WOW!!
Folks, Texas might fall to Hillary.
Latest poll from the Texas Tribune:
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Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: In Texas, Trump holding narrow lead over Clinton
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a three-percentage-point lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton on the eve of early voting in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, had the support of 45 percent of likely Texas voters, compared with 42 percent for Clinton and Tim Kaine; 7 percent for Libertarian Gary Johnson and William Weld; and 2 percent for the Green Party’s Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka. The remaining 5 percent said they would vote for someone else for president and vice president.
“This is the trend that we’ve been seeing in polling for the last two weeks,” said Jim Henson, co-director of the UT/TT Poll and head of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
Margin of error is 3.6%, so this poll is a tie within the MoE. Regardless, a 3% deficit can be made up with a strong ground game and enthusiasm. This can really happen!!
The survey was in the field from Oct. 14 to Oct. 23; early voting in Texas began Oct. 24.
Trump was ahead with men, 46 percent to 39 percent, while the two candidates each had 45 percent of women’s support. While 93 percent of Democrats support Clinton, 83 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of independents support Trump. Only 19 percent of independents said they support Clinton. And there is a big divide on racial and ethnic lines: Trump led Clinton 57 percent to 28 percent among white voters, but Clinton led 95 percent to 4 percent among black voters and 56 percent to 33 percent among Hispanic voters.
Trump’s voters are split when asked for the reason behind their vote: While 47 percent said they want Trump to be president, 53 percent said their position would better be explained as not wanting Clinton to become president.
Clinton’s voters were more positive about their own choice, with 66 percent saying they want her to be president. Still, 34 percent of those voting for Clinton said they were with her because they don’t want Trump to be elected.
“The lack of enthusiasm amongst Republicans is remarkable,” said Joshua Blank, who supervised the poll. He said the Democrats are voting in favor of their candidate while more Republicans are voting against their opponent than are voting for Trump.
“The lack of enthusiasm amongst Republicans is remarkable”
This is the opening we need in Texas, folks. A remarkable lack of enthusiasm among Republicans. Let’s go, Texas.
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Here is the PDF with all the survey questions:
University of Texas / Texas Tribune Poll Texas Statewide Survey
Breakdown:
GENDER. What is your gender?
1. Male 47%
2. Female 53%
RACE. What race do you consider yourself to be?
1. White 59%
2. African American 12%
3. Hispanic or Latino 24.4%
4. Asian/Pacific Islander 0.5%
5. Native American 1.6%
6. Multi-racial 3%
AGE. Please indicate your age group.
1. 18-29 18%
2. 30-44 27%
3. 45-64 36%
4. 65 and up 19%
The methodology of this poll can be found in this PDF:
Methodology