O'Rourke rose to national prominence after nearly defeating Texas Senator Ted Cruz in 2018's Senate race, giving Democrats hopes of flipping the state for the first time in decades. In the latest poll, 35% of voters approved of the job he is doing, while 39% . Greg Abbott is not as popular as he once was, so perhaps we shouldnt be too quick to write off ORourke. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico in the survey. RCP Senate Ratings, Map. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. The poll doesn't bode particularly well for Democrat Beto O'Rourke or actor and Austin resident Matthew McConaughey either. Why is Biden announcing his 2024 bid now, and what will change? Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee in the survey. However, a Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation poll conducted by Rice University in October did find Abbott and ORourke running about even among registered voters, and voters also disliked the two equally (47 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion of each). Greg Abbott Job Approval Trend | The Texas Politics Project His state is facing another Covid surge. Likewise, Democratic Gov. An interactive map derived from the FiveThirtyEight probabilistic model for the 2022 governor elections. Abbot's net approval rating has decreased by 7% overall, but his approval rate among Republicans dropped just one percentage point. And even if President Biden isnt as unpopular in the fall of 2022 as former President Trump was in the fall of 2018, a midterm environment still tends to disadvantage the party thats in the White House. FiveThirtyEights partisan lean metric is the average difference between how a state votes and how the country votes overall, with 2016 presidential election results weighted at 50 percent, 2012 presidential election results weighted at 25 percent and results from elections for the state legislature weighted at 25 percent. He shows a 51 percent approval rating on the issue versus a 47 percent disapproval rating. Send us an email. Share or Embed your Map: Select 'Share Map' button above. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Approval Plummets as 52 Percent - Newsweek Live From New York: Will AI Replace This Podcast? Texas governor Greg Abbott's approval rating falls amid anger over new
