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New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: Half of Texas voters say the impeachment of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton was justified
As the Texas Senate begins the historically unprecedented process of trying the suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton on 31 articles of impeachment, a majority of Texas’ registered voters think the House was justified in impeaching the three-term incumbent, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll.
Asked whether they thought the Texas House of Representatives was justified in impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton, 50% said it was justified, 17% said it was not, and a third (33%) had no opinion.
Second Reading Podcast: Split-screen bill signings and the politics of the Trump indictment in Texas
In the latest Second Reading Podcast, a look at the impact (or lack of it) of the Trump indictment and the Paxton impeachment on public opinion and politics in Texas.
Second Reading Podcast: Patrick vs Abbott & Phelan...for now
In the latest Second Reading Podcast, a look at how the failure to reach a consensus on a property tax plan during the regular session of the legislature has resulted in open conflict between Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Governor Greg Abbott.
Texans’ views of Ken Paxton in UT/Texas Politics Project polling as the Texas Attorney General faces impeachment
With the Texas House of Representatives poised to consider 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton, we’ve pulled several looks at voters’ views of the Attorney General from the Texas Politics Project archives.
Second Reading Podcast: A brief sine die in the wake of the Paxton impeachment
In the latest Second Reading Podcast, a conversation about the end of the regular session and the impeachment and pending trial of Ken Paxton.
Why Transgender Politics are So Irresistible to Republicans in the 88th Texas Legislature
Any issue that finds partisans on one side in overwhelming agreement over the fundamentals of an issue pitted against a divided opposition is one that provides major political advantages for the unified side. Legislating the lives of transgender people is one of those issues.
Second Reading Podcast: Vouchers, property taxes, and other things dividing Republicans in the Texas Legislature
In the latest Second Reading Podcast: a look at what the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll tells us about the suprising movement of a bill that would raise the legal age for purchasing some firearms from 18- to 21 years of age, and Gov. Abbott's latest actions on the US-Mexico border.
A review of Texas immigration and border security attitudes as Title 42 ends and Republicans in the Texas Legislature hold the line on border security
With the flare-up of heated hostilities in the House over their version of a state border police proposal (which eventually passed in diluted form after the Speaker-endorsed HB 20 went down onto a point of order), and the renewed crisis underway at the border, we have compiled an updated set of results from the Texas Politics Project archive to illustrate patterns of public opinion on the subject in Texas – and how aggressive enforcement policies on the border align with the attitudes of Republican voters in Texas.
Second Reading Podcast: Guns & the border take center stage as the Texas Legislature enters its final weeks
In the latest Second Reading Podcast: a look at what the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll tells us about the suprising movement of a bill that would raise the legal age for purchasing some firearms from 18- to 21 years of age, and Gov. Abbott's latest actions on the US-Mexico border.
The needs of a growing Texas collide with reelection pressures as the Republican-led Legislature struggles to reach consensus
The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll found a striking degree of aggregate, bi-partisan support for the more fundamental policy proposals that are currently mired in various parts of the legislative process. Texas voters expressed their strongest and most widespread support for legislative action in response to problems that have affected many Texans’ daily lives in recent years: reliable power in their homes and businesses, access to clean water, the safety of students and teachers in Texas schools, and relief from property taxes driven up by steep, consistent growth in real estate values.