Posted on 06/22/2010 1:05:30 PM PDT by Willie Green
A new poll shows Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Bill White are tied in the race for Texas governor.
Public Policy Polling polled the race 4 months ago, in that poll, former Houston Mayor Bill White was trailing behind Perry 48-42. The new poll now shows that White is tied with Perry 43-43.
According to the poll only 36% of voters in the state like the job that Perry is doing while 49% disapprove.
White is better known and like than most challengers, 37% of voters have a favorable opinion of him, 25% unfavorable.
In most states, in this Republican election year, not only is the Republican leading among independents, but he is drawing more crossover support than the Democratic candidate. However, that is not the case with Bill White, as he did in February's poll, by garnering 15% of Texas Republicans to Perry's 10% of Democrats.
Both candidates have seen more of their own party's voters go into the undecided column, bringing their partisan support from the mid-80% range to the mid-70% range, with White still holding more of his own base than Perry does.
In almost every race in the country right now Republican voters are more unified around their candidates than Democrats are and independents are leaning toward the GOP. Texas is running against the national grain on both of those counts- White is winning 15% of Republicans while Perry gets just 10% of Democrats and White also has a 42-36 advantage with independent voters.
Republicans have held the Texas governorship since George W. Bush ousted the late Ann Richards 16 years ago.
Full results here
Looking over previous threads that you have posted to, I see that you frequently sling insults similar to these. After you use them too much with anyone you disagree with, it begins to say more about you than it does about me.
Sorry, but who is hutchins?
lol the lady congresswoman who ran agaist TX gov in primary..I forgot her name..Gail Bailey Hutchinson?
You want the Dem party to control the House districting in Texas in 2010! Brilliant idea NOT !
You been called out and can't take the heat for being called out.
I think your posting history needs to investigated not mine !
“Im from the Houston area and Bill White will NOT get my vote. Just thought Id share that with ya. Have a great day!”
Yeah, I can’t see myself voting for him either - but he’s getting his polling increases from somewhere. I just wish we had a better candidate than Perry, and I’m already looking at the silver lining that might avail itself if he loses. I really think the only thing Perry has going for him this time is that in this off year election - it seems that Republican turn-out will be significantly higher than Dem.
I guess we’ll see in November.
Your promoting the great idea to vote for a Leftist DEMOCRAT on a conservative website !
You think you can get away with it.
Note ,how you avoid the point that YOU WANT A DEMOCRAT to control the 2010 census distribution in Texas!
You fool no one with your tired attacks .
Buzz off wih your DNC astroturf.
Since no one can be as so stupid as to get your characterization of what I said from my posts, even after I followed it up with an explanation for the low IQ types, you are intentionally misrepresenting what I said.
Suspecting that you are trolling me, I intentionally ignored your “calling me out” comment. But you persist in continuing your insults.
Looking over the insults you throw at me and others that have crossed you in the past, you remind me of the crazy guy with a shopping cart, standing at the edge of the Wal Mart parking lot cussing at people as they drive by.
Seek help
And that’s all I have to say to you.
I agree completely.
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