Underdog Davis insists she'll win governor's race

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN, Texas —

Democrat Wendy Davis insisted Tuesday she'll break her party's two-decade Texas losing streak and win the governor's race, saying turnout from long-disillusioned voters will be stronger than expected and enough to overcome her opponent's sizeable leads in campaign cash and opinion polls.

"In November, we will win and the people know it," Davis told about 100 cheering supporters at a Democratic campaign gathering in Austin.

A Democrat hasn't captured statewide office in Texas since 1994 and poll after poll has shown Davis struggling to make up ground against heavily favored Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott. In comments to reporters a short time later, Davis said, "The polls are going to go back and forth and up and down, and I'll leave it to the pundits to determine what that means to them."

"I trust the voters of Texas to understand why this race is so important and I believe that they are showing up and I believe they're going to vote," Davis said.

More at http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/texas/wendy-davis-to-speak-to-media-in-austin/ngtyQ/ .

[elleng]

1. 'Underdog?'

[TexasTowelie]

2. That was the headline to the article.

Most polls are show a double digit difference between her and Abbott.

[elleng]

3. I understand, and often disagree with headlines in articles!

'Double digit?' Can't imagine it!

[TheNutcracker]

4. yes, here they all are.

Latest Polls


CBS/NYT/YouGov 7/5 - 7/24 4,219 LV 57 40 2 Abbott +17

U of Texas/Texas Tribune 5/30 - 6/8 1,200 RV 44 32 17 Abbott +12

PPP (D) 4/10 - 4/13 559 LV 51 37 13 Abbott +14

Emerson College Polling Society 3/7 - 3/12 492 LV 49 42 - Abbott +7

Rasmussen 3/3 - 3/4 500 LV 53 41 4 Abbott +12

U of Texas/Texas Tribune 2/7 - 2/17 1,200 RV 47 36 17 Abbott +11

PPP (D) 11/1 - 11/4/13 500 LV 50 35 15 Abbott +15

U of Texas/Texas Tribune 10/18 - 10/27/13 1,200 RV 40 34 25 Abbott +6

Texas Lyceum 9/6 - 9/20/13 798 RV 29 21 50 Abbott +8

PPP (D) 6/28 - 7/1/13 500 LV 48 40 12 Abbott +8

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2014-texas-governor-abbott-vs-davis

[Gothmog]

6. Again, Texas has not been competitive in such a long time that it is hard to poll Texas

Polling companies have been ignoring Texas for a very long time and so there is no polling firm with a good track record in Texas. In addition, the key to the Wendy campaign is getting first time voters registered and voting. I have registered voters with Battleground a couple times. The Battleground people are very very active

[Gothmog]

5. Wendy is indeed an underdog but she has a chance

It is difficult to poll Texas and Battleground Texas is focusing on voters who have never voted before. It will be a fight but I think that Wendy still has a good chance