Exclusive Spectrum News/Ipsos poll: Texans see their state as a political battleground
DALLAS — Immigration is the top concern among people in Texas, and getting a handle on immigration is the most important issue people in the Lone Star State want their next governor to address, an exclusive new Spectrum News/Ipsos poll shows.
Just over a third of Texans surveyed said they feel that the top issue facing the state today was immigration, the poll said. Texas shares a 1,200-mile border with Mexico on its southern flank. A surge in migrants during the past year has challenged state, local and federal authorities and made immigration a political hot-button issue.
Texas voters were asked about their attitudes towards the issues facing the state and nation today, as well as various laws and mandates that went into effect recently in the state in the poll conducted from Nov. 16 to 26. About 2,000 interviews were taken from a representative sample of Texas' population. The poll, which was released on Dec. 1, has a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percentage points.
When Texans were asked what the main issue facing their state was, immigration has continued to rise to the top since the last survey, when the pandemic and getting a handle on the spread of COVID-19 topped the list of Texans’ concerns.
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