Aug 6, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 11 segments
James Henson and Joshua Blank return from a July podcasting hiatus to catch up on Texas polling in the Senate and gubernatorial races, and consider the influences on the election environment in Texas…
Jim HensonHost
Josh BlankHost
Um, but y- that poll and on top of about three polls that we've seen in about the last month, month and a half, if you go back to The New York Times/Siena poll-
... um, have pretty unambiguously showed an increasingly tightening ra- Senate race between Ken Paxton and, and James Talarico, and that's just fueling this dynamic you're talking about where there's a lot more national attention-
Um, you know, so we've had three successful polls in that period showing Talarico with a slight lead.
Um, what's notable here, I think relative to, to past races maybe and kinda where we are at this point in time, it's notable that, like the share of, like don't knows and unsure is very low-
Um, but y- that poll and on top of about three polls that we've seen in about the last month, month and a half, if you go back to The New York Times/Siena poll-
... um, have pretty unambiguously showed an increasingly tightening ra- Senate race between Ken Paxton and, and James Talarico, and that's just fueling this dynamic you're talking about where there's a lot more national attention-
Um, you know, so we've had three successful polls in that period showing Talarico with a slight lead.
Um, what's notable here, I think relative to, to past races maybe and kinda where we are at this point in time, it's notable that, like the share of, like don't knows and unsure is very low-
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