TEXAS (KSWO) \u2014 Texas Southern University\u2019s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center recently released its September poll of statewide races that shows the distance between candidates in key races narrowing.<\/p>\n
In the race for U.S. Senate, the poll shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton 47% to 46%, with 4% of voters still unsure who they would cast their ballots for. Ted Brown, the Libertarian in the race, polled at 3%.<\/p>\n
Breaking voters down into different racial and gender groups shows where both leading candidates are having the most support.<\/p>\n
Among white voters, Paxton is leading Talarico 56% to 37%, while Talarico is leading Paxton among Black voters 87% to 10% and Latino voters 57% to 38%.<\/p>\n
By gender, Talarico leads with women 53% to 42% and Paxton leads with men 51% to 42%.<\/p>\n
For the Texas gubernatorial race, Republican incumbent Greg Abbott is leading Democratic hopeful Gina Hinojosa 49% to 45%. Once again, 4% of likely voters said they were still unsure who they intended to vote for. Libertarian Pat Dixon polled at 2%.<\/p>\n
The poll showed a similar breakdown for this race in terms of racial and gender group support.<\/p>\n
Abbott leads among white voters 59% to 35%, while Hinojosa leads with Latino and Black voters, 57% to 40% and 80% to 13%, respectively. Hinojosa leads among women with 51% to 44% and Abbott leads with men, 54% to 39%.<\/p>\n
Looking at likely voters through a partisan lens for both of these statewide races highlights a small break within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n
Among Democratic voters, 98% said they intend to vote for Hinojosa and 99% of them said they intend to vote for Talarico.<\/p>\n
However, things were not as solid among Republican voters for both Paxton and Abbott.<\/p>\n
For Paxton, only 84% of Republicans said they intend to vote for him, with 7% of likely GOP voters intending to go to the other side and cast their ballots for Talarico.<\/p>\n
On the gubernatorial side of things, 88% of Republicans said they intend to vote for Abbott, while 6% intend to vote on the blue side.<\/p>\n
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