I am proud to report that the Texas Democratic Party's ePrimary Poll has been a huge success. Because of your help spreading the word to our fellow Democrats, in just five short days, over 7,200 Texas Democrats have cast their vote for President!
That's over five times the number of Texas Republicans who cast their vote in last weekend's exclusive Straw Poll. And we're not done yet! With one more day left to vote, all Texas Democrats still have a chance to make their voices heard in the next presidential election.
The enormous participation in the TDP ePrimary Poll is evidence of a Democratic Party on the rise in the Lone Star State. While Texas Republicans had only third-string candidates and embarrassingly low turnout at their VIP-only Straw Poll last weekend, Democrats from every corner of the state are energized by our Party's strong field of presidential candidates and showing their excitement for 2008 in the ePrimary Poll.
Democrats believe our state and nation are better served when more people participate, and the ePrimary Poll is a way for all Texas Democrats to get involved in the primary process and weigh in as our Party selects a presidential nominee. Tell the country which Democrats you want to see take over the White House!
If you haven't voted in the ePrimary Poll, there's still time. Texas Democrats have until TOMORROW at 11:59pm to cast their vote for any one of our Democratic presidential candidates.
NOTE: If you are looking for the most recent Clinton vs. Obama Texas Primary Poll, please go to this post.
Below is the latest installment of the Texas Primary Tracking Polls conducted by IVR Polls commissioned on behalf of Burnt Orange Report. IVR Polls correctly predicted the TX-10 race within a margin of 1 point in 2006.
This month we have two polls for your reading pleasure! We are profiling both the Presidential and U.S. Senate primary races here in Texas. The Senate results are further down if you want to jump to them.
After holding steady in the low 40's, Clinton has dipped off this month going from 41.5% in July to 36.7% in August. Clinton seems to have lost some Latino support and it has hurt her top line. We have said for months now that Clinton likely has a ceiling of support in the low 40's, this month's poll seems to prove that point.
Obama's numbers have also fallen do to a loss of Latino support. After climbing as high as 20% last month, Obama is down 17.6%. This is a change within the margin, but this could have been the month to further close the gap on Clinton and that didn't happen. Obama still hasn't made the gain in the African American community in Texas. Obama registered 32% of the African American support were Clinton still has 31%.
After a steady drop for Edwards and a sudden drop for Richardson, both men have climbed back up. Edwards is back up to 14.6% and Richardson has hit his highest level of support since we started this poll in March with 8.9%.
Kucinich and Biden have also had surprising bumps with 3.2% and 4.2% respectively. Undecided have also dropped nearly 3% to 13.7%.
Texas Senate Race Results
The Senate race has a clear winner-undecided. Note that this poll was conducted before word came that Emil Reichstadt was pulling out of the Senate race.
IVR Polls breaks down their data by region with some interesting facts.
In the Senate race, more than half are undecided, but Noriega takes 58% of those with an opinion to Watts' 30% and Reichstadt's 12%. Noriega was the huge favorite in the Houston area codes, while Watts was the huge favorite in the Corpus Christi area code. Noriega leads slightly in Watts' new home of San Antonio, but almost 70% were undecided. Noriega was also a solid favorite in the 956 area code, which stretches from Brownsville to Laredo and has the heaviest turnout for Democratic primaries. DFW had no clear favorites and was more 'undecided' than most areas.
Undecided sits at 52%, with Noriega at 27%, and Watts at 14% as noted in the chart above.
During the Texas Democratic Party’s recent Town Hall Tour, I traveled nearly 10,000 miles and visited with thousands of Democrats. And I am proud to report that Texas Democrats are unified, energized and eager to win in 2008!
Like most Americans, Democrats from Texarkana to El Paso are tired of George Bush’s failure and ready for a change in the White House. That’s why I am very pleased to announce that the Texas Democratic Party is holding our first-ever ePrimary Poll, a weeklong online event that will give Texas Democrats a chance to support their favorite candidate for President.
Starting today, Democrats across the Lone Star State have the opportunity to cast their vote for any of our outstanding presidential candidates at the TDP website. After Republican leaders weakened the influence of Texas voters by failing to move up our state’s primary election, the TDP is doing everything we can to ensure Texas Democrats have a say in determining the next president of the United States. Now is the time to make your voice heard!
(Vote in our poll on the right-hand side of the page. - promoted by Burnt Orange Report)
Now that Obama has officially entered the Presidential potato sack race, I think it is fitting we do a quick straw poll among BOR readers as to who they would support in the Democratic Primary at this point and time. While Edwards continues to run a slight lead in DailyKos polling, what do BOR readers think?
In the interest of my own biased science, Zogby style, I am not going to include candidates that have not announced their intentions. But I will choose "other" as an option in case you don't like anyone at the moment or you think Bill Clinton will find a way to run for office again.
