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Second Reading Podcast: Texans turn negative in the new UT/Texas Politics Project poll
September 03, 2021 | By: Texas Politics Project

Jim Henson and Joshua Blank look at the big picture of mood of the state painted in the results of the just-released Texas Politics Project Poll, conducted August 20-30. The point of departure for the discussion: 52% of Texans said the state is on the wrong track, the highest such measure in the Texas Politics Project pollling dataset.  See below for some graphics of data referenced in the podcast. And, of course, there is more where that came from on the "Latest Poll" page and in the summary of results.

The right direction/wrong track assessments in the poll raised a lot of eyebrows on social media.

For the same responses broken down by party identification, see our compilation of trend data in the blog section of the Texas Politics Project site.)

The negative overall mood in the state is also reflected in Gov. Greg Abbott's job approval ratings, which were unusually negative in the August poll.

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