The latest Quinnipiac Poll of Texas voters on the Greg Abbott versus Beto O’Rourke shows a big drop in support for Abbot.
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In the race for Texas governor, 48 percent of voters support Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, while 43 percent support Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of Texas registered voters released today. This compares to a Quinnipiac University poll in December 2021 when 52 percent of voters supported Abbott and 37 percent supported O'Rourke. In today's poll, Republicans (90 - 5 percent) and independents (46 - 40 percent) back Abbott, while Democrats (96 - 2 percent) back O'Rourke.
There are also big differences by gender, race, and age. Abbott wins the support of men 59 - 33 percent, while O'Rourke wins the support of women 52 - 38 percent. Abbott wins the support of white voters 63 - 30 percent, while O'Rourke wins the support of Black voters 73 - 11 percent and Hispanic voters 50 - 41 percent. O'Rourke leads among voters 18 - 34 years old (56 - 35 percent), while Abbott leads among voters 35 - 49 years old (50 - 38 percent) and voters 50 - 64 years old (57 - 37 percent). Among voters 65 years of age and over, Abbott receives 50 percent, while O'Rourke receives 45 percent.
This poll was conducted BEFORE last Friday’s SCOTUS repeal of Roe V Wade, so Abbott has bled support over his handling of gun safety and school shootings. Keep in mind that Abbott is the guy who claimed that he will ELIMINATE RAPE in the state of Texas, so no woman ever has to worry about getting pregnant by rape.
I know. Texans are great at playing Lucy with the football against Democrats as Charlie Brown. But I didn’t think that the gun safety issue would actually do any damage to Abbott either. And if you look at the internals on the poll, Abbott appears to be only slightly ahead of O’Rourke on gun safety and school shootings. I would have thought that Abbott would have had a huge lead over O’Rourke on guns because it is Texas.
And it does appear that O’Rourke is NOT running away from the so called “culture war” issues. In fact, he is highlighting those issues. This is something that a lot of dumb ass D.C. Democrats might want to take a look at for the midterms.
I know. From your lips to God’s ear.