Trump's reelection support is 50-50 in Texas, Biden and O'Rourke lead the Democrats, UT/TT Poll says [View all]
By Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune
Half of the registered voters in Texas would vote to reelect President Donald Trump, but half of them would not, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Few of those voters were wishy-washy about it: 39% said they would definitely vote to reelect Trump; 43% said they would definitely not vote for him. The remaining 18% said they would probably (11%) or probably not (7%) vote to give Trump a second term.
UT/TT POLL
Would you vote to reelect Donald Trump?
All Voters
Definitely 39%
Probably 11%
Probably Not 7%
Definitely Not 43%
Democrats
Definitely 5%
Probably 4%
Probably Not 6%
Definitely Not 85%
Republicans
Definitely 73%
Probably 17%
Probably Not 5%
Definitely Not 5%
Independents
Definitely 26%
Probably 14%
Probably Not 15%
Definitely Not 45%
Numbers may not add up to 100 due to rounding. Margin of error = ± 2.83 percentage points.
Source: University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, June 2019
Credit: Connie Hanzhang Jin
That 50-50 number encapsulates how divisive Trump is, said James Henson, who runs the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin and co-directs the poll. But, he added, the number is not necessarily a useful prediction for an election thats 16 months away.
Among Republicans, 73% would definitely vote for Trump; among Democrats, 85% were definitely not voting for another term.
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https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/17/trump-reelection-50-50-biden-orourke-lead-democrats-ut-tt-poll/
Yes folks, Texas is definitely in play!