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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:14 AM May 2020

New poll shows dead heat

By Jill Ament
May 6, 2020 7:20 am

... Trump and .. Biden are in a dead heat among Texas voters, according to a new poll from the University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News.

The poll conducted last month posed questions to 1,183 registered Texas voters. Of those who responded, 43% said they would choose Trump and 43% said they would choose Biden, on Election Day, which is less than six months away. Another 9% said they were undecided.

Dallas Morning News political writer Gromer Jeffers told Texas Standard it was hard to tell if this poll, which showed support dropping for Trump in Texas because of the president’s response to the coronavirus, or merely because less attention is being paid to the election, due to the pandemic ...

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/new-poll-shows-trump-biden-in-dead-heat/

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New poll shows dead heat (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2020 OP
K&R, This is bad ... for Trump. Texas can turn blue, Flood Tarrant county with calls uponit7771 May 2020 #1
Well come November, the country will find out if the farmers and ranchers turbinetree May 2020 #4
Undecided??? rizlaplus May 2020 #2
+100! Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #3
"Undecided" usually means COLGATE4 May 2020 #6
Exactly right. PCIntern May 2020 #7
in 2016, there were a lot of people that decided in the last week NewJeffCT May 2020 #8
Texas will be a battleground state Gothmog May 2020 #5
Which is great news for Democrats NewJeffCT May 2020 #9
I would have included the word "Texas" in the thread title. MineralMan May 2020 #10
And a little bit of panic... Wounded Bear May 2020 #12
Yes. That, too. MineralMan May 2020 #13
The round that will count will be the final round... kentuck May 2020 #11

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
4. Well come November, the country will find out if the farmers and ranchers
Thu May 7, 2020, 05:53 AM
May 2020

like a big old wall being built along the border and the taking of land to do it................with taxpayer money.............instead of buying PPE's and other things to keep the country safe....................

rizlaplus

(159 posts)
2. Undecided???
Thu May 7, 2020, 05:12 AM
May 2020

"Another 9% said they were undecided. "

How on earth can a person be 'Undecided" in these dark times!?! What are the chances that most of the "9%" are too shame-faced to admit they're Trump voters?

Rhiannon12866

(205,319 posts)
3. +100!
Thu May 7, 2020, 05:20 AM
May 2020

I couldn't agree more! I used to think those clueless enough to support Trump were those who paid no attention to the news - but these days during a national (and international!) pandemic, not one person can be that unaware!

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
8. in 2016, there were a lot of people that decided in the last week
Thu May 7, 2020, 08:56 AM
May 2020

and they overwhelmingly backed Trump in 2016 because of the late Comey letter bombshell.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. Which is great news for Democrats
Thu May 7, 2020, 08:57 AM
May 2020

because if Donny has to spend resources in Texas, he'll have less money and time and fewer people to spend in Florida, NC, WI, MI and PA. Not to mention Nevada and Minnesota.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
13. Yes. That, too.
Thu May 7, 2020, 09:53 AM
May 2020

I wish everyone would localize their posts if the locality is an important factor.

In this case, it is essential to know that the poll was a Texas poll.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
11. The round that will count will be the final round...
Thu May 7, 2020, 09:42 AM
May 2020

The last two weeks before election.

There will be an all-out assault.

Those that are not on the offense are playing defense.

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