Center for Opinion Research

Results

Texas Voter Survey, October 2024

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The Department of Political Science & History hosts the Center for Opinion Research, which includes a professional survey center with 25 work stations for students to learn about survey research by experiencing how the data is collected. Our studies contribute to a better understanding of Texas and the public's perceptions about topics. We have also published results in academic journals in political science and public health.

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Methodology

The UT-Tyler Poll is a statewide random sample of 1,129 registered voters conducted October 14-21. The mixed-mode sample includes 324 registered voters surveyed over the phone by the University of Texas at Tyler with support from ProMark Research and 805 registered voters randomly selected from Dynata’s panel of online respondents. The weighted margin of error for the sample of 1,129 registered voters in Texas is +/- 3.0 percentage points for a 95% confidence interval. 

The online and phone surveys were conducted in English and Spanish. Using information from the 2022 Current Population Survey and Office of the Texas Secretary of State. The sample’s gender, age, race/ethnicity, education, metropolitan density and vote choice were matched to the population of registered voters in Texas. 

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Archive of Past Studies

Results	Press Coverage
UT Tyler Center for Opinion Research Texas Primary Poll - June 2024
Texas Registered Voter Survey - February 2024
Texas Survey - May 10-21, 2023
Texas Survey - February 2023	UT Tyler poll: 60% of Texas voters support school choice
Texas Likely Voters (Election) - October 2022 Texas Registered Voters (Policies) - October 2022	Abbott leading O'Rourke by 6 points among likely voters
Texas Survey - September 2022	Texas Gov. Greg Abbott widens lead on Beto O’Rourke in new poll
Texas Survey - August 2022	Texas Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Beto O’Rourke, new poll shows Texans mostly split over Roe abortion ruling, but more are unsure, poll shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton neck-and-neck with Democratic challenger in new poll
Texas Survey - May 2022	Texas poll: What residents say about Abbott, O’Rourke, the border, abortion, marijuana
Texas Survey - February 2022	Texas Gov. Greg Abbott up 7 points over Beto O’Rourke; AG Ken Paxton likely headed to runoff
Texas Survey - January 2022	Abbott running comfortably ahead of O'Rourke in DMN/UT-Tyler Poll What Do Texans Want? Progressive Policies and Conservative Politicians
Texas Survey - November 2021	Greg Abbott holds 6-point lead over Beto O’Rourke, bigger edge in 3-way Texas governor’s race Most Texans oppose gerrymandering but tuned out this year’s GOP-led redraw, News/UT-Tyler poll finds
Texas Survey - September 2021	Abbott’s right turn deflates GOP rivals but opens door for O’Rourke, McConaughey
Texas Survey - June 2021	Gov. Abbott rebounds against possible challenger Matthew McConaughey, has razor thin edge over actor
Texas Survey - April 2021	Matthew McConaughey may be a viable candidate for Texas governor; poll shows actor ahead of Abbott
Texas Survey - March 2021	Stung by the Storm: Poll finds Texas leaders failed to anticipate severe weather, prepare public
Texas Survey - October 2020 (Likely Voter Report) Texas Survey - October 2020 (Registered Voter Report)	Biden rebounds to edge over Trump in Texas  as Hegar slightly narrows Cornyn's lead in Senate race
Texas Survey - September 2020	Trump erases Biden's lead in Texas
Texas Survey - July 2020
Texas Survey - April 2020
Texas Survey - February 2020 (Likely Voters) Texas Survey - February 2020 (Registered Voters)	Bernie Sanders, aided by Hispanics, bursts into lead in Texas primary, Dallas News-UT Tyler poll shows
Texas Survey - January 2020 (Likely Voters) Texas Survey - January 2020 (Registered Voters)	Dallas Morning News, University of Texas at Tyler join forces to poll Texans on elections, issues Donald Trump ahead in Texas, though Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg close behind, Dallas Morning News-UT Tyler poll shows Texans overwhelmingly want gun background checks, are open to red flag laws, DMN-UT Tyler poll finds
Texas Survery (November 2019)
Texas Survey (September 2019)
Post Debate Survey (August 2019)
Pre Debate Texas Survey (July 2019)
Texas Survey (July 2019)
Texas Opinion Study (Feb 2019)	Statesman Commentary
Texas Opinion Survey (Oct 2018)	Texas Tribune, Ted Cruz’s lead over Beto O’Rourke narrows to 3.6, UT-Tyler poll says Tyler Paper, UT Tyler sets up statewide polling center to gauge political, public opinion KLTV, UT Tyler professors explain ‘science’ behind statewide political poll Tyler Paper, UT Tyler poll shows Ted Cruz leading Beto O’Rourke by 4.3 points