Texas Governor's Race Tightens In Wake Of School Mass Shooting

[brooklynite]

Quinnipiac Polling Institute

In the race for Texas governor, 48 percent of voters support Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, while 43 percent support Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of Texas registered voters released today. This compares to a Quinnipiac University poll in December 2021 when 52 percent of voters supported Abbott and 37 percent supported O'Rourke. In today's poll, Republicans (90 - 5 percent) and independents (46 - 40 percent) back Abbott, while Democrats (96 - 2 percent) back O'Rourke.

There are also big differences by gender, race, and age. Abbott wins the support of men 59 - 33 percent, while O'Rourke wins the support of women 52 - 38 percent. Abbott wins the support of white voters 63 - 30 percent, while O'Rourke wins the support of Black voters 73 - 11 percent and Hispanic voters 50 - 41 percent. O'Rourke leads among voters 18 - 34 years old (56 - 35 percent), while Abbott leads among voters 35 - 49 years old (50 - 38 percent) and voters 50 - 64 years old (57 - 37 percent). Among voters 65 years of age and over, Abbott receives 50 percent, while O'Rourke receives 45 percent.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. So All Beto Needs Is A Few More TX School Mass Shootings

I'll still be utterly shocked if he's even within 5 points, let alone in the lead, when the election comes around.

[JohnSJ]

2. Newsweek Headline:Greg Abbott Surges in Texas Poll Over Beto O'Rourke After Uvalde Shooting

"Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a substantial lead over Democrat Beto O'Rourke in the race to lead the state as the nation is still grieving a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

A new poll published on Monday found that Abbott, a Republican, leads O'Rourke by 19 points among likely Texas voters but also found widespread support for new restrictions on gun purchases.

The BluePrint Polling survey found that 48.5 percent of respondents said they would definitely vote for Abbott, while 7 percent were leaning toward the Republican. A further 32.9 percent said they would definitely vote for O'Rourke and just 4.3 percent said they were leaning toward the Democrat."

https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-surges-texas-poll-beto-orourke-governor-1715570

I know nothing about BluePrint Polling, which is the pollster Newsweek is using for this article, but since Newsweek was sold, they have a pattern which has shifted toward the right

This explains where Newsweek has gone:

https://newrepublic.com/article/158968/newsweek-rise-zombie-magazine

[herding cats]

3. Too many Texans have bought the Republicans inflated border issue wholesale.

That's, in my opinion, the largest barrier in Texas for Beto. It's costing us Latino votes and shoring up the Republican base votes.