<![CDATA[Texas Politics Project: Blogs: Adam Myers]]> en-US Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:51:31 -0500 <![CDATA[City Girls, Country Boys and Guns]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/city-girls-country-boys-and-guns According to the latest UT/Texas Tribune Poll, rural men and urban women are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to attitudes on gun policy. We may not be talking about Mars and Venus, but we’re close.

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:20:19 -0500 <![CDATA[Race, Ideology and Redistricting]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/race-ideology-and-redistricting Which groups in Texas believe most strongly that their members of Congress don't represent people "like them"? Liberal and moderate whites.

]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:34:16 -0500 <![CDATA[Texans Like Private-Sector Work but Vote for Public]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texans-private-sector-work-vote-public Is the anti-career-politician, pro-outsider-businessman mood palpable in Texas? Yes. Is this preference for private-sector experience related to vote choice in the governor’s race? No.

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:21:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Perry's Lead Over White Is Not From the Big Cities]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/perrys-lead-over-white-not-big-cities Bill White’s problem is an “everywhere else” problem, which is only partly rural in nature.

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:26:14 -0500 <![CDATA[Do Voters Buy the Positive Talk About Texas?]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/do-voters-buy-positive-talk-about-texas What do Texans think about the fiscal and economic model for the rest of the country? Do they agree with Gov. Rick Perry that the Texas way is the better way?

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:27:08 -0500 <![CDATA[Texans Are Proud of Where They're From]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texans-are-proud-where-theyre Texas identity remains alive and well and continues to play a critical role in the state’s politics.

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:07:09 -0500 <![CDATA[Health Care Reform Divideds Texans in Poll]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/health-care-reform-divideds-texans-poll In the health care debate, universal coverage has significant if not overwhelming support, but is also marked by pronounced partisan differences, and Texans appeared truly split down the middle on the “public option.”

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:11:20 -0500 <![CDATA[How Independent Are Texas Independents?]]> https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/how-independent-are-texas-independents Do the majority of Texans who call themselves independents actually behave that way at the polls? The inaugural UT/TT poll provides a decisive answer to that question: No.

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