Poll marks the first time a Democratic challenger has ever tied with Abbott as Hinojosa surges with key constituencies needed to win<\/p>\n
AUSTIN, TX \u2013 A new N+ Univision\/YouGov poll shows the race for Texas Governor is tied at 47-47%, as Gina Hinojosa continues to gain ground on Governor Abbott despite being outspent ten to one. The new poll follows seven consecutive polls<\/a> showing the race in a statistical tie, reflecting Hinojosa\u2019s momentum as she travels the state, connecting with Texas voters across the aisle who are ready for change.<\/p>\n Key Findings:<\/p>\n Gina Hinojosa and Greg Abbott are in a dead heat at 47-47 \u2013 putting Abbott in the political fight of his life, without a record to run on.<\/p>\n Hinojosa has a +13 favorability rating, while Abbott is underwater by -3 points. Polling consistently shows that when voters get to know Hinojosa, they like her.<\/p>\n Gina is leading Latino voters by 12 points, 54-42, a key constituency needed to win. Latino voters also report being more enthusiastic and more likely to vote for Democrats.<\/p>\n Gina is also up 19 points with Independents, up 20 points with moderates, and up 9 points with both conservatives and former 2024 Trump voters. She is even getting 5% of voters still approving of the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Abbott tries to distract with culture wars, jobs and the cost of living are by far the most important issues for Texas voters. Corruption is the next top issue, which Hinojosa has been running on<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re building real momentum in this race because Texans want change. I am running to secure the American Dream in Texas by saving our public schools and putting money in your pocket with an economy built for the people, not billionaires,\u201d Hinojosa said. \u201cGreg Abbott is running to fix the problems he created. For 12 years, working Texans have suffered from Abbott\u2019s record of putting his billionaire donors before the rest of us. In November, we will finally end Abbott\u2019s years of corruption and bring home a win for the people of Texas in November.\u201d<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poll marks the first time a Democratic challenger has ever tied with Abbott as Hinojosa surges with key…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-430959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}