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Texas Senate: Talarico, Paxton Nearly Tied - Demographics

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Texas Statewide Poll of 1,028 Likely Voters
Conducted September 28-29, 2026 by Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Married Children at Home In the 2024 presidential election, who did you vote for, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or some other candidate?
LV's Male Female 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Democrat Republican Ind/Other Very liberal Somewhat liberal Moderate Somewhat conservative Very conservative Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Yes No Yes No Kamala Harris Donald Trump Some other candidate You did not vote Not sure
Thinking about the US Senate race in Texas, if the election were held today, for whom would you vote? Republican Ken Paxton, Democrat James Talarico, or Libertarian Ted Brown? Ken Paxton (R) 45% 50% 41% 21% 30% 50% 45% 58% 59% 19% 29% 43% 8% 84% 34% 12% 11% 24% 68% 86% 13% 39% 46% 48% 45% 47% 45% 42% 45% 46% 48% 39% 39% 50% 41% 36% 49% 8% 75% 8% 10% 0%
James Talarico (D) 46% 42% 49% 64% 61% 36% 45% 38% 34% 65% 58% 55% 87% 9% 48% 83% 87% 64% 23% 10% 47% 49% 45% 42% 46% 52% 51% 51% 47% 41% 45% 53% 54% 42% 50% 50% 44% 85% 15% 36% 34% 100%
Ted Brown (L) 4% 3% 4% 8% 4% 7% 2% 3% 2% 7% 7% 0% 2% 2% 9% 3% 2% 5% 4% 1% 18% 4% 2% 5% 5% 0% 0% 0% 4% 5% 5% 1% 0% 5% 3% 7% 3% 5% 3% 0% 17% 0%
Not sure 5% 5% 6% 7% 4% 8% 8% 2% 5% 9% 6% 2% 3% 5% 9% 2% 0% 8% 4% 3% 22% 8% 6% 5% 4% 0% 4% 7% 4% 8% 2% 7% 8% 4% 6% 8% 4% 3% 7% 56% 39% 0%
Survey Demographics
Total
LV's
Gender Male 48%
Female 52%
Total
LV's
Age 18-39 25%
40-64 44%
65+ 31%
Total
LV's
Race White 54%
African American 12%
Hispanic 27%
Another race 7%
Total
LV's
Party Republican 39%
Democratic 32%
Independent/Other 29%
Total
LV's
Education College graduate 36%
No four-year degree 64%
Total
LV's
Ideology Conservative 44%
Moderate 34%
Liberal 17%
Not sure 5%
Total
LV's
2024 vote Donald Trump 56%
Kamala Harris 43%
Another candidate 1%