North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling has stuck its nose in the Texas race for governor and the news doesn't bode well for the incumbent.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison leads Gov. Rick Perry 56 percent to 31 percent among likely Republican voters, according to the poll released this morning.
Hutchison is viewed favorably by 76 percent of those polled, while Perry is viewed favorably by 60 percent.
Dig deeper into the numbers and another interesting tidbit emerges: Hutchison has a 16-point lead among the 47 percent of respondents that like both candidates.
PPP polled 797 likely Republican primary voters from February 18th to 20th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.5%.
The firm plans to release a poll on those vying for Hutchison's Senate seat tomorrow.
(For those wondering, this photo was taken in 2000.)
-Aman Batheja
Kay is on her way!
Posted by: Kay Backer | February 24, 2009 at 05:34 PM
That's great news. I'm a Democrat, but I'm voting for Kay. Perry has to go!!!
Posted by: Larry Love | February 24, 2009 at 07:28 PM
I'll vote for anyone BUT Perry!
Posted by: mlfrank | February 24, 2009 at 07:44 PM
I don't like either one. I want someone who will stand up for AMERICAN citizens and force the legislature to enact laws like Oklahoma and Arizona to be tough on Illegal immigrants.
I want someone who will send in the Texas Rangers to arrest the Mayors of known safe havens for illegals. Rick is against the fence while the drug cartel wars in Mexico are spilling over into our border towns, and Kay hasn't done anything about this either.
Our schools are over run with illegals children, our hospitals on the verge of bankruptcy, and in this economy we can not afford these people anymore.
Posted by: ramper | February 25, 2009 at 02:57 AM
Neither are a good choice to represent Texas. Neither are strong on illegal immigration. Neither are fiscally conservative. Heck, KBH voted for the brady bill, no I have not forgotten and never will.
Posted by: Randy | February 26, 2009 at 08:19 PM
Perhaps someone in NC needs to rethink their polling procedures, Perry leads Hutchison by 12 points according to the UT poll
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0709/Poll_Perry_leads_Hutchison.html
Posted by: Doc John | July 29, 2009 at 04:26 PM
I'd vote for a dead dog over any Republican!
Posted by: Gracie | January 14, 2010 at 08:19 PM
What's wrong with Debra Medina?
If you don't like Perry then why would you want to vote for Hutchinsen who is 80-90% the same as Perry? She's a globalist, loves big government, voted for the 23.7 trillion dollar wallstreet/banking bailouts, belongs to the Bilderberg group, etc. etc. These two candidates are not conservatives, they are both big government, corporate owned puppets. Quit voting for the same garbage candidates over and over again then complaining about how you don't like the results.
Posted by: Wayne | February 10, 2010 at 01:16 PM