Perry back on top in Governor's race

Rasmussen Reports:

Governor Rick Perry is back out front of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison with an 11-point lead in the 2010 Republican Primary gubernatorial race in Texas.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Texas GOP Primary voters finds Perry with 46% of the vote while Hutchison earns 35%. Four percent (4%) support Debra Medina, a tea-party activist who joined the GOP race a few months ago, and 14% are undecided.

Two months ago, the race was a toss-up following Hutchison’s tour of the state to launch her campaign. However, in mid-July, Perry led Hutchison by 10 points, 46% to 36%.

Perry has a 52% to 30% advantage over Hutchison among those who identify themselves as conservatives, while Hutchison attracts a majority of party moderates and liberals.

In all primary elections, turnout is the key, and it is very difficult to project turnout this far in advance. However, it appears that Perry has a clear advantage if only the conservative Republican base shows up in a low-turnout election. Hutchison will do better if she expands the number of people who participate.

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Just 12% of Texas GOP Primary voters say the stimulus has helped the economy while 58% say it has hurt. When asked to look into the future and measure what the impact will be when all the stimulus money has been spent, the number who say it will hurt the economy grows by five percentage points.

Among GOP Primary voters, just 12% favor the health care plan working its way through Congress, and 87% are opposed. That latter figure includes 76% who are Strongly Opposed. Ninety-three percent (93%) want people to prove they are in the United States legally before receiving government subsidies for health care.

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I think the numbers suggest that Hutchison is probably right to recognize she needs to be in Texas to campaign effectively.

The last two quoted paragraphs demonstrate just how difficult a position the Democrats have placed themselves in Texas. While Pelosi gave Chet Edwards a pass on the health care bill because of numbers like this, his prior conduct during the August break when he tried to avoid Town Hall protesters suggest where his sentiments really lie. I don't think people will be fooled by his cynical posturing. He still voted for Pelosi who put this monstrosity together.

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  1. Texas-Based Media Junkie12:20 PM

    You almost wonder about those 12% of GOP Primary voters who favor Obamacare. Are they really even Republicans?

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