January 02, 2007
Democrats polling even with Republicans... here in Texas
Via EOW comes the news that Texas is turning blue faster than predicted.
Texas Democrats have pulled even with Republicans, and the state is now about half red, half blue. At least, that’s according to 1,053 Texans surveyed by an independent Democratic pollster.The poll’s news announcement focused on one specific response: By 46 percent to 35 percent, respondents said Democrats “care” more about “people like me.” That’s a reversal from two years ago.
But most eyes went immediately to the bottom line of the poll, conducted in early December by Austin-based Montgomery & Associates:
Asked which political party they lean toward, 45 percent chose Democrat.
Only 43 percent chose Republican. If you figure in the poll’s margin of error, that’s a tie.
Two years ago, in the same Democratic poll, Republicans led by 55 percent to 34 percent.
First, the caveats... it's an off year and this poll is generically of adults in Texas and though the demographics used are representative of the state as whole, they do not necessarily reflect the demographic breakout of likely voters or even registered voters.
That aside, this is excellent news and is backed up by the numbers out of the race for Governor. It's clear that when people are given a choice, and they know about it, they'll vote for Democrats again. It's a shame folks decided that the statewide candidates should be written off this year, especially Hank who polled extremely well. Had he at least been able to raise 25% of the money Staples brought to bear, there is an excellent chance we'd have our first statewide officeholder in years.
Speaking of Hank, we've heard there are some events being planned and he's definitely working with a number of groups to help farmers and ranchers in the next session of the Lege. Topic number one is going to be the TTC followed up by the Animal ID system.
Posted by mcblogger at January 2, 2007 12:50 PM
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