Abortion

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The family has very low income and cannot afford any more children (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The family has very low income and cannot afford any more children."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman is not married and does not want to marry (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman is not married and does not want to marry."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman is married and does not want any more children (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman is married and does not want any more children."

• Agree/Disagree: A woman who has an abortion should face criminal penalties such as fines or jail (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: A woman who has an abortion should face criminal penalties such as fines or jail."

• Joe Biden Job Approval: Abortion Access (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: Abortion Access."

• How much have you heard about abortion access in Texas? (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "How much have you heard in the news about each of the following: Abortion access in Texas?"

• New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: As primary voting begins, Texans see a crisis on the border

  February 19, 2024 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  This post focuses on results from an extensive battery of immigration and border security results, then presents an overview of highlights from the February 2024 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll. A majority of Texas voters support making it harder for migrants fleeing violence in their home countries to seek asylum in the U.S., while majorities also support many of the controversial measures undertaken by Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature in response to the situation at the southern border that have received significant national attention this winter, according to the February 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll. The 59% of Texas voters who favor making it harder for migrants fleeing violence in their home countries to seek asylum in the U.S. includes nearly three quarters of Republicans (71%) and nearly half of Democratic voters (48%). 

• Issues, endorsements, and ideology: The public opinion context for the Texas primaries

  February 19, 2024 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  The 2024 primary elections in Texas are among the most contested and the most heated of any legislative primaries since the establishment of the near-monopoly of state government after the Republican sweep of the 2002 elections. Governor Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick have all waded into GOP primary contests with endorsements, campaign resources, and very hot rhetoric in multiple House races, opposing an unprecedented number of Republican incumbents.

• Texas views on abortion, the economy, and guns from the February 2024 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll

  February 19, 2024 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  Policy questions included in the February 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll focused mostly on subjects that previous polls and observation of the campaigns have suggested are issues most likely to be salient in the 2024 election campaigns.

• Share in Support of Legal Access to Abortion by Circumstance (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion?"