Nov 2, 2020 | Campaign News
Election Day is finally here. Our live coverage will begin at 7 p.m. at txelects.com/live. In addition to the results and analysis we normally provide, we’ve added a “scoreboard” powered by the Texas Tribune and its partner Decision Desk HQ. The scoreboard has been...
Oct 31, 2020 | Political Climate
Two fundamental questions will be answered Tuesday, or shortly thereafter: Will Joe Biden become the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Texas since 1976 and the first Democrat running statewide to win since 1994? Will Democrats capture the net nine seats...
Oct 29, 2020 | Campaign News
More than half of the state’s registered voters have already voted. Through yesterday (Wednesday), the first-ever 16th day of early voting, at least 8.5M Texans have already cast ballots, equivalent to more than 95% of the total votes cast for president in the 2016...
Oct 26, 2020 | Campaign News
Three new polls paint a picture of a close but muddled presidential race in Texas and leads of various sizes for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R): The Univ. of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs poll (U of H) finds Trump leading Biden, 50%-45%, and Cornyn leading...
Oct 25, 2020 | Campaign News
Democratic challenger Joe Biden leads President Trump, 48%-45%, with 5% undecided, according to a new Dallas Morning News/Univ. of Texas-Tyler poll (PDF). Prior UT-Tyler polls have shown Trump leading by two in September, Biden by five in July and a tied race in...
Oct 22, 2020 | Campaign News
As of yesterday (Wednesday), the ninth day of early voting, 5.9M Texans have already cast ballots, which is 34.7% of registered voters. That is already more early votes cast than in any election aside from 2018 (5.99M), which was almost certainly surpassed today...
Oct 21, 2020 | Campaign News
A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll finds President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden tied, 47%-47%. Trump led, 50%-45%, in the university’s September poll. Trump leads among men, 53%-39%, while Biden leads among women, 54%-42%. Trump leads among all Anglo voters,...
Oct 19, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting continues through October 30. Today (Monday) was the seventh day of early voting, which began last Tuesday. Turnout continues to be record-breaking. Through yesterday (Sunday), more than 4M Texans have already cast ballots in person or by mail statewide,...
Oct 14, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting continues for the November 3 general election. We know that at least 1M Texans had voted in person or by mail through yesterday (Tuesday), the first day of early voting in person. That said, many numbers reported to the Secretary of State were incomplete...
Oct 13, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting has begun across Texas for the November 3 general election and continues through October 30. By most accounts, turnout is off to a torrid start. The Harris Co. Clerk’s office tweeted that 128K people voted in person today, plus 41K absentee ballots...
Oct 11, 2020 | Political Climate
With three weeks to go before the general election, the state of play up and down the ballot remains remarkably stable across Texas. However, as races remain close, that stability could mask a lot of volatility within polls’ margins of errors and assumptions about who...
Oct 8, 2020 | Campaign News
SC6 (Lean Republican): The Dallas Morning News endorsed Justice Jane Bland (R). HD67 (Toss Up): Rep. Jeff Leach’s (R-Allen) campaign released a new ad, “Unfit,” criticizing Democratic challenger Lorenzo Sanchez on law enforcement issues. HD92 open (Lean Republican):...
