Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's approval rating is waning as most Texans say the state is on the "wrong track," according to a poll from The Texas Policy Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The survey released Thursday found that 41 percent of Texans approved of the job Abbott is doing, compared to 50 percent who disapproved of his job performance. The approval is lower than it was in June when 44 percent approved of the governor's performance, equal to the 44 percent that said they disapproved. Fifty-two percent of voters said the state is headed in the wrong direction, the worst the institute has recorded since it started in 2008. The more recent Texas Policy Project poll found that Abbott's job approval dropped among all partisan groups, but decreased most significantly among independents. Thirty percent of respondents who identified as independent voters said they approve of the job Abbott is doing, down from 41 percent in June. His approval dropped from 77 percent to 73 percent among Republicans, and from 8 percent to 6 percent among Democrats. Abbott's drop in approval rating comes as the Lone Star State has been in the national spotlight for a variety of issues. The Texas Legislature approved an elections overhaul bill last week which, among other things, bars election officials from sending unsolicited applications to vote by mail and grants poll watchers greater access to voting locations. Meanwhile, local governments have launched a variety of legal challenges as Abbott signed bans on mask mandates amid a surge in coronavirus infections. The poll was taken just ahead of a controversial abortion law taking effect in the state. The Supreme Court refused to take up the issue last week. Jim Henson, executive of the Texas Policy Project, told KXAN that while the pandemic was a large factor in dissatisfaction, the state has had a rough year. "It's been a tough year in Texas. The power outages, the infrastructure failures, we could go on. I think it's an amalgam of a lot of things that we've reached the watershed on," Henson told the news outlet. The latest poll surveyed 1,200 registered voters from Aug. 20-30, and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2.83 percentage points. https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...wanes-as-most-texans-say-state-on-wrong-track
Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton are the trifecta of assholes. At least Bush, Perry, and Cornyn showed some compassion and integrity while in office. The Tea Party and Cruz winning really changed Texas politics in the worst way.
Are there any good TX candidates with deep and credible bona fides or are Dem voters gonna get another slick speaking Broseph with a streaky record like a DUI or ugly twitter history?
The thing is we really need a moderate Democrat to run and be able to win the primary. Beto and his goofy gun rhetoric about "taking guns" isn't going to win Texas. Even liberals own guns in this state.
Truth. Beto committed political suicide on anything but a regional level in Texas when he said that. I guess he could relocate to a west coast state, reload and retry. But it will haunt him for a generation. A true blue dog democrat who shoots guns, wears boots and drinks cheap beer could win Texas.
The last Democrat who was governor in Texas. Notice how she actually looks like she knows how to handle a gun unlike photo-op Ted.
abbott could have a 35% approval rating and he will still win. and democrats will nominate yet another dud, lose and tell us texas is turning purple and they will get 'em next time. also, the very same people who freak out over beto's "hell yes we're going to take your AK" comment have absolutely no problem with trump saying he wanted to take peoples guns without a court order.
If only TX had a recall election option, something similar to Calif’s, available to TX voters to kick Gov Wheelie out of office
And Trump was all for stop and frisk (understandable his base didn't complain since it essentially targeted blacks).
I hope he runs, but as a Democrat. If he runs as an independent, unless the Democratic candidate campaigns for him, he could split the vote and conceivably hand ******* Abbott the election. That would be a disaster. McConaughey would be a good governor, something we desperately need. Of course, my dog would be a better governor than Abbott.
The dems lose people with their virtue signaling SJW bs. Get a straight talker no bs dude, with the policies our embarrassment of state government do it can’t be that hard banning masks and abortion seem to be their number one goal
46.1 % That took 3 seconds to google. If you live in Texas which politician has more of an impact on your life?
