Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O’Rourke by 5 percentage points in new poll - KPRC2 Texas hounews
registered a 5-point advantage over Democrat Rochelle Garza. More voters remain undecided in those contests than in the gubernatorial election — 20% in the lieutenant governor’s race and 21% in the attorney general one.
Voters said they trusted Abbott more on the border and economy and O’Rourke more on abortion. They were equally divided on who had the advantage on gun violence.trigger law Abbott’s biggest advantage remains the border. By a 12-point margin, voters said they trusted him to do a better job on “immigration/border security” than O’Rourke. And 51% said they support Abbott’s program toto other parts of the country that has captured headlines recently. Thirty-five percent opposed the initiative.
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