As Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke campaign across Texas, they have focused a lot of effort on the Latino community.
Jason Villalba, CEO and board chair of the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit group whose mission is to better understand the Latino population in Texas, said his organization expects 27% of the vote next month in Texas will be cast by Hispanics.
The Spectrum News/Siena poll gives O'Rourke a 22-percentage point lead, 58%-36%, while Villalba's Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation poll gives O'Rourke a 15-percentage point lead over Abbott, 54%-39%. Governor Abbott, whose wife, First Lady Cecilia Abbott is Latina, told me his party's policies and beliefs attract Hispanic voters.
The crisis at the southern border has helped Republicans make gains in the Rio Grande Valley, but Villalba said there's a limit to how much it will help statewide.
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