Texas Gubernatorial Poll

A SurveyUSA poll of the Texas gubernatorial race, released Sep. 19, shows these results: Republican Perry 35%, independent Kinky Friedman 23%, Democrat Bell 23%, independent Carole Strayhorn 15%, Libertarian Werner 2%, undecided 2%.


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Texas Gubernatorial Poll — 5 Comments

  1. Woohoo!!!

    Go kinky. Does Texas Election code specify a Majority or Plurality?

    Also, do you know what was Jesse Ventura polling at this point in time before his election?

  2. That’s a remarkable showing by Werner, considering there are two high-profile independents in the race.

  3. Plurality only is required in the gubernatorial election. I predict the next governor will win with 36% of the vote (hopefully Kinky). I think I recall that Ventura only got up to +20% a few weeks before the election. We’ve got 7 weeks left. But there will be only one debate including Gov Rick Perry. Unlike Ventura who had 7 debates with the incumbent and Dem challenger. Unfortunately the Libertarian candidate is not being allowed to debate with Perry.

  4. There was no incumbent in the ’98 Minnesota governor’s race. Now-U. S. Sen. Norm Coleman was the GOP nominee, and Hubert Humphrey III was the Dem nominee.

    The vote was Ventura 37%; Coleman 35%; Humphrey 28%. A lot of younger folks took advantage of MN’s same-day voter registration; this likely made the difference for “The Body.”

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