Greg Abbott

• Gubernatorial Trial Ballot (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Greg Abbott, the Democrat Lupe Valdez, the Libertarian Mark Tippetts, someone else, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" If they initially answered that they didn’t know, they were then asked a follow-up question: "If you had to make a choice, who would you choose?" Responses to the follow-up questions were folded into the results found below.

• Greg Abbott Favorability (Likely Voters) (October 2018)

  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 Greg Abbott."

• Greg Abbott Favorability (October 2018)

  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 Greg Abbott."

• Greg Abbott Approval (October 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Greg Abbott is doing as Governor? Would you say that you…"

• 2018 Election Polling in Texas

  August 22, 2018 | By: Joshua Blank, Jim Henson

  This post will be updated regularly to reflect the release of new public polls.

  Most recent update: 10/24/18

• Gubernatorial Trial Ballot (June 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Greg Abbott, the Democrat Lupe Valdez, the Libertarian Mark Tippetts, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"

• Greg Abbott Approval (June 2018)

  Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Greg Abbott is doing as Governor? Would you say that you…"

• Greg Abbott Favorability (June 2018)

  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 Greg Abbott."

• Governor Abbott Navigates Public Attitudes and Political Realities with Gun Policy Announcement

  May 30, 2018 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  We’ve gathered some relevant results from the dozens of items on gun rights, gun control, and gun violence that we’ve included in University of Texas / Texas Tribune Polling over the last several years, during which there have been at least 180 school shootings. They provide some context for what the governor included and left out in his proposals.

• Governor Abbott (Still) Tops Texans' Evaluations of Elected Officials*

  April 26, 2018 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  In addition to its focus on Texans’ views of the issues facing the state a, the University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll regularly gages Texans' assessments of the state’s exclusively Republican leadership. As the political class in the state readies itself for the 2018 Elections and the 2019 legislative session, there have been small but notable shifts in voters’ estimations of their elected leaders’ job performance over the last few years.