downtown austin in 1998 by chronicle photographer jack anderson. intersection on the left is second and guadalupe

Trend in U.S. Senator John Cornyn job approval among Republicans & conservatives in Texas, via UT/The Texas Politics Project Poll data archive: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/john-corny… #Txlege #Tx2026

Trend in Texas support for immediate deportation of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., by PID, via Texas Politics Project Poll data archive. More: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/support-im… #txlege

Texans' expectation of the impact of #tariffs on prices of everyday goods, from June 2025 UT/The Texas Politics Project Poll. Much more: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/expected-i… #txlege

Jeffries at presser w/ TX Dems: "Donald Trump, House Republicans here in Washington, and Governor Abbott are conspiring to rig the Texas congressional map as part of an effort to disenfranchise millions of people in Texas"

New Second Reading Podcast: Jim Henson and Joshua M. Blank consider the agenda for the special session of the 89th #txlege, which gavels in Monday. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/second-re…

Looking for interns or entry level spots for #txlege special session(s)? Post on our open-access, easy to use internship bulletin board. For more than a decade, we have helped connect students from UT Austin & elsewhere to gigs in the Capitol community. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/internship

Much more data on marijuana & hemp in our data archive: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search… #txlege

How property tax cuts are a thankless political issue: Texas plans to spend $51B on property tax cuts the next two years, more than the state spends on transportation or higher education. But only 26% of registered Texas voters approve of lawmakers' approach #txlege

You'll also find more than a hundred items (with thousands of graphics for results broken down by major demographic cross tabs) in this pre-loaded but customizable set of search results. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search… #txlege #tx2026

Should voting rules in Texas should be made more strict, less strict, or left as they are? From April 2025 UT/The Texas Politics Project Poll: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/should-the… All: 37% more strict, 23% less, 34% left alone Rs: 61% more, 6% less, 30% left Ds: 11% more, 44% less, 38% less #Txlege

Texas attitudes & expectations related to U.S. #tariff policies from the June 2025 UT/The Texas Politics Project Poll. Shares that expect tariffs will result in higher prices for everyday goods: All: 71% R: 51% D: 92% I: 82% Results to many more items & complete tabs: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search…

Some context for the Democratic quorum break in Texas, via The Texas Politics Project polling archive: Trend in favorability ratings of the Democratic Party among Texas self-identified Democrats, broken down by intensity of party ID. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/democratic… #txlege (more tabs in thread)

"In general, in the face of political or policy conflicts, is it more important for government officials to compromise or to stand on principle?" Responses from the April 2024 and December 2024 UT/The Texas Politics Project polls, x party id. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/polling/search… #txlege

Texas approval of how state leaders & the #txlege handled #redistricting on the first try - results from October 2021 UT/The Texas Politics Project Polling. texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/approval-h… #txlege

Trend in Cornyn job approval among Texas Republicans, via The Texas Politics Project data archive. Much more: texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/john-corny… #txlege

A few looks at Texas approval/diapproval of how state leaders and the #Txlege have handled #abortion policy. Overall: 28% approve/45% disapprove/26% neither/dk Women: 23% approve/51% disapprove/25% neither/dk Men: 33% approve/39% disapprove/28%neither/dk texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/approval-o…

.POLITICO got ahold of a breakdown of CA's target seats in its redistricting attempt, +5 Dem seats to cancel out Texas' proposed map: politico.com/news/2025/08/1… #txlege