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Reminded to be Afraid: Anxiety and Advertisements in the 2014 Texas Gubernatorial Election

| By: Bethany Albertson and Joshua Blank, PhD

By looking at the emotional dynamics underlying the Abbott and Davis campaigns' advertisements, one can get a clearer sense of how each really views the 2014 Texas Governor's race.

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Blurred lines in polling on governor's race

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

Recent polls have painted two divergent pictures of the Greg Abbott-Wendy Davis race. Here's a rundown of what that means and what to pay attention to as November draws near. 

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Keywords: 2014 Election, Polling

CBS News/NYT The Upshot/YouGov Battleground Tracker Shows Abbott Leading Davis 54%-36%

Abbott may benefit from turn away from issues

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

Greg Abbott has always been more comfortable making this campaign about Wendy Davis than about the issues that Davis wants to discuss. The timing of Davis’ book release may have inadvertently helped him do just that.

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CBS News/NYT The Upshot/YouGov Battleground Tracker Shows Cornyn Comfortably Ahead in Senate Race

| By: James Henson

The ongoing CBS News/NYT The Upshot/YouGov Battleground Tracker released the results of their second wave of polling in the 2014 US Senate races today (in what seems like something of a soft launch). Results from the Texas Senate race find incumbent John Cornyn still holding a 20-percentage point lead over Democrat David Alameel (51-31). 

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Abortion Attitudes in Texas and the 2014 Governor's Race

| By: Joshua Blank, PhD

In the June 2014 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, we asked registered voters under what circumstances a woman should be able to obtain an abortion.

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The real stakes of the Perry Indictment

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

Rick Perry’s governorship has transcended the spirit of the Texas Constitution. The indictment begs for a discussion of whether his version of the governorship is the one Texans want or need. 

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Top Texas Counties Ranked by Ideology

| By: Joshua Blank, PhD

Mark P. Jones of Rice University ranks the ideological composition of registered voters in Texas' 20 most populous counties using University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polling Data.

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Keywords: Ideology

Texas Democrats' unspoken predicament

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

The loud and public back-and-forth among Texas Republicans this year has given them something Democrats are sorely lacking: an honest conversation about their party's future.

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The Texas GOP's Commitment Problem

| By: Jim Hensons and Joshua Blank, PhD

The problems facing the Republican Party on issues like gay marriage aren't unique to Texas, but they're particularly pronounced here. Polling data and the party's long run of success in Texas explain why.

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