Since the political rise of the pro-life movement in the 1990s, it’s often been suggested that elected Republicans were less seriously committed to banning abortion than their public pronouncements ...

Poll Summary (pdf) Crosstabs (pdf) Graphics The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds large majorities of Texans saying that it’s important for the legislature to improve the ...

As campaigns and observers attempt to figure out where the most competitive legislative races will be in 2022, we can assess the change in competitiveness in electoral districts after redistricting by ...

Graphics How the U.S. Constitution distributes power Texas Constitutions with links to originals Images of the flags flown over Texas Capitol has changed with the constitution U.S. Constitution Civil ...

Theory and Reality in Public Policy Formation Just how rational are bureaucracies when they make decisions--and what do we even mean by rational? The ideal view of bureaucracies envisions highly ...

For the last decade, no issues have more consistently occupied the consciousness of Texas Republican voters than immigration and border security. Evidence provided by multiple polls, considered in the ...

Past updates: Updated October 29, 2024: Added Activote survey. Updated October 28, 2024: Added The New York Times/Siena College survey. Updated October 24, 2024: Added Emerson College/The Hill.

While the difference wasn’t large, there are some interesting differences hiding in this 7-point gap in support. For example, 29% of voters strongly support “establishing a program,” compared to 21% ...

More Respondents were asked, "What is your opinion on the availability of abortion?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they ...

One of the biggest stories of the 2024 election cycle was Donald Trump’s success in increasing his support among Latino voters. The exit polls in Texas suggest that Trump won 55% of the Latino vote in ...

The 2024 primary elections in Texas are among the most contested and the most heated of any legislative primaries since the establishment of the near-monopoly of state government after the Republican ...

After the Civil War two amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution that explicitly guaranteed the rights of African Americans as citizens. The 14th Amendment (ratified in 1868) prohibited states ...