A new poll by the Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports finds Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis trailing Republican nominee Attorney General Greg Abbott by single digits among likely voters.
The new poll released Friday found Abbott with 48 percent support of those surveyed while Davis got 40 percent. Another 3 percent said they backed another candidate and the last 9 percent said they were undecided.
Rasmussen’s new findings contrast with a previous survey it did in March which found Abbott leading Davis by double digits, 53 percent to 41 percent.
The race is still widely considered to favor Republicans.
The survey was conducted among 850 likely voters in Texas between August 4 and August 5. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
I have to mail her another $100 and we need to pound on Abbott about how he got so much money for his accident, and then the new “tort reform” he helped pass would have cut a person’s money for the very same incident by two thirds. Talk about someone with the “I’ve got mine” mentality.
A bright sign, but still a long way to go.
It is a glimmer of hope but it is better than where we have been at. Actually, I think that the Religious Right is actually getting conflicted over the extreme of the right. A lot of churches are speaking out about the immigration issue–in a way that is causing angst amongst conservative evangelicals. And the Ebola scare is another hotbed for the Right. Church of Christ and Southern Baptist are two of the most popular denominations in conservative Texas.Both are big in missionary work. Dr. Brantly is Church of Christ. Ann Coulter and Donald Trump’s comments have not been well received by my Church of Christ friends.
If this is what Rassmussen shows, Davis is less than 5 points behind Abbott.
I’d love to be more positive about this poll, but there isn’t much to excite. Davis’ support is essentially the same (certainly within the margin of error) and Abbott’s is down slightly (albeit below the critical 50% line). But, the longest journey starts with a single step. Massive voter turnout will be the key.