Joshua Blank, PhD

Joshua Blank, PhD is the research director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston University and a doctoral degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. He has played a primary role in most of the major public statewide polls conducted in Texas since 2011.

The GOP's Immigration Problem

January 29, 2013
By: 
Jim Henson, PhD
Joshua Blank, PhD

A proposed federal immigration reform poses a test for Texas Republicans: Their leaders, compared to politicians from other states, tend to be more moderate. But those leaders stand at the front of a GOP that is hostile to some of the proposal's key points.

Lawmakers Fret About Water, but the Public Doesn't

January 18, 2013
By: 
Jim Henson, PhD
Joshua Blank, PhD

Water has emerged as the top infrastructure issue before the 83rd Legislature — an issue that appears to be more important to lawmakers than to most of the people they represent.

Science and Politics — and Partisans

November 5, 2012
By: 
Joshua Blank, PhD

An endorsement by the most famous political independent in the country highlights a political fault line: the partisan division over the usefulness of science in policy making.

Just What is a "Likely Voter"?

March 6, 2012
By: 
Joshua Blank, PhD

In a poll of potential voters, how should we go about determining what the electorate might look like on Election Day?

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