Elections

• Educational Resource: On the Stump (Stump Speeches)

• Second Reading Podcast: Digging into Texas presidential results in the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

  September 10, 2024 | By: Texas Politics Project

  The Texas Politics Project polling team talks about results in the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll.

• Second Reading Podcast: Immigration and elections return to center state in Texas politics for Labor Day

  August 29, 2024 | By: Texas Politics Project

  Jim Henson talks with veteran observer of Texas politics Harvey Kronberg about the impact of the rebooted presidential race in Texas, and simmering politics in Texas over legislative elections, the grid and vouchers, and relations among Texas' big three.

• Accuracy of Official U.S. Election Results (June 2022)

  Respondents were asked, "Overall, how accurate do you think official election results are in the U.S.?"

• Accuracy of Official Texas Election Results (June 2022)

  Respondents were asked, "Overall, how accurate do you think official election results are in Texas?"

• How often do people who are not citizens vote in Texas elections? (June 2019)

  Respondents were asked, "How often do you think that people who are not U.S. citizens vote in Texas Elections?"

• How often do voters knowingly break election laws? (June 2019)

  Respondents were asked, "How often do you think that voters knowingly break election laws in Texas?"

• Does Texas election system discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities? (June 2019)

  Respondents were asked, "Based on what you know, do you think that Texas's election system discriminates against racial and ethnic minorities?"

• Importance of Religious Faith in Voting Decisions (October 2012)

  Likely voters were asked, "When voting for a political candidate, please indicate how important each of the following factors is in your decision, Extremely important, Somewhat important, not very important, Not at all important: Religious faith." "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either "Extremely" or "Somewhat" interested in politics in Q2 AND either voted in "Every" or "Almost every" election in Q3.

• Importance of Issue Positions in Voting Decisions (October 2012)

  Likely voters were asked, "When voting for a political candidate, please indicate how important each of the following factors is in your decision, Extremely important, Somewhat important, Not very important, Not at all important: Issue positions." "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either "Extremely" or "Somewhat" interested in politics in Q2 AND either voted in "Every" or "Almost every" election in Q3.