Ron DeSantis

• Ron DeSantis Favorability (December 2023)

  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: Ron DeSantis."

• Presidential Trial Ballot, Biden vs. Ron DeSantis (December 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "If the 2024 presidential election were held today, and the candidates were [RANDOMIZE ORDER “Joe Biden”, “Ron DeSantis”] Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis, who would you vote for, or haven’t you thought enough about it to have an opinion?"

• Presidential Trial Ballot, Biden vs. Ron DeSantis (October 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "If the 2024 presidential election were held today, and the candidates were [RANDOMIZE ORDER “Joe Biden”, “Ron DeSantis”] Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis, who would you vote for, or haven’t you thought enough about it to have an opinion?"

• Latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll finds Texas Republicans’ support for Donald Trump unwavering amidst multiple indictments

  September 08, 2023 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  As the 2024 race for the Republican nomination begins to take shape, the August 2023 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds Texas Republicans’ continued support for former president Donald Trump evident in several results ranging from general assessments to attitudes toward the criminal indictments against him, the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, and beliefs about the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol led by supporters of the former president.

  The poll also contained questions about attitudes in major issues on the public agenda in Texas, including public education, immigration and border policy, business engagement of public policy issues, and expectations about property tax rates. It also asked about Texans’ perceptions of discrimination in the U.S., their attention to major issues recently in the news media, and their assessment of various sources of potential threats to the United States. Selected results are presented below – more detailed discussion of results will follow in the coming weeks.

   

• Ron DeSantis Favorability (August 2023)

  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: Ron DeSantis."

• Second Reading Podcast: Guns & the border take center stage as the Texas Legislature enters its final weeks

  May 10, 2023 | By: Texas Politics Project

  In the latest Second Reading Podcast: a look at what the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll tells us about the suprising movement of a bill that would raise the legal age for purchasing some firearms from 18- to 21 years of age, and Gov. Abbott's latest actions on the US-Mexico border.

• Second Reading Podcast: What the new UT/Texas Politics Project Poll tells us about public views of the legislative agenda and the early stages of the 2024 election in Texas

  May 04, 2023 | By: Texas Politics Project

  In the latest Second Reading Podcast, the Texas Politics Project polling team gathers to discuss the results of the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll, and what it tells us about politics and policy in the Texas legislature, as well as a look at Collin Allred's entrance in the 2024 U.S. Senate Race.

• New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: Most Texans look to Republican leaders to resolve differences, deliver on major priorities

  May 03, 2023 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds large majorities of Texans saying that it’s important for the legislature to improve the reliability of the state’s energy grid and water supply while reducing property taxes – even as disagreements among the state’s Republican leadership about how to accomplish some of these goals, particularly property tax reduction, but also grid reliability, continue to boil over in public.

  The poll reveals much less agreement and more partisan division in opinions about what the legislature needs to accomplish, and in response to specific policy proposals, especially on social and cultural issues that continue to roil politics across the nation, including abortion, transgender rights, and education.

• Ron DeSantis Favorability (April 2023)

  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: Ron DeSantis."

• Donald Trump Rallies in Waco as Indictments and 2024 Primary Challenges Loom

  March 23, 2023 | By: Jim Henson, Josh Blank

  In advance of Trump’s planned campaign kick-off in Waco, Texas, we have gathered some polling data to provide context for how Texans – most importantly Texas Republicans and independents – view the former president before his high profile visit. Overall, Trump appears to have retained the high regard of Texas Republicans, albeit amidst signs of some dampening enthusiasm. But large swathes of GOP voters remain not just positively inclined toward him; they also continue to believe the mythology surrounding his loss in 2020, and remain focused on the grievances that fed his takeover of the Republican Party in the 2016 election.