This must be freaking out more Republicans than just the folks in the Trump campaign.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a slight lead in Texas over President Donald Trump among likely voters in Texas, according to a poll released Sunday by the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler.
The poll showed Biden with the support of 48 percent of likely voters, compared with 45 percent for Trump. The results represent a shift from the same poll in September, when Trump led by 2 percentage points. One difference from September is that Biden has expanded his lead among Hispanic voters from 30 percentage points to 48.
40% of those surveyed said they’d already voted. And the poll contains an interesting new category of those surveyed:
One category listed in the polling not usually included in most state polls was “gun owners.” Of those surveyed, 58 percent said they supported Trump, compared to 35 percent who backed Biden.
It also asks whether people have bought a gun in the last 30 days. Interesting times we’re living in, I guess.
The Morning News notes that the poll was also taken before this past week’s debate, so the impact, if any, of Biden’s comments regarding transitioning from the oil industry (obviously a huge issue in Texas), had not yet registered.
Still, for Republicans, this is the kind of news you really don’t want to get with only eight days remaining until an election.