Texas Governor Greg Abbott Holds Strong Lead Over Beto O'Rourke: Poll

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Anew poll released Sunday shows Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a lead of 11 percentage points over his Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in this year's Texas gubernatorial race.

The survey from The Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler found 47 percent of respondents said they would support the Republican Abbott, while 36 percent said they would vote for O'Rourke. Sixteen percent said they would vote for someone else.

Abbott holds a firm lead among Republican and white voters over O'Rourke. The incumbent governor also holds a small—though statistically insignificant given the poll's margin of error—lead among Hispanic respondents, 40 percent to O'Rourke's 39 percent.

The poll of registered voters in Texas found many respondents said the state is not headed in the right direction. Fifty percent of respondents said things are "headed off on the wrong track" in Texas, while 49 percent said things are going in the right direction.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-governor-greg-abbott-holds-strong-lead-over-beto-o-rourke-poll/ar-AATkJNu

[LymphocyteLover]

1. Damn! Depressing Abbott still has so much support. Early days though.

[qazplm135]

4. 47 isn't great support

It's just Beto quite frankly isn't the guy. Coming out so strong for gun control was a political act of suicide in Texas.

Great guy, would make a great governor but there's no way it happens barring one heckuva black swan event.

[LymphocyteLover]

17. Oooh, right. I forgot about the gun thing. That's gonna hurt...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Hoping so too. Beto's just getting started tho.

[Pantagruel]

2. Abbott's lead among Hispanic respondents

baffles me? What are they thinking?

[qazplm135]

6. Dems

Have to understand that Hispanics are not one block. Many are conservative, many are anti immigration in Texas. We can't target them as a single group

[tanyev]

3. Somebody here posted a poll a couple weeks ago showing Allan West

a few points higher in the Republican primary, though. Don’t know if that’s still the case, but it’s conceivable Abbott has to go through a runoff in the primary. That could bring him down a bit before the general.

[madville]

7. Abbott is 40+ points ahead of West in the polls

I’ve seen. Abbott will be the nominee, West will be luck to get 10% in the primary.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Hopefully West can cast some stones first

[AndyS]

5. We are going into almost 10 days of below freezing weather, most of it in the

teens and 20s. If there are rolling blackouts or even some brown outs Abbott will be in deep shit. The MF'er killed more than 400 Texans last February for the sake of gas company profits.

Try not to let anyone forget that.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. You're Kidding, Right?

There are plenty of Losers in TX, that will FREEZE in February, and then vote for ANYBODY BUT THE DEMOCRAT in November.

It matters not how many die as a result of Abbott's incompetence. We're talking about TX here.

I'm honestly about done with the insane idea that TX is going to turn blue. EVER.

Perhaps it's time for the Democratic Party to abandon states like TX & FL, where they waste MILLIONS, in a futile effort. Put that money to work in places with a chance of being saved.

[AndyS]

9. Yeah but minds change when the power goes off . . . nt

[SoCalDavidS]

10. Minds Obviously Didn't Change Last Year

We're only 1 year removed from the last debacle. That, along with the fine Covid response, does not appear to have damaged Abbott in the slightest. Or perhaps it's just that Beto is not a strong enough candidate.

My guess is that Abbott will win by double digits, regardless of what happens this year. The party would be wise to just let Texas be Texas, rather than throwing away a bunch of money that could be spent elsewhere on viable candidates with a chance to win.

[AndyS]

11. OK, I'll take your advice. I give up. I roll over, show my belly and pee myself like a whipped dog

It's really great to get such strong support as we do our best to eek out some small victory.

Great to have such support, really appreciate it.

If you're in some safe blue state SoCal just stay there. If you're here in Texas show some support, we need it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. +1

[joshdawg]

18. Texas will not turn Blue in the near or far future.

If someone as good as Beto can lose an election to something like a cruz, then the odds of Texas turning blue go down the drain.
If one wants to win an election in Texas, merely put an R next to their name. Bingo! You're in.
Do I despise republicans? Let me count the billions of ways.

[LuvLoogie]

12. Beto is just not the guy.

I mean, I had a sense since his F-bombs on the campaign trail. He's not Joe Biden. Can't really pull it off without sounding like some bro in a bar.

Consider that the last Dem senator in Texas was Anne Richards. I think Texas needs a Dem that has some old school chops. Whatever that is.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. He is EXACTLY the right guy! And we definitely don't need

Negativism. First time I've been preachy sorry.