Texas Politics Project

In the first Second Reading of 2026, James Henson and Joshua Blank look at data from the last UT/Texas Politics Project Poll of 2025, which found increased concern about health care costs (and generally dim views of how both national and state incumbents handled the issue), as well as new data on views of Texas candidates for the U.S. Senate, and views on immigration enforcement (gathered, of course, before events in Minneapolis and Portland).Link to the pod and accompanying graphics at the Texas politics Project website.

Second Reading Podcast: Views on health care and immigration enforcement, plus a check in on the 2026 U.S. Senate race The Texas Politics Project conducts regular, non-partisan, statewide polls of registered voters in Texas, and makes the results and data available for public use.

We just released results from the December 2025 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll, conducted just before the December 9-16. You'll find many results that set the stage for the election year, including Texans' increased concern about health care prices, views of the economy and state and national political leadership, pre-intervention views of Venezuela, views of immigration enforcement, ratings of 2026 primary candidates (including the U.S. Senate race) and much more. Explore sample graphics below, and follow the link for more details, including our usual selection of hundreds of free graphics of results usable for presentations, teaching, handouts, etc. https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/health-care-prices-top-texans-voters-economic-worries-on-eve-of-critical-midterm-election-year-2