{"id":1099683,"date":"2021-12-08T17:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T22:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099683"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T22:29:25","slug":"new-poll-shows-beto-down-15-to-texas-governor-greg-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-beto-down-15-to-texas-governor-greg-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows Beto Down 15 To Texas Governor Greg Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-poll-shows-beto-down-15-to-texas-governor-greg-abbott%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3830\">Quinnipiac University poll<\/a> shows Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott absolutely crushing gubernatorial Democratic candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke among registered voters by a whopping 15 points, 52%-37%.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy pointed out, \u201cHow far behind is Beto O\u2019Rourke? 15 points is more than your typical two touchdown deficit in football and an even bigger hole in the game of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among Republicans, Abbott leads 90%-5% while Independents prefer Abbott 47%-37%. Democrats went for O\u2019Rourke 87%-6%.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-two percent of voters viewed Abbott favorably with 42% viewing him unfavorably. O\u2019Rourke was underwater; 36% viewed him favorably with 42% viewing him unfavorably. Fifty-four percent of voters found O\u2019Rourke too liberal; 41% of voters found Abbott too conservative.<\/p>\n<p>While 55% of voters thought Abbott was honest, only 45% thought the same of O\u2019Rourke. While 57% of voters felt Abbott cared about average Texans, only 45% felt that way about O\u2019Rourke. Sixty percent of voters thought Abbott had good leadership skills; only 49% agreed with that when it came to O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty percent felt Abbot was better dealing with the economy; only 32% voted for O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-eight percent felt Abbott better equipped to handle the immigration issues at the southern border, which voters felt was the most urgent issue by far; only 35% went for O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-five percent preferred Abbott to deal with election laws; 40% preferred O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-four percent preferred Abbott dealing with a response to the coronavirus: 39% voted for O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-cover-story\">once said<\/a> prior to announcing his campaign for president, \u201cMan, I\u2019m just born to be in it,\u201d announced his candidacy in mid-November saying he intended to \u201cserve ALL of the people of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-beto-orourke-launches-run-for-texas-governor\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted at the time:<\/p>\n<p><em>Soon after O\u2019Rourke\u2019s official campaign announcement on Monday, the Republican Governors Association put out a statement warning Texas voters about policies that O\u2019Rourke has promoted in the past including a restriction of \u201cassault weapons\u201d and revocation of the tax-exempt status of religious organizations who don\u2019t support same-sex marriage.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While on the campaign trail for president, O\u2019Rourke&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/democrat-beto-orourke-running-texas-140116217.html\">declared<\/a>, \u201c&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/1f401a8932974a84bff361be161df5de\">\u201cHell, yes, we\u2019re gonna take your AR-15.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTexas voters have already rejected Beto O\u2019Rourke for statewide office, and they\u2019ll do so again now that they know just how radical he really is,\u201d&nbsp;said RGA spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She continued, \u201cBeto 2.0 vowed to confiscate the firearms of law-abiding citizens, pledged to tear down physical barriers along the border, and supported regulations that would kill over a million jobs across the state and raise taxes and the cost of living on families and small businesses. There\u2019s no telling how far Beto 3.0 will go in his vain attempt to stay relevant after running out of promotions to chase in Washington.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When O\u2019Rourke hinted he might run for governor, after losing a Senate race to Senator Ted Cruz and launching an abortive presidential campaign, Abbott commented, \u201cYou\u2019re talking about a person who says they want to run for governor who said, \u2018Heck yes,\u2019 he\u2019s gonna come and take your guns. Heck yes, he\u2019s for open borders. Heck yes, he\u2019s for killing the energy sector and fossil fuels in the state of Texas. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s gonna sell real well,\u201d as the Texas Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/01\/28\/greg-abbott-beto-orourke-texas-governor-race-2022\/?utm_campaign=trib-social&amp;utm_content=1611881710&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott absolutely crushing gubernatorial Democratic candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke among registered voters by a whopping 15 points, 52%-37%.Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy pointed out, \u201cHow far behind is Beto O\u2019Rourke? 15 points is more than your typical two touchdown deficit in football and an even bigger hole in the game of politics.\u201dAmong Republicans, Abbott leads 90%-5% while Independents prefer Abbott 47%-37%. Democrats went for O\u2019Rourke 87%-6%.Fifty-two percent of voters viewed Abbott favorably with 42% viewing him unfavorably. O\u2019Rourke was underwater; 36% viewed him favorably with 42% viewing him unfavorably. Fifty-four percent of voters found O\u2019Rourke too liberal; 41% of voters found Abbott too conservative.While 55% of voters thought Abbott was honest, only 45% thought the same of O\u2019Rourke. While 57% of voters felt Abbott cared about average Texans, only 45% felt that way about O\u2019Rourke. Sixty percent of voters thought Abbott had good leadership skills; only 49% agreed with that when it came to O\u2019Rourke.Sixty percent felt Abbot was better dealing with the economy; only 32% voted for O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-eight percent felt Abbott better equipped to handle the immigration issues at the southern border, which voters felt was the most urgent issue by far; only 35% went for O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-five percent preferred Abbott to deal with election laws; 40% preferred O\u2019Rourke. Fifty-four percent preferred Abbott dealing with a response to the coronavirus: 39% voted for O\u2019Rourke.O\u2019Rourke, who once said prior to announcing his campaign for president, \u201cMan, I\u2019m just born to be in it,\u201d announced his candidacy in mid-November saying he intended to \u201cserve ALL of the people of Texas.\u201dThe Daily Wire noted at the time:Soon after O\u2019Rourke\u2019s official campaign announcement on Monday, the Republican Governors Association put out a statement warning Texas voters about policies that O\u2019Rourke has promoted in the past including a restriction of \u201cassault weapons\u201d and revocation of the tax-exempt status of religious organizations who don\u2019t support same-sex marriage.\u00a0While on the campaign trail for president, O\u2019Rourke\u00a0declared, \u201c\u00a0\u201cHell, yes, we\u2019re gonna take your AR-15.\u201d\u201cTexas voters have already rejected Beto O\u2019Rourke for statewide office, and they\u2019ll do so again now that they know just how radical he really is,\u201d\u00a0said RGA spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez.\u00a0She continued, \u201cBeto 2.0 vowed to confiscate the firearms of law-abiding citizens, pledged to tear down physical barriers along the border, and supported regulations that would kill over a million jobs across the state and raise taxes and the cost of living on families and small businesses. There\u2019s no telling how far Beto 3.0 will go in his vain attempt to stay relevant after running out of promotions to chase in Washington.\u201dWhen O\u2019Rourke hinted he might run for governor, after losing a Senate race to Senator Ted Cruz and launching an abortive presidential campaign, Abbott commented, \u201cYou\u2019re talking about a person who says they want to run for governor who said, \u2018Heck yes,\u2019 he\u2019s gonna come and take your guns. Heck yes, he\u2019s for open borders. Heck yes, he\u2019s for killing the energy sector and fossil fuels in the state of Texas. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s gonna sell real well,\u201d as the Texas Tribune reported.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}