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  • 2025 Texas Legislative Internship Seminar
    At the beginning of the last six legislative sessions, the Texas Politics Project has hosted a day of non-partisan training sessions for interns working in and around the Texas Legislature. The seminar is designed to help prepare students from any college or university make productive contributions as legislative interns, as well as to introduce them to ethical and practical guidelines for...

  • December 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll
    The December 2024 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project poll has just been released, with a preview of the attitudes likely to shape the 89th Legislature, including Texans' opinions on state spending, the strictness of current laws, and legislative priorities; as well as a look at the agenda of the Trump administration, evaluations of state leadership, the economy, and much more.

  • Texas Politics Webtext
    The new 12th edition of the Texas Politics Webtext introduces new interactive learning exercises based on UT/Texas Politics Project Polling.

  • The Texas Politics Speaker Series

    Events
    The Texas Politics Project hosts regular events with politicians, pundits, and journalists. Go to our events page to see what's coming up or to watch an interview from the archive.

  • Online Education Courses

    Online Education
    The Texas Politics Project offers online courses in Politics and Government in Contemporary Texas, which fulfill the second semester requirement in the GOVT2301/2302 sequence or the GOV312 requirement at UT-Austin.

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Education

The Texas Politics Project maintains a clear and dynamic presentation of the story of Texas Politics building on Web-accessible video, audio, graphical, and textual formats to foster student and citizen interest in Texas Politics and to provide instructors and students with a comprehensive set of tools for teaching and learning.

Polling

The Texas Politics Project manages three to four non-partisan, statewide polls of registered voters each year in conjunction with the Texas Tribune. In addition to graphs and charts designed to make the data more accessible, the raw data is available to researchers, students, and the general public.

Events

The Texas Politics Speaker Series invites guests from all walks of political life to the University of Texas at Austin for a series of sit-down interviews every semester. These events are free and open to the public. In addition, all interviews are recorded and made available for the purpose of education, civic engagement, and general interest.

Internships

The Texas Politics Project acts as a posting site for political internships at the Capitol and around the state for students interested in gaining real life political experience. In addition, we offer an internship course, in conjunction with the Department of Government at UT-Austin, that provides students with practical political and policy experience. 

Research

The Texas Politics Project supports research through our freely accessibly polling data, scholarship programs, and visiting scholar support. In addition, the Texas Politics Project maintains a visual library of important statistics about Texas meant to inform research in addition to public discussion.