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Second Reading Podcast: New Polling and Texas Voters' Views of the Legislative Agenda
September 11, 2025 | By: Texas Politics Project

James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the latest Texas Politics Project poll results on redistricting, marijuana, property taxes, and other priorities in the recently-concluded special legislative sessions, and on Texas voters' views of the state's political leaders – and briefly share some recent, historical data on Texans' view of political violence.

 

References from the podcast

Texas voters give mixed reviews to the special session agenda while worries about the economy and prices persist in latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll (post)

Trends in Gov. Greg Abbott job approval ratings

Trends in Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick job approval ratings

Texas expectations of political violence (from 2024)

These results are from a battery of questions in the October 2024 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll that asked respondents to assess the seriousness of a set of political problems. 

To compare these assessments to other potential problems, see the results of a pre-set search in our search engine.

For other results with the tag "violence," see another pre-set search result.

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