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Second Reading Podcast: Public opinion and 2024 primary politics in Texas
January 09, 2024 | By: Texas Politics Project

With the fourth special session adjourned sine die and the end of the year in sight, Jim Henson and Josh Blank consider how the major currents flowing through Texas politics in 2023 made manifest in a tumultuous year at the Texas Legislature.

Some polling results mentioned in the podcast

Links to other items mentioned in the podcast

On how partisan views of January 6 align with views of the 2020 Election (Henson and Blank, Texas Politics Project)

"The Texas GOP Civil War Is Messier Than Anyone Expected" (Michael Hardy, Ben Rowan and Alexandra Samuels, Texas Monthly 2 January 2024)

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 in Apple PodcastsSpotify,  and Stitcher.

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