Austin (KXAN) – While legislators in the state continue to discuss bills in Capitol, a new survey highlights the most important issues for Texas.
The poll, conducted by a new initiative called Public Opinion Research in Texas (TPOR), asked 700 registered voters that two cases they felt was the most important for the officials elected in the state.
It was the highest response to the ability to withstand costs and the cost of living – 37 % of those included in the survey said it should be one of the main priorities of the legislators. Educational schools and public schools occupied 28 %, as the legislators continue to discuss the accounts of education savings (ESAS) to support special education for qualified students.
Immigration and border security have been a top priority for voters, as well as social security and medical care. More than 20 % of the respondents in the survey said that each of these topics should be at the height of the legislators.
The least importance was public safety, climate change and cultural issues. The poll showed that less than 5 % of Texas believe that these topics should be a top priority for elected officials.
“With the 2025 legislative session in Austin in full swing, this new data highlights the higher issues that Texas wants from their elected representatives to address,” said Luke Warford, TPOR Director. “The legislators in the state should focus on the priorities of the voters and recognize that Texas wants them to address bread and butter issues such as the ability to withstand costs, health care, border security, social security, medical care-and not the cultural war issues that have been strongly tested such as the ten will in public schools and a DEI ban.”
While TPOR itself is a non -partisan initiative, Warford itself is a democratic running for the Railway Commissioner in 2022.
The poll also asked people whether they had a favorable or unfavorable vision for many prominent politicians. The former deputy, Colin Alared, was the only one who got a pure positive classification. Democrat, who lost to Senator Ted Cruz in the US Senate elections in Texas 2024, “is seriously considering” the challenge of Senator John Corn in 2026, According to Dallas Morning News.
Corn himself was found to be less popular politician, with a class preference classification by -22 %, indicating that he could be weak in the elections next year. Public Prosecutor Kane Pakston, a Republican colleague, is monitored as a potential main competitor to Corn. Backstone rating is -5 %, according to the survey.
The governor of the state, Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick, had favorable classifications less than -10 %, while the approval of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance was -3 % each.
TPOR says she plans to conduct each quarter research, “providing clear, digestible and implemented visible visions in the voter’s morale in the most urgent issues in the state,” adding that she hopes to be “a neutral source of reliable information about Texas and voters.”