In a new Second Reading Podcast, Jim Henson and Josh Blank review the first week of the impeachment trial of suspended attorney general Ken Paxton, and take a quick look at key results in the August 2023 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.
Results from the August 2023 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll discussed in the podcast
The share of Texans who reported having heard "a lot" about "the legal problems of Attorney General Ken Paxton" increased was only 20% right before the 2022 general election. It increased to 31% by June 2023, after he was impeached by the Texas House.
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A lot | 31% |
| Some | 37% |
| Not very much | 19% |
| Nothing at all | 13% |
Texas views of the placement of buoys in the Rio Grande
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Strongly support | 38% |
| Somewhat support | 14% |
| Somewhat oppose | 9% |
| Strongly oppose | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly support | 6% | 38% | 73% |
| Somewhat support | 12% | 13% | 15% |
| Somewhat oppose | 12% | 8% | 7% |
| Strongly oppose | 62% | 28% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 13% | 2% |
Public education issues
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 60% |
| Very important | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 8% |
| Not very important | 3% |
| Not important | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 62% | 60% | 61% |
| Very important | 24% | 14% | 26% |
| Somewhat important | 7% | 14% | 7% |
| Not very important | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Not important | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 8% | 2% |
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 26% |
| Very important | 22% |
| Somewhat important | 20% |
| Not very important | 10% |
| Not important | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 17% | 31% | 34% |
| Very important | 17% | 15% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Not very important | 13% | 8% | 6% |
| Not important | 25% | 13% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 13% | 6% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% | 49% | 65% |
| Very important | 24% | 18% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 25% | 12% | 8% |
| Not very important | 11% | 8% | 4% |
| Not important | 13% | 3% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 10% | 2% |
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 64% | 39% | 30% |
| Very important | 23% | 25% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 16% | 24% |
| Not very important | 2% | 5% | 7% |
| Not important | 1% | 7% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 8% | 3% |
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 Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.