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- Polling Texas 2020- UT/Trib, Apr 25: Trump 49, Biden 44 - DT/PPP, Apr 29: Biden 47, Trump 46 - UT-Tyler/DMN, May 3: Trump 43, Biden 43 - Emerson, May 13: Trump 47, Biden 41 - Quinnipiac, June 3: Trump 44, Biden 43 - PPP, June 5: Trump 48, Biden 48 - PPP/PT, June 23: Trump 48, Biden 46 - Fox, June 25: Biden 45, Trump 44 - UT/Trib, July 2: Trump 48, Biden 44 - PPP/Emily’s List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46 - UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43 - CBSNews, July 12: Trump 46, Biden 45 - Quinnipiac, July 22: Biden 45, Trump 44 - Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45 - Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46 
- Polling Texas 2018WPA, Jan 5: Cruz 52, O'Rourke 34
 PPP, Jan 27: Cruz 45, O'Rourke 37
 Quinnipiac, April 19: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
 Quinnipiac, May 31: Cruz 50, O'Rourke 39
 PPP, June 8: Cruz 48, O'Rourke 42
 GQR, June 16: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
 CBS/YouGov, June 24: Cruz 44, O'Rourke 36
 UT/Trib, June 25: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 36
 Gravis, July 10: Cruz 51, O'Rourke 42
 Lyceum, July 31: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 39
 Quinnipiac, July 31: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
 PPP, August 2: Cruz 46, O'Rourke 42
 NBC News, August 23: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 45
 ECPS, August 27: Cruz 38, O'Rourke 37
 Crosswinds, September 12: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
 Quinnipiac, September 18 (LV): Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45
 Ipsos, September 19 (LV): O'Rourke 47, Cruz 45
- Polling Texas 2016Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
 UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
 KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
 PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
 WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
 ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
 Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
 YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
 KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
 WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
 UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
 WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
 CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
 Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
 UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
 KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
 NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
 ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
 YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50.3, Clinton 42.4
- Polling Texas 2014UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
 PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
 UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
 ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
 Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
 PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
 UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
 YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
 Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
 YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
 Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
 Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
 KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
 UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
 YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37
- Polling Texas 2012PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
 UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
 WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
 YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
 Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
 YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
 UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
 Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
 YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38
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- Polling Texas 2016- Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30 - UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33 - KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35 - PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38 - WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45 - ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36 - Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32 - YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5 - KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38 - WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43 - UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38 - WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46 - CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43 - Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38 - UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42 - KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39 - NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40 - ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34 - YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50,3, Clinton 42.4 
- Polling Texas 2014- UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5 - PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35 - UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36 - ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42 - Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41 - PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37 - UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32 - YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34 - Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40 - YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38 - Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40 - Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40 - KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32 - UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38 - YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37 
- Polling Texas 2012- PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43 - UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV) - WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40 - YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41 - Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39 - YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41 - UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39 - Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38 - YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38 
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Tag Archives: League of Women Voters
Tarrant County redistricting map gets cleared
Can’t say I’m surprised. An effort to stop Tarrant County’s new commissioner precincts was shot down Thursday. Multiple groups suing the county over the maps asked Judge Megan Fahey to enact an injunction against the county’s new maps, claiming that the … Continue reading
State lawsuit on Tarrant redistricting has its hearing
We’ll see what happens. A district court judge is expected to decide whether to grant a temporary injunction against Tarrant County’s new commissioner precincts next week. It’s part of a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Tarrant … Continue reading
One request to halt the Tarrant County mid-decade redistricting is denied
There is a second chance still in play. A federal judge based in Tarrant County denied a request to keep the old commissioners precinct map in place until the redistricting lawsuit is finished. Judge Reed O’Conner, who presides over the … Continue reading
Second lawsuit filed against Tarrant County over its mid-decade redistricting
This one has an interesting twist. The League of Women Voters of Tarrant County and the League of United Latin American Citizens are suing Tarrant County, the county’s commissioners court and County Judge Tim O’Hare over its mid-decade districting. The … Continue reading
Fifth Circuit upholds voter ID for vote by mail
Of course they did. A federal appeals court has upheld Texas’ requirement that potential voters must list their identification information in their application for a mail-in ballot. In Texas, voting by mail is only available for certain groups of people, … Continue reading
The other redistricting matter
Here’s a story from the Fort Worth Report on the redistricting trial going on in El Paso, with a focus on the effect in Tarrant County. Federal judges in El Paso are reviewing a lawsuit that alleges Texas redistricting architects … Continue reading
Long-awaited Texas redistricting trial begins
Been waiting a long time for this one. Questions over whether Latinos had their voting power diminished in the Dallas area will be a focus of a federal trial in El Paso that begins Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, … Continue reading
Some plaintiffs drop out of redistricting litigation
Unfortunate but not unexpected. Two months before a scheduled trial, a coalition of voting rights groups is withdrawing from a long-running challenge to the political maps Texas drew after the 2020 U.S. census, which the groups said diluted the voting power of … Continue reading
Interview with Katie Shumway of the League of Women Voters of Houston
This week we’re going to spend some time with people who are working on the nuts and bolts of this election. For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters of Houston has been the premier organization for information about … Continue reading
Lege targets Harris County election administrator
We knew something like this was coming. House and Senate bills filed by Republican lawmakers in response to Harris County’s mismanagement of its recent elections could give the Texas secretary of state the authority to step in, suspend county election … Continue reading
Here’s hoping we’ll have fewer mail ballot rejections in November
Counties are taking the problem seriously, which is a good start. The statewide rejection rate [for mail ballots] was more than 12 percent in the primary — six times what it was in the last midterm year in 2018. By … Continue reading
A better mail ballot
I’m glad someone’s working on this. After thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected in Texas’ statewide primaries in March, election officials and voting rights groups are stepping up efforts to make sure voters don’t run into the same problems with … Continue reading
More on the constitutional amendments
From the inbox, from State Rep. Gene Wu: Please share with your neighbors, family, tenants, parishioners, and community partners. Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation setting Saturday, May 7, 2022 as the special election day for two proposed constitutional amendments in Texas. … Continue reading
A trifecta of crap from the Fifth Circuit
It’s what they do. A federal appeals court has ruled for Texas in three lawsuits challenging the state’s voting laws, including mail-in ballot provisions and the elimination of straight-ticket voting. In a series of 2-1 rulings Wednesday evening, a panel … Continue reading
More data about mail ballot rejections
Keep it coming. Thousands of Texans who attempted to vote by mail in the March primary were disenfranchised in the state’s first election conducted under a new Republican voting law. The state’s largest counties saw a significant spike in the … Continue reading
The story of the paper shortage and the voter registration forms, in two tweets
One: . New: League of Women Voters of Texas has sent a letter to the Texas SOS threatening to sue the state unless they are provided with more copies of new voter registration forms. They say SOS is in violation … Continue reading
Sure, let’s blame the supply chain for voter registration problems
I have a simple solution for this, if anyone wants to hear it. The Texas Secretary of State’s office is having more trouble than usual getting enough voter registration cards to groups who help Texans register to vote. Sam Taylor, … Continue reading
Redistricting litigation update
Reform Austin shows that the state’s legal defense strategy against the various redistricting lawsuits is “You can’t sue us!” Because of the clear racial gerrymandering, multiple groups are launching legal challenges under the Voting Rights Act. The state has now … Continue reading
ACLU and others sue over new redistricting maps
The count is now seven. Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging new Texas state legislative and congressional district plans as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders violating both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The suit details an … Continue reading
The response to the lawsuit over the line item veto
I know, scintillating headline, but there’s plenty of action here. The state is defending Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent veto of legislative funding as a bipartisan group of former state leaders — as well as more Democrats — weigh in against … Continue reading
More local pushback against SB7 and HB6
From the inbox: Mayor Sylvester Turner invited a diverse group of elected officials, community leaders, and business executives to stand in solidarity against voter suppression bills in the Texas Legislature. More than 50 individuals and organizations have vowed to fight … Continue reading
Will we get redistricting hearings?
Please? Voting groups in Texas want lawmakers to open up the state’s redistricting process to the public before they redraw political boundaries next year. Public hearings are aimed at giving communities input in the process. But since the pandemic, those … Continue reading
Your handwriting should not jeopardize your vote
Jesus Christ. Texas election officials may continue rejecting mail-in ballots if they decide the signature on the ballot can’t be verified, without notifying voters until after the election that their ballot wasn’t counted, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals … Continue reading
Fifth Circuit upholds Abbott’s mail ballot dropoff limits
Because of course they did. Why would you have expected anything else? In a ruling issued late Monday night, a federal appeals court upheld Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that limited counties to one mail-in ballot drop-off location. A three-judge panel … Continue reading
Judge briefly halts Abbott’s order limiting mail ballot dropoff locations
Late Friday breaking news, which lasted until the early afternoon on Saturday. A federal judge ruled Friday that Texas counties can have multiple drop-off locations for absentee ballots heading into the Nov. 3 general election, blocking the enforcement of Texas … Continue reading
First hearing for mail ballot dropoff locations
Hopefully we’ll get some action quickly. Lawyers for voters and voting rights groups asked a federal judge Thursday to block Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent order limiting counties to one location where voters can hand-deliver mail-in ballots. Abbott waited too long … Continue reading
Lawsuit filed over Abbott’s order to limit mail ballot dropoff locations
As expected. Voting rights advocates and civic groups have rushed to the courthouse in a bid to block Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s Oct. 1 order allowing Texas counties no more than one drop-off location for voters casting absentee ballots, calling … Continue reading
