Democratic Primaries

TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts) Fri Sep 20, 2019, 04:44 AM Sep 2019

UT-Tyler poll shows Beto O'Rourke leads Trump by 2.3%, Biden leads by 1.6%, others behind

Beto O'Rourke, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders competitive against Donald Trump in Texas, UT-Tyler poll shows

WASHINGTON — Beto O'Rourke remains competitive against President Donald Trump in a Texas head-to-head matchup, according to a poll released Thursday by the Center for Opinion Research at the University of Texas at Tyler.

The poll, conducted over three days following last week's debate in Houston, shows O'Rourke polling better against Trump in a head-to-head matchup than every other Democratic contender except former Vice President Joe Biden.

Both led Trump by 2 percentage points in hypothetical matchups. Four other candidates tested against Trump lagged behind the president, though Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont trailed by less than the 2.8-percentage-point margin of error.

O'Rourke's campaign boasted that the results vindicate his stance on gun control. He has caught flak from members of both parties since forcefully demanding mandatory buybacks of assault weapons in the Houston debate.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/09/19/beto-o-rourke-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-competitive-against-donald-trump-in-texas-ut-tyler-poll-shows/

Preferred candidate among Democrats:

Joe Biden 26.0
Beto O'Rourke 19.9
Bernie Sanders 17.6
Elizabeth Warren 11.1
Cory Booker 5.9
Kamala Harris 5.4
Julian Castro 4.0
Pete Buttigieg 3.2
Everyone else 1.0 or less

In a general election, Beto was ahead of Trump by 2.3% while Biden was ahead of Trump by 1.6%. None of the other candidates were ahead of Trump in a general election matchup.

Polling Center Press Release
Texas Survey, September 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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UT-Tyler poll shows Beto O'Rourke leads Trump by 2.3%, Biden leads by 1.6%, others behind (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP

and yet the media still keeps pushing Castro when it comes to Texas . Beto is the Favorite in Texas JI7 Sep 2019 #1

+1. dalton99a Sep 2019 #4

Turn out is key vercetti2021 Sep 2019 #2

I'd be thrilled to have Beto at the top of the ticket if something were to happen to Biden. nt Tarheel_Dem Sep 2019 #3

kicked and DU rec HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #5

JI7

(89,248 posts)

1. and yet the media still keeps pushing Castro when it comes to Texas . Beto is the Favorite in Texas

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 04:58 AM

Sep 2019

among Democrats and more.

Beto is doing well running on Social Justice .

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)

4. +1.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 10:10 AM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)

2. Turn out is key

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 05:03 AM

Sep 2019

Texans are pissed. Lack of gun control solutions and border wall shit. Trump single handedly accelerated Texas flipping blue. Won't be 2024 or 2028. Possibly 2020 or 2022

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden