Daily Archives: October 27, 2022

Univision: Abbott 46, Beto 42

Another registered voters poll, with a supersample of Latino respondents. Republican Governor Greg Abbott leads Beto O’Rourke in the Texas governors’ race by more than four points, even though the Democrat has more support among Latinos and Blacks. The increase … Continue reading

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Univision: Abbott 46, Beto 42

We hit a new peak in voter registrations

It’s good to see, whatever it “means”. Texas now has almost 17.7 million voters — 1.9 million more than four years ago, when Gov. Greg Abbott won re-election. New voter registration totals from the Texas Division of Elections show the … Continue reading

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Math test scores took a hit during the pandemic

The decline started before the pandemic, but kept on going from there. Students in Houston and across the nation showed “appalling and unacceptable” declines on the 2022 Nation’s Report Card, adding to mounting evidence that the pandemic impacted young people … Continue reading

Posted in School days | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Math test scores took a hit during the pandemic

Texas blog roundup for the week of October 24

The Texas Progressive Alliance exhorts everyone to go vote as they bring you this week’s roundup.

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged , | Comments Off on Texas blog roundup for the week of October 24

November 2022 Day Three EV totals: A lot like Day Two

Sorry, the days are long and my mind is full and I don’t have anything interesting to say. I will at some point. For now, this is what we get. Final EV totals from 2018 are here and from 2014 … Continue reading

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment