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Second Reading Podcast: A look at Gov. Abbott's political position ahead of his State of the State address
February 14, 2023 | By: Texas Politics Project

In the latest Second Reading podcast, Jim Henson and Josh Blank look at Gov. Abbott's polling numbers and political positioning going into this weeks State of the State address. 

Gov. Abbott will deliver the address from San Marcos, the second address in a row in which Gov. Abbott has opted to break with the tradition of delivering the speech at the Capitol. (The 2021 address, during the COVID 19 pandemic, was deilvered from a factory in Lockhart). Nexstar, who is again producing the statewide broadcast of the State of the State address, has provided a list of streaming and broadcast sites where the address may be seen live.

The Legislative Reference Library search engine helpfully provides links to past addresses – a search for "state of the state"  will bring up links to past speeches,  from J. Pinckney Henderson's first address in 1846 to Gov. Abbott's 2021 address.

University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll data on Gov. Abbott

Different cuts of job approval ratings from December 2022

Gov. Abbott job approval trend

Gov. Abbott issue approvals prior to 2022 election (October 2022 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll)

About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced intermittently by Jim Henson for the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast on Apple PodcastsSpotify, and Stitcher.

 

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