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Digging Up Public Opinion Nuggets from 2025 Texas Polling

James Henson and Joshua Blank dig up some highlights from UT/Texas Politics Project polling in 2025 on subjects including property taxes, speech rights, views of the legislature, healthcare, vaccines, and more.

Second Reading Podcast: Crockett and Cuellar Add New Twists to 2026

James Henson and Joshua Blank look at how Donald Trump’s pardon of Henry Cuellar, and Jasmine Crockett’s likely entrance in the race to replace John Cornyn, have complicated the 2026 election in Texas – and maybe the U.S.

Second Reading Podcast: Redistricting Blows Up (Again!); the State of the Trump Coalition

James Henson & Joshua Blank consider the politics of the federal court decision throwing out the recently redrawn Texas Congressional map, and the MAGA crack-up trope in the political press.

Second Reading Podcast: New UT/TxPP Poll offers glimpse of the emerging 2026 election environment in Texas

The Texas Politics Project Poll team – Daron Shaw, James Henson, and Joshua Blank – discuss what their latest poll tells us about the current Texas landscape for the 2026 election.

Texas Data Points

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  • More Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Donald Trump is doing as president? Would you say that you..."
  • More Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Donald Trump is doing as president? Would you say that you..." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
  • More Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Donald Trump is doing as president? Would you say that you..." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
  • More Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Donald Trump is doing as president? Would you say that you..." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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Latest Poll

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Newest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll: October 2025

October 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll: With 2026 elections just over the horizon, economic concerns deepen in new UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.

Trends from the Texas Politics Project Polling Archive

With the candidate filing deadline just around the corner (Dec. 8), take a look at Texans’ views of some of the trends updated with October Polling.

Results from the October UT/TXP Poll

Check out all the results from the October survey in one place, with easy to explore graphics, downloadable in multiple formats.

October UT/TxPP Data Archive

Download all the data from the UT/TxPP polling archive, including toplines, crosstabs, and raw data files from the October UT/TxPP Poll.

Data Archive

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October 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

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August 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

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June 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

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April 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

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