UT Texas Politics Project poll shows where Texans stand on heated presidential, senate races

Published: Sep 06, 2024 Duration: 00:02:14 Category: News & Politics

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THAT IS ON TXA 21 AND STREAMING ON CBSTEXAS.COM, AND ALWAYS ON THE PLUTO TV APP. >>> WE HAVE OUR EYE ON POLITICS ON THIS WEEKEND WITH A NEW POLL SHOWING THAT FOUR HAS A FIVE PERCENTAGE POINT LEAD OVER VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. >> EYE ON POLITICS REPORTER JACK FINK IS JOINING US WITH MORE ON THIS POLL AND THE BIG RACE THIS NOVEMBER. >> THE UT TEXAS POLITICS POLL SHOWS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADING VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS, LESS THAN HIS MARGIN OF VICTORY FOUR YEARS AGO. TRUMP LEADS THE VICE PRESIDENT 49% TO 47%. 9% SAY THEY WANT SOMEONE ELSE, WHILE 6% SAY THEY ARE UNDECIDED TRUMP BEAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IN 2020 IN TEXAS BY SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS. OVER TO THE SENATE RACE, THE SAME POLL SHOWS TED CRUZ HAS AN EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINT LEAD OVER HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, COLLIN ALLRED WITH A 44-46 PERCENTAGE POINT LEAD. 4% SAY THEY WANT SOMEONE ELSE, WHILE 14% SAY THEY ARE UNDECIDED. AND, ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION, THE POLL FOUND NEARLY HALF, 49% BELIEVE ABORTION LAWS IN TEXAS SHOULD BE LESS STRICT. 23% SAY THEY WANT ABORTION LAWS TO BE MORE STRICT. 20% SAY THE LAW SHOULD BE LEFT WHERE THEY ARE NOW. 9% SAY THEY DON'T KNOW OR HAVE NO OPINION. THE HARRIS WALZ CAMPAIGN AND COLLIN ALLRED'S CAMPAIGNER EMPHASIZING ABORTION OR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. COLLIN ALLRED HAS FEATURED SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT OF SUED TEXAS BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY WERE FORCED TO GO OUTSIDE THE STATE TO GET AN ABORTION BECAUSE OF THEIR TROUBLED PREGNANCIES. WHILE REPUBLICANS DON'T THINK THIS ISSUE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IN TEXAS ON ELECTION DAY, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IT WILL MORE THAN PEOPLE REALIZE. >> I THINK THAT HAS REALLY RAISED THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A LOT OF FOLKS, MORE SO THAN IT WAS PRIOR TO THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE. >> THE ECONOMY, INFLATION, IMMIGRATION, CRIME AND FOREIGN POLICY, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN UKRAINE , REALLY, HAS RAMPED UP AS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES TO MOST VOTERS. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPLORING ALL OF THIS COMING UP SUNDAY MORNING ON EYE ON POLITICS. WE

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