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• Educational Resource: On the Stump (Stump Speeches)

• Second Reading Podcast: Recent movement of abortion legislation and intra-party friction in the Texas Legislature with Bayliss Wagner of the Austin American-Statesman

  May 01, 2025 | By: Texas Politics Project
  James Henson talks with political reporter Austin American-Statesman's Bayliss Wagner about her coverage of abortion and other issues in the current session of the Texas Legislation, and other subjects including intra-party conflict in the House and the place of the Statesman in the Texas media environment.

• Raging and Pledging: Texas Data Points from the Week in Politics, Sept 11, 2020

  September 11, 2020 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  The release of recordings of conversations between veteran journalist Bob Woodward and President Donald Trump as part of the Washington Post's rollout for Woodward’s second book about Trump, Rage, dominated coverage of politics, Trump, and COVID-19 this week. Senator Corynyn “in retrospect” opined that President Trump just maybe could have trusted the American people with “accurate information." Meanwhile, as part of his effort to get re-elected, Trump this week released a list of potential nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court that included, among other colorful characters, the junior U.S. Senator from Texas that the president used to call "Lyin’ Ted." Back in Ted Cruz’s home state, his former boss, Governor Greg Abbott, continued to avoid undue attention to COVID-19, channelling the president’s political turn to press a law and order argument with a new campaign pledge for Republicans and citizens (validated with your data), and still more proposals designed to punish cities ostensibly not toeing the blue line. And there’s a lot of stress in the state this week as many kids returned to whatever version of school is on offer in their neighborhood. Don’t panic, just read on for more Texas data related to these events from the week in Texas politics.

• Vote Frequency (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "There are many elections in the state of Texas. Furthermore, many people intend to vote in a given election, but sometimes personal and professional circumstances keep them from the polls. Thinking back over the past two or three years, would you say that you voted in all elections, almost all, about half, one or two, or none at all?"

• Vote Intention (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "On a 0-10 scale, please rate how likely you are to vote in the upcoming November elections: 10 means you are absolutely certain to vote, 0 means you will definitely NOT vote, and 5 means you may or may not vote."

• Vote Enthusiasm (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "How enthusiastic would you say you are about voting in the 2018 elections?"

• Political Campaign Contact (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "Did a candidate or political campaign organization contact you during the 2018 election?"

• Political Campaign Contact - Party (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "If R said yes to Q24: Were you contacted by…"

• Political Campaign Contact - In Person (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "How did these candidate or campaigns contact you? Please check all that apply"

• Political Campaign Contact -- Phone Call (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "How did these candidate or campaigns contact you? Please check all that apply"