UT/TT Poll: Abbott's Lead Over Davis in Single Digits

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Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas governor, holds a single-digit lead over the likely Democratic nominee, state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

In a head-to-head race, Abbott got 40 percent of registered voters to Davis’ 34 percent, with 25 percent of the voters undecided. In a three-way general election, he would get 40 percent, Davis would get 35 percent and Libertarian Kathie Glass would get 5 percent.

“What you’ve got is a race in which, for the first time in a long time, the Democrat is as well-known as the Republican at the outset of the race,” said poll co-director Daron Shaw, a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin.

“These numbers are not evidence that the underlying fundamentals are changing in Texas,” said Jim Henson, who co-directs the poll and heads the Texas Politics Project at UT-Austin. “We have not seen a big change in party identification, and we don’t see any large-scale shifts in the underlying attitudes that are forming.”

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/04/uttt-poll-governor-race-abbott-leads-davis-6/

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1. Go Wendy go!

You will help turn Texas to almost purple soon! We have not had a true leader since the late, great Gov. Ann Richards!

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2. i loved her. and molly ivins. nt

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3. This type of reply from Rick Perry

is the kind of poor leadership that we have endured in Texas for way too long!

"Rick Perry Might Not Know Chuck Todd's First Name"

"Good morning, Todd, how are you?" -- Rick Perry greets Chuck Todd just now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/rick-perry-chuck-todd_n_4239951.html?ref=topbar

Another "oops" moment from Rick Perry! lol!

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4. ha ha ha. oh, my fuckin' goodness do we get stupid. nt