: Cruz 50, O'Rourke 39
PPP, June 8: Cruz 48, O'Rourke 42
GQR, June 16: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
CBS/YouGov, June 24: Cruz 44, O'Rourke 36
UT/Trib, June 25: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 36
Gravis, July 10: Cruz 51, O'Rourke 42
Lyceum, July 31: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 39
Quinnipiac, July 31: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
PPP, August 2: Cruz 46, O'Rourke 42
NBC News, August 23: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 45
ECPS, August 27: Cruz 38, O'Rourke 37
Crosswinds, September 12: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, September 18 (LV): Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45
Ipsos, September 19 (LV): O'Rourke 47, Cruz 45Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50.3, Clinton 42.4Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38-
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Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50,3, Clinton 42.4
Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37
Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38
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The politics of the Board of Managers
Presenting this mostly without comment. A Houston Landing review of the newly appointed board’s political contributions, public statements and work history suggests the nine members likely will govern from the political center, avoiding education culture wars galvanizing the right and … Continue reading
Posted in School days
Tagged Adam Rivon, Angela Flowers, Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, campaign finance reports, Cassandra Bandy, charter schools, Elizabeth Santos, Greg Abbott, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Janette Lindner, Judith Cruz, Michelle Arnold, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Paula Mendoza, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Teach For America, Texas Education Agency
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Rob Manfred’s regrets
He has one in particular that is of interest. In an extensive interview with TIME that was published Wednesday, the baseball commissioner talked about a lot of his successes in the sport, including the recent rules changes that has made for quicker games, but … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Astros, Baseball, lawsuit, MLB, MLBPA, Rob Manfred, sign stealing
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There’s still more Paxton stuff to investigate
He’s the grift that keeps on giving. The Texas House investigation into impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton has reportedly widened to include a series of property purchases he made as he faced a federal probe over allegations that he abused … Continue reading
Posted in Scandalized!, That's our Lege
Tagged Angela Paxton, campaign finances, Charles Loper, Election 2024, ethics, FBI, impeachment, Ken Paxton, Senate, subpoena, Texas, The Lege, Tony Buzbee
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Dallas improves its cybersecurity
Good to see. The Dallas City Council approved a nearly $4 million deal Wednesday to get a new system that alerts the city’s information technology department of possible cyber attacks. The approval comes as the city is nearly two months … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, science, and math, The great state of Texas
Tagged Dallas, ransomware, Texas
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Dispatches from Dallas, June 30 edition
This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week, in news from the Metroplex: updates on the Dallas cyberattacks and two other hacks with DFW connections you may not have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Blog stuff
Tagged Dallas, guest post, linkdump, Texas
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Talarico Time
I have mixed feelings about this. The representative and aspiring preacher hadn’t planned to deliver a sermon when he went to work at the state capitol that morning. Sitting in a drab committee room last month, Texas Rep. James Talarico, … Continue reading
Posted in That's our Lege
Tagged Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Governor, HD50, HD52, James Talarico, quorum, Senate, Texas, The Lege
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Anti-gay Waco JP’s lawsuit to be considered by SCOTx
The end of the line one way or the other. The Texas Supreme Court will review a case involving a Waco justice of the peace’s refusal to perform same-sex weddings. McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley sued the … Continue reading
How hot is it?
Too damn hot. Record-setting heat in Texas has sent hundreds of people to emergency rooms in recent weeks, according to state health officials. Temperature records fell across Texas during the last two weeks, putting June 2023 on pace to be … Continue reading
Posted in The great state of Texas
Tagged climate change, electricity, ERCOT, solar energy, Texas, The Lege
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Texas blog roundup for the week of June 26
The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had as good a Pride month as was possible as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Posted in Blog stuff
Tagged blog roundup, TPA
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City to sue over mandatory arbitration law
Add it to what is likely to be a substantive list. Houston city attorneys said Monday they plan to challenge the constitutionality of a new Texas law that gives Houston firefighters mandatory arbitration in their long-running contract stalemate. Lowell Denton, … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters, Local politics, That's our Lege
Tagged ACLU of Texas, arbitration, censorship, drag shows, Election 2023, elections administrator, Harris County, HFD, Houston, HPFFA, John Whitmire, lawsuit, libraries, local control, school chaplains, school libraries, Supreme Court, Sylvester Turner, Texas, The Lege, transgender rights
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The Chron asks the “will what Mike Miles is doing actually work” question
Join the club. Superintendent Mike Miles has swept into Houston in recent weeks with confident claims that his strategies to overhaul the largest school system in Texas can quickly spur positive results at long-struggling schools. That’s mostly because his agenda … Continue reading
Posted in School days
Tagged Board of Managers, charter schools, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, standardized testing, Texas Education Agency
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Project Texas versus Project Texas
That’s gotta suck. Kendall Hill was in a meeting at Pegasus Park as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of Congress on March 23. As Chew spoke to U.S. officials, Hill received a vague message from a friend. … Continue reading
Posted in The great state of Texas, Websurfing
Tagged China, Greg Abbott, Project Texas, Texas, The Lege, TikTok
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Louisiana’s turn to (maybe) fix its racial gerrymander
They’re on the clock. The Supreme Court on Monday denied Louisiana’s attempt to block a lower court’s order that it redraw its congressional maps. That court found that the state had likely diluted the power of Black voters in violation … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters
Tagged Alabama, Congress, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Louisiana, redistricting, SCOTUS, Texas, Voting Rights Act
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No pay for Paxton while he’s on the sidelines
Poor baby. The Texas attorney general’s office attempted an end-run around a ruling from the state’s top accountant to pay Attorney General Ken Paxton despite his impeachment, documents indicated. Paxton has remained suspended from duty since the House overwhelmingly voted … Continue reading
Posted in Scandalized!, Show Business for Ugly People
Tagged Attorney General, budget, Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, impeachment, Ken Paxton, Texas, The Lege
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Add Stephen F. Austin University to the list of recent cyberattack victims
Not a lot of detail here, but these things are never good. More than a week after Stephen F. Austin State University was hit with a cyberattack, leaders at the public university in the East Texas Pineywoods are still working … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, science, and math, The great state of Texas
Tagged cybersecurity, FBI, ransomware, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas
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Another Paxton roundup
The hits keep on coming… So, just how transparent is this Senate trial going to be? Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has promised maximum transparency in the impeachment trial for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, but trial rules recently adopted by … Continue reading
Posted in Scandalized!, That's our Lege
Tagged Angela Paxton, Attorney General, bribery, Bryan Hughes, Dan Cogdell, Dan Patrick, Dick DeGuerin, Donna Campbell, Election 2024, FBI, impeachment, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Nate Paul, polls, Rusty Hardin, Sarah Eckhardt, Senate, Texas, Texas Whistleblower Act, The Lege, Tony Buzbee
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The smallest possible loosening of abortion restrictions
Better than nothing, but not by much. Doctors will have more legal protections to perform emergency abortions under a bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, following numerous reports of medical care being delayed due to confusion over the state’s abortion … Continue reading
Posted in That's our Lege
Tagged abortion, Ann Johnson, Bryan Hughes, Center for Reproductive Rights, lawsuit, SCOTUS, Texas, Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Lege
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“Family events” announced so you can learn more about what the hell is going on at HISD
Mark your calendars. Superintendent F. Mike Miles announced dates for a series of family events to share more information about his vision for HISD and to meet families from schools across the district. “When I accepted this appointment two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in School days
Tagged activism, announcements, Board of Managers, HISD, Houston, Mike Miles
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Weekend link dump for June 25
The coming enshittification of Reddit. “Of all the Garfield Minus Garfield strips, the following 15 stand out as some of the darkest to ever be created.” “Let’s put a very fine point on it: Showgirls is a ’90s id fantasia; … Continue reading
SCOTx rules ERCOT can’t be sued over the 2021 freeze
A split ruling, which in my kind could have gone either way. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that ERCOT, the operator of Texas’ power grid, is a government entity, granting the organization immunity to lawsuits stemming from 2021′s deadly … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters
Tagged blackouts, CPS, ERCOT, Freeze 2021, lawsuit, Panda Power, Public Utility Commission, Supreme Court, Texas
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UT/Texas Politics Project poll: Half of Texans think Paxton impeachment was “justified”
It’s one poll, yadda yadda yadda, but here you go. As the Texas Senate begins the historically unprecedented process of trying the suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton on 31 articles of impeachment, a majority of Texas’ registered voters think the … Continue reading
Posted in Scandalized!, Show Business for Ugly People
Tagged impeachment, Ken Paxton, polls, Senate, Texas, The Lege
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From the “Obvious reactions to dumb things” department
Item 1: Former Congressman Will Hurd is running for President. Former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, announced Thursday he is running for president, becoming the first Texan with experience in elective office to enter the Republican primary. Hurd, who represented … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2024, The making of the President
Tagged Election 2024, President, Senate, Ted Cruz, Texas, Will Hurd
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Another look at Texas redistricting litigation after the Alabama SCOTUS ruling
An explainer from the Trib. The state faces an assortment of legal challenges to its congressional and statehouse maps, including allegations of intentional discrimination, vote dilution and racial gerrymandering. For example: In the Rio Grande Valley, the plaintiffs allege map-drawers … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters
Tagged Alabama, Commissioners Court, Congress, Election 2022, Election 2024, Galveston, Georgia, lawsuit, Louisiana, redistricting, SBOE, SCOTUS, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act
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I still don’t get how Mike Miles is going to do what he says
Let’s start with the big plans that appointed HISD Superintendent Mike Miles is touting. Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles unveiled a dramatically expanded plan for the district at a Thursday board meeting, announcing 150 schools will see “wholesale systemic reform” … Continue reading
COVID immunity update
Fascinating stuff. Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were present in the blood of 96.4% of Americans over the age of 16 by September 2022. That’s according to a serosurvey – an analysis testing for the presence of these immune defense molecules … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, science, and math
Tagged coronavirus, FDA, vaccinations
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Here are the Senate impeachment rules
Let’s go. Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment at a trial to begin Sept. 5, the Texas Senate said Wednesday night after spending about 20 hours drafting the trial rules in private. … Continue reading
A long look at Spring Branch ISD
Houston Landing goes deep. With only a week left before the May 6 election, school-board candidate David Lopez and a team of volunteers set out to block walk in the Spring Branch neighborhoods north of Interstate 10, trying to accomplish … Continue reading
Dispatches from Dallas, June 23 edition
This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week (and from last week) in news from the DFW area: election results from the June 10 runoff; the Dallas short-term rental ordinance; … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, guest post, linkdump, Texas
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State Rep. Julie Johnson announces for CD32
As expected. State Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Carrollton, announced Tuesday she’s running to replace U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, kicking off her campaign with a significant show of support from inside her party. In an announcement video, Johnson highlighted her experience … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2024
Tagged Ana-Maria Ramos, Brian Williams, Cassandra Hernandez, CD03, CD24, CD32, Colin Allred, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2022, Election 2024, HD115, Jan McDowell, Julie Johnson, Justin Moore, Rhetta Bowers, Sandeep Srivastava, Texas, The Lege
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Arkansas law banning gender affirming care ruled unconstitutional
This is a big deal. A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters
Tagged Alabama, Arkansas, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Florida, Indiana, lawsuit, SCOTUS, Texas, transgender rights
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Freestone County opposes use of eminent domain on Fairfield Lake State Park
Plot twist. The Freestone County commissioners are decrying the state’s decision to move forward with eminent domain to seize the Fairfield Lake State Park property in their county. At a Wednesday morning meeting, the five commissioners voted unanimously to send … Continue reading
Texas blog roundup for the week of June 19
The Texas Progressive Alliance keeps all of its top secret document boxes in the master suite for ease of access, not the guest bathroom, which is how it can bring you this week’s roundup.
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Sen. Angela Paxton will be one of her husband’s jurors
Really, there was no other way this could have ended. After weeks of speculation, state Sen. Angela Paxton announced late Monday that she will attend the impeachment trial of her husband, suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, the McKinney Republican said … Continue reading
Posted in Scandalized!, That's our Lege
Tagged Angela Paxton, Attorney General, Dan Patrick, impeachment, Ken Paxton, Senate, Texas, Texas Whistleblower Act, The Lege, Tony Buzbee
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Funding for child DNA ID kits quietly dropped
This is such a weird story. For months, Texas lawmakers were on track to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to continue distributing child identification kits to Texas schoolchildren, a program championed by state officials. In April, both the Texas House and Senate approved preliminary … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, fingerprints, Glenn Hegar, Joan Huffman, Ken Paxton, Kenny Hansmire, National Child Identification Program, Senate, Texas, Texas Education Agency, The Lege
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