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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:57:54 -0500</pubDate>

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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading: An Uneasy Transition from Primary to General Election Season in Texas]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-an-uneasy-transition-from-primary-to-general-election-season-in-texas-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank survey the early signs of the developing general election campaign in Texas as well as lingering primary dynamics in both parties. Topics include the early Republican attacks on James Talarico, the rock throwing between Acting Comptroller Hancock and AG Paxton, and efforts to test the issue environment in the general election.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:57:54 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The U.S. War in Iran and the Election Climate in Texas]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/the-u-s-war-in-iran-and-the-election-climate-in-texas</link>
                <description><![CDATA[In a new Second Reading podcast, James Henson and Joshua Blank check into the latest twist the GOP run-off election for the U.S. Senate, then turn to what public opinion polling in Texas might tell us about the impact of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran given the current path of the conflict.
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:50:10 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Texas Delivers a Dramatic Primary Election]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-texas-delivers-a-dramatic-primary-election</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at key results of the long-anticipated Texas primary elections, and talk over some of the implications moving forward and the trajectory of polling in the Democratic race.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:03:21 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project Time Series: Job Approvals]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texas-politics-project-time-series-job-approvals</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll regularly asks Texas voters to provide their assessment of national and statewide political leaders. This post presents the trend graphics for those views updated with each survey.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:35:50 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Competition Remains Fierce in Both U.S. Senate Primaries in Texas, According to Latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/competition-remains-fierce-in-both-u-s-senate-primaries-in-texas-according-to-latest-ut-texas-politics-project-poll-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll finds the three-way Republican race remains likely headed to a run-off, while Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett maintains her advantage in the Democratic contest, even as State Representative James Talarico continues making inroads among a Democratic electorate to whom he was largely unknown prior to his first statewide campaign]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[James Henson, Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:01:20 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Texas Republicans Remain Loyal to Trump While His Job Approval Sags Among Other Groups]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texas-republicans-remain-loyal-to-trump-while-his-job-approval-sags-among-other-groups-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[With President Donald Trump delivering his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds the president hanging on to his support among Texas Republicans even as he struggles with stubbornly low ratings from Texans outside his base, and with slipping approval of his performance on key economic areas of concern to most Texans.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[James Henson, Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:20:37 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project Time Series: Texans' Views of the Economy]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texas-politics-project-time-series-texans-views-of-the-economy-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll regularly asks Texas voters to provide their assessment of national, state, and personal economic conditions. In this post, trend graphics for those views are presented and updated with each survey.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:39:31 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading: Brad Johnson on The Texas Bullpen and Election Vibes in Texas]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-brad-johnson-on-the-texas-bullpen-and-election-vibes-in-texas-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[In this week's Second Reading podcast, James Henson talks with Brad Johnson about the newly launched Texas Bullpen, where Johnson is a co-founder and reporter.  They then talk about the strange case of the El Paso airport closure and initial applications for the Texas ESA program before checking in on both  the overall vibes and some particular races in the 2026 election.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:40:23 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project Time Series: Texas Election Results]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/texas-politics-project-time-series-texas-election-results-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Texas Politics Project compiles the results of Texas elections for various statewide offices and elections.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:47:23 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Audience(s) for James Talarico’s Progressive Christianity in the Democratic Primary]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/the-audience-s-for-james-talarico-s-progressive-christianity-in-the-democratic-primary-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Just how State Representative James Talarico's progressive Christian theology lands with the primary electorate he needs to win over to gain the nomination is an open question - a question not as straightforward as it might seem.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[James Henson, Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:28:55 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading:  A Hot Week in Texas Election Politics]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-a-hot-election-week-in-texas</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at three big  stories in Texas that generated national attention as election season heats up in the state: the special election for Senate District 9, Colin Allred's surprising re-emergence in the Democratic Senate nomination race, and Donald Trump's public musings about endorsing in the Republican Senate race.
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                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:21:14 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading: The Collision of Immigration, Gun Rights, and Free Speech After Another Fatal Shooting by Federal Agents]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-the-collision-of-immigration-gun-rights-and-free-speech-after-another-fatal-shooting-by-federal-agents</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at how the shooting deaths of protesters by federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis activate a complex interplay among attitudes on immigration, gun rights, and the First Amendment. ]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:04:33 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Skepticism About Texas Efforts to Improve Grid Resilience Adds to Winter Weather Worries ]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/skepticism-about-texas-efforts-to-improve-grid-resilience-add-to-winter-weather-worries-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[If the anxiety about winter weather is a more or less rational response to both a credible threat and widely shared experience of just how bad things can be during such weather events, many Texans’ fear of the impact of weather reflects post-Uri patterns in public opinion about the reliability of the Texas grid, expectations that state government should be acting to make the grid more reliant than it was in 2021, and a lack of confidence in what political leadership of the state had done to prepare for the next crisis.
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                <author><![CDATA[Joshua Blank, James Henson]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:22:28 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ Second Reading Podcast: A Weather Report on Issues in the 2026 Primaries]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-a-weather-report-on-issues-in-the-2026-primaries-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[In the latest Second Reading podcast, James Henson and Joshua Blank use Texas polling to compare and contrast the issues at play in the Republican and Democratic primaries in Texas. Plus, some brief discussion of the latest NYT/Sienna national poll and the coverage of polling conducted by campaigns.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:48:12 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Views on health care and immigration enforcement, plus a check in on the 2026 U.S. Senate race]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-views-on-health-care-and-immigration-enforcement-plus-a-check-in-on-the-2026-u-s-senate-race</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the polling results on health care, immigration, and the 2026 U.S. Senate race in the final UT/Texas Politics Poll of 2025, and what those results portend for the 2026 election year.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:09:52 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Health care prices top Texans voters’ economic worries on eve of critical midterm election year]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/health-care-prices-top-texans-voters-economic-worries-on-eve-of-critical-midterm-election-year-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The final University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll of 2025 found Texas voters' attention to high prices pivoting towards health care costs as the 2026 election moves to the center of state politics.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Jim Henson, Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:27:34 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Digging Up Public Opinion Nuggets from 2025 Texas Polling]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/digging-up-public-opinion-nuggets-from-2025-texas-polling-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank dig up some highlights from UT/Texas Politics Project polling in 2025 on subjects including property taxes, speech rights, views of the legislature, healthcare, vaccines, and more.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:57:29 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Crockett and Cuellar Add New Twists to 2026]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-crockett-and-cuellar-add-new-twists-to-2026</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at how Donald Trump’s pardon of Henry Cuellar, and Jasmine Crockett’s likely entrance in the race to replace John Cornyn, have complicated the 2026 election in Texas – and maybe the U.S.
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:37:12 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Redistricting Blows Up (Again!); the State of the Trump Coalition]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-redistricting-blow-up-again-the-state-of-the-trump-coalition</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson & Joshua Blank consider the politics of the federal court decision throwing out the recently redrawn Texas Congressional map, and the MAGA crack-up trope in the political press.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:49:06 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: New UT/TxPP Poll offers glimpse of the emerging 2026 election environment in Texas]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-new-ut-txpp-poll-offers-glimpses-of-the-emerging-2026-election-environment-in-texas</link>
                <description><![CDATA[ The Texas Politics Project Poll team – Daron Shaw, James Henson, and Joshua Blank – discuss what their latest poll tells us about the current Texas landscape for the 2026 election.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:29:51 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[With 2026 elections just over the horizon, economic concerns deepen in new UT/Texas Politics Project Poll]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/with-2026-elections-just-over-the-horizon-economic-concerns-deepen-in-new-ut-texas-politics-project-poll</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Amidst a prolonged federal government shutdown and one year away from the 2026 election, the October 2025 Texas Politics Project poll finds Texas voters reporting worsening personal economic conditions, with increasingly pessimistic views of the wider economy and the direction of the state and country. ]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[James Henson, Joshua Blank]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:14:27 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Assessing the State of the Constitutional Order in the U.S.]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-assessing-the-state-of-the-constitutional-order-in-the-u-s-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Comparative constitutional scholar Zachary Elkins of UT Austin joins James Henson to discuss the state of Constitutional features like the separation of powers and checks and balances during the norms-challenging Trump presidency.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[James Henson]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:35:05 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast:  Gov. Abbott Deploys the National Guard to Illinois, Hunt Finally Gets In as Shutdown Continues]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-gov-abbott-deploys-the-national-guard-to-illinois-hunt-finally-gets-in-as-shutdown-continues</link>
                <description><![CDATA[After catching up on the federal shutdown, James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the political dynamics around Gov. Greg Abbott's fast deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois at the order of President Trump, including a look at Texas attitudes toward Abbott's response to Operation Jade Helm a decade ago. ]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:57:23 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading: Shutdown politics and public opinion in Texas]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-shutdown-politics-and-public-opinion-in-texas-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank dig into what UT/Texas Politics Project polling can tell us about the public opinion context for the government shutdown in Texas.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[Texas Politics Project]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:34:38 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second Reading Podcast: Economic concerns pressure Trump's rating in Texas, and approaches to early election polling]]></title>
                <link>https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-reading-podcast-economic-concerns-pressure-trump-s-rating-in-texas-and-approaches-to-early-election-polling-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the arc of the President's standing in Texas and how his ratings intersect persistent economic concerns in the state. Plus, they consider approaches to (very) early polling in the 2026 U.S. Senate race.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:07:21 -0500</pubDate>
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