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Texas Republicans' Primary Reason for their Primary Vote

| By: Joshua Blank, Jim Henson

With voters across Texas casting their ballots today, we thought it would be useful to see what different groups of voters are prioritizing when making their ultimate decision. To do this, we asked likely primary voters in each party, "What's most important: picking the candidate best prepared to...," and gave them nine response options meant to illicit the major themes and arguments of the 2016 primary elections for both the Democrats and the Republicans. Below are the results for likely Republican Primary voters; corresponding graphics for Democrats can be found here.

Overall:

Relevant Sub-groups of Voters:

Among the Candidate Coalitions: