Woa!?….Texas GOP Gov Abbott only 2% ahead of Dem O’Rourke?

These numbers ARE mad crazy!

The RED state IS having inflation problems like the rest of the country and the Texas Governor maybe getting some of blame….

We’ll have to see more polling on this race to believe that a Democratic Governor could in store fro Texas….

It just doesn’t seem right based on the history of the place….

Real Clear Politics average of Texas Governor polls has Abbot ahead by 8% points….

This Texas Lyceum poll has relatively small sample size of 926 registered voters and has an undecided percentage of 14%…..

Exciting news for Beto and Democrats though….

On Friday Texas Lyceum released its annual statewide poll, a major survey on the top issues facing Texans and their opinion on Texas leaders.

The biggest attention-grabbing news from the poll is just how close things are at the top of the ticket in the 2022 gubernatorial race.

Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke by only two percentage points, 42 to 40, according to the poll.

(The poll of registered voters also shows 14 percent haven’t thought about it or are voting for someone else.)

It’s the tightest polling released on the race yet. On average, polling on the race since January shows Abbott leading O’Rourke by 8 percentage points according to RealClearPolitics….

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“We’ve been hearing anecdotal evidence for months about the impacts of inflation on ordinary Texans and for years about the impact of housing costs,” read a prepared statement by Joshua Blank, Texas Lyceum Research Director. “But the 2022 Texas Lyceum poll shows just how widespread these problems really are. And maybe most surprisingly, these problems are not concentrated in any one part of the state, or among any single group.” …

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Note.….

The Texas Min wage is $7.25 a Hr….

It is the same as it was in 2009….

image…Texas Tribune