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Texans’ Assessments of Political Leaders in March, 2021 Statewide Polling
April 04, 2021 | By: Jim Henson

The most recent Texas Politics Project statewide poll focused primarily on attitudes toward the February storm that resulted in infrastructure failures throughout the state, but the poll also included job approval ratings for Texas elected officials and President Joe Biden, as well as some policy-related approval items for several leaders. We’ve gathered them in one place for reference below, with selected crosstabs and trend items where available. The poll was a collaboration between the Texas Politics Project and the UT Energy Institute. Data was collected March 19 to 26, 2021 (N=1200 self-declared registered voters).

Many of the graphics below are interactive – toggle the elements in the legend to turn elements on or off.

Governor Greg Abbott job approval

Abbott approval trends

Other Texas job approvals 

U.S. Senator John Cornyn

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz

Cruz approval trends

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

Speaker of the House Dade Phelan

Attention to the Texas legislative session

Joe Biden job approval

Policy approvals

Abbott ending of capacity limits in Texas

Abbott ending of statewide mask mandate

Abbott handling of response to Coronavirus

Approval of winter storm response

 

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