Blogs: January 2025

James Henson & Joshua Blank look at baseline attitudes on likely agenda items in the run-up to Gov. Abbott's State of the State address and Lt. Gov. Patrick's declaration of Senate priorities.

Republicans remain broadly supportive of many of the Trump administration’s promises, but the relative priorities they assign to specific elements of Trump’s agenda reveal tensions — some inherent, some self-made — present in a body of promises made during the heat of a presidential campaign.

Jim Henson and Josh Blank consider the ascension of Dustin Burrows as Houses Speaker, and revisit UT/Texas Politics polling on Texans' attitudes toward the emerging Trump agenda as the president issues a flurry of executive orders.

The UT/Texas Politics Project Poll Team discuss what their December polling in Texas tells us about public opinion and potential cross-currents buffeting the Trump administration & Congressional Republicans in 2025 - with James Henson, Daron Shaw, and Joshua Blank.

As the Texas Legislature convenes for its 89th session, a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll reveals that the concerns that prevailed during the 2024 election continue to shape Texas voters’ views of what lawmakers should prioritize in 2025.

A review of extensive data on Latino attitudes in the Texas Politics Project polling archive in conjunction with election returns and exit polling suggests that the signs of Trump’s success in 2024 were hiding in plain sight, albeit amidst fluctuations in the data attributable to both methodological and empirical factors.