Post Date: October 2014

Polling Trends in the Abbott-Davis Race

| By: Joshua Blank, PhD and Jim Henson, PhD

A summary of public polling on the Texas Governor's race among likely voters since June 2014.

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Keywords: 2014 Election, Polling

October 2014 UT/Texas Tribune Poll Finds Republican Candidates With Large Leads in Statewide Races

| By: Jim Henson, PhD and Joshua Blank, PhD

The October 2014 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll found Republican candidates favored over Democratic candidates by substantial margins in several statewide general election contests, with the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Greg Abbott, leading the Democratic candidate, state Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, by a 16-point margin, 54 percent to 38 percent.  Six percent of likely voters chose Libertarian candidate Kathie Glass, and Green Candidate Brandon Parmer was the choice of 2 percent.

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CBS News/NYT The Upshot/YouGov Battleground Tracker Shows Abbott Leading Davis 54%-40%

| By: Joshua Blank, PhD

The third wave results of the CBS/NYT/YouGov Battleground Tracker were released today, and show Abbott leading Davis by a 14-point margin, a 4-point gain for Davis since the last wave of polling.

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Can Texas Democrats win while losing?

| By: Jim Henson, PhD and Joshua Blank, PhD

Republicans appear poised to again sweep this year's statewide elections. But dig deeper into the data and you'll find faint signs of long-term promise for Texas Democrats, even if their standard-bearer loses in November. 

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Same As It Ever Was? Brief Soundings on Public Opinion in Texas from the CBS/NYT/YouGov Texas Senate Release

| By: Jim Henson, PhD

The first release of the third wave of the massive New York Times/CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker included results in the 2014 Senate races as well as results for the "national attitudes" items.

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