Quinnipiac poll: Trump-Biden `too tight to tell' in Texas

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a tick-tight contest in Texas, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

"Too tight to tell in Texas. As the country confronts chaos and COVID-19, perhaps one of the most important states of all is a toss-up," said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy of the results of their survey, in which Trump, who won Texas by 9 points over Hillary Clinton in 2016, is leading Biden by a single point, 44% to 43%, five months out from the general election.

The survey of 1,166 self-identified registered voters in Texas was conducted May 28 to June 1 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

The survey also found Gov. Greg Abbott far more popular than Trump or the state's two Republican senators, with U. S. Sen. John Cornyn, who is seeking a third term, posting particularly anemic numbers for a candidate of such long standing on the Texas political scene.

Trump received a 45%/50% approval/disapproval rating for his job performance, the same as the September Quinnipiac poll.

Abbott had a 56%/32% approval rating, compared to 56%/27% in September.

U. S. Sen.Ted Cruz had a 45%/42% job approval rating, down from 49%/40% in September.

Cornyn 's rating is split down the middle, 37%/36%, a small slump from 41%/34% in September.

Powered by overwhelming Democratic support, 59% of Texans say voters in the state should be allowed to vote by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic. But 31% of Republicans are also OK with expanded voting by mail.

"Mail it in, say a majority of virus-wary Texans, with Democrats far more willing to let the post office deliver their vote," Malloy said.

The Quinnipiac Poll also had some revealing findings with regard to the pace of reopening the economy.

Of the pace Abbott has set, 49% say he's handling it "about right," ... (Read more)

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