Colin Allred
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Second Reading Podcast: Economic concerns pressure Trump's rating in Texas, and approaches to early election polling
| By:James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the arc of the President's standing in Texas and how his ratings intersect persistent economic concerns in the state. Plus, they consider approaches to (very) early polling in the 2026 U.S. Senate race. -
Texas voters give mixed reviews to the special session agenda while worries about the economy and prices persist in latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
| By: James Henson, Joshua BlankThe August 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds Texas voters in broad agreement with the call to respond to issues related to flooding and more reductions in property taxes, but show significant partisan divisions in response to the drawing of new maps and most other issues on the special session agenda – and finds voters still worried about the economy. -
Colin Allred Favorability (August 2025)
Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each of the following: Colin Allred." -
Second Reading Podcast: Politics in the Texas House after the resolution of the Speaker race
| By: Texas Politics Project
Jim Henson and Josh Blank consider the ascension of Dustin Burrows as Houses Speaker, and revisit UT/Texas Politics polling on Texans' attitudes toward the emerging Trump agenda as the president issues a flurry of executive orders.
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Second Reading Podcast: Public opinion in Texas and the Trump agenda
| By: Texas Politics ProjectThe UT/Texas Politics Project Poll Team discuss what their December polling in Texas tells us about public opinion and potential cross-currents buffeting the Trump administration & Congressional Republicans in 2025 - with James Henson, Daron Shaw, and Joshua Blank.
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Second Reading Podcast: In the Opaque Texas Speaker’s Race, we don’t know more than we know
| By: Texas Politics ProjectIn a podcast recording hours before strong indications that Dade Phelan is withdrawing from consideration, Jim Henson and Josh Blank join the ongoing speculation about whether Dade Phelan will remain Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
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Second Reading Podcast: Understanding Texas Latinos‘ swing to Trump in 2024
| By: Texas Politics ProjectJim Henson & Joshua Blank look at what UT/Texas Politics Project polling data can (and can’t) tell us about the big Latino vote for Donald Trump in Texas.
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Second Reading Podcast: Early thoughts on how the GOP surge washed over Texas
| By: Texas Politics ProjectJim Henson and Joshua Blank take a morning-after look at the outcome of the 2024 election in Texas.
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Second Reading Podcast: A final pre-election look at Texas attitudes on key campaign issues
| By: Texas Politics ProjectJim Henson and Joshua Blank review Texas attitudes on the issues being promoted to attempted comparative advantage by the presidential and U.S. Senate campaigns in Texas: immigration & the border, abortion, and transgender rights.
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Texas 2024 U.S. Senate Poll Tracker
| By: Texas Politics ProjectCheck back for updates on all non-partisan polling of the US Senate race race between incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Colin Allred.