The poll is good news for those who want a conservative agenda without some of the more anti immigrant rhetoric we have seen in other states (link). Excerpt follows...
Republican Gov. Rick Perry enters the 2011 legislative session more popular than he's been in years but not so popular that Texans want him to run for president, according to a new poll commissioned by the American-Statesman and other newspapers.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, meanwhile, could be vulnerable to defeat in the Republican primary if she runs for re-election next year.
Perry posted his highest job approval rate — 51 percent — and his lowest disapproval rate — 30 percent — in five years, pollster Mickey Blum said.
About half the voters in the state think Texas is headed in the right direction.
"People think Perry's doing the right thing," Blum said.
I have some problems with the poll but I won't go into them. Maybe you can spot some of those problems if I just blog the results...
Poll questions, results
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Rick Perry is doing as Governor?
| Texas adults | Registered voters | |
| Approve | 50% | 51% |
| Disapprove | 29% | 30% |
| Not sure | 20% | 16% |
| Refuse | 2% | 3% |
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kay Bailey Hutchison is doing as Senator?
| Texas adults | Registered voters | |
| Approve | 44% | 46% |
| Disapprove | 24% | 26% |
| Not sure | 27% | 25% |
| Refuse | 5% | 3% |
Do you think Texas Gov. Rick Perry should or should not run for President in two years?
| Texas adults | Registered voters | |
| Should | 24% | 24% |
| Should not | 61% | 63% |
| Not sure | 14% | 12% |
| Refuse | 1% | 2% |
Do you think it is fair to voters for a lawmaker in their district to switch parties right after an election or don't you think so?
| Texas adults | Registered voters | |
| Yes, fair | 17% | 17% |
| No, not fair | 70% | 72% |
| Not sure | 11% | 10% |
| Refuse | 2% | 2% |
Did you vote for Rick Perry, Bill White, or someone else if you voted in the recent November 2010 General Election for Governor?
| Registered voters | |
| Perry | 36% |
| White | 24% |
| Someone else | --- |
| Not eligible to vote | 3% |
| Something came up | 11% |
| Chose not to vote | 14% |
| Not sure | 5% |
| Refuse | 8% |
In politics today, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or something else?
| Registered voters | |
| Republican | 29% |
| Democrat | 26% |
| Independent leaning Republican | 16% |
| Independent leaning Democrat | 5% |
| Strictly Independent | 17% |
| Something else | 1% |
| Not sure | 3% |
| Refuse | 4% |
KBH is NOT seeking reelection to 4th full six-year term in the Senate come 2012, which likely opens the door for Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst since Railroad Commissioners Michael Williams and Elizabeth Ames Jones are already running for the Senate seat on the GOP side and on the Democratic side, former TX Comptroller John Sharp is running.
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