Texas poll – A June poll of 1,706 Texas registered voters finds Republicans and Democrats land on opposite sides of both voter-fraud beliefs and which should come first: stopping fraud or protecting ballot access. Independents split nearly evenly, with the divide showing u
For many Texans heading into November, the dispute isn’t just about politics—it’s about what voters think elections are facing, and what the state should do first.
The tension shows up in a June poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University. which surveyed 1. 706 Texas registered voters. Republicans made up 47% of the sample and Democrats 38%. Independents accounted for 13%—and they end up breaking the same way, even when they aren’t choosing a party.
The poll arrives as Texans prepare for the November General Election, including a hotly contested U.S. Senate race and a governor’s race between Democratic and Republican candidates.
It also lays bare a divide that cuts across issue lines. Texas voters don’t just disagree on policy preferences. They disagree on what they believe is happening in the voting process—and on whether election integrity or ballot access should be prioritized.
When respondents were asked. “In United States elections do you believe there is: a great deal of voter fraud. some voter fraud. very little voter fraud. or no voter fraud?”. the overall results pointed to a split in perception. About 24% of Texas registered voters said there is a great deal of voter fraud. Another 35% said there is some voter fraud. Thirty percent said there is very little voter fraud, and 11% said there is no voter fraud.
That broad picture breaks sharply along party lines. Eighty-three percent of Texas Republicans said there is either a great deal or some voter fraud in U.S. elections. Seventy percent of Texas Democrats said there is either very little or no voter fraud in U.S. elections.
Independents land almost evenly on the topic: 54% believe there is a great deal or some voter fraud, while 46% believe there is either very little or no voter fraud.
The poll then asked Texans which goal deserves priority. One option framed the issue around enforcement and immigration: “That we do everything possible to stop voter fraud and illegal immigrants from voting.” The other centered on access: “That eligible citizens aren’t denied the ability to vote.”
The answer was a precise deadlock. Exactly 50% of respondents said election integrity should be prioritized, and exactly 50% said ballot access should be prioritized.
The ideological split inside that half-and-half result is where the numbers sharpen again. Eighty percent of Republicans said election integrity was more important. Eighty-eight percent of Democrats said ballot access should be prioritized.
Independents, once again, divided almost evenly. Forty-eight percent believed election integrity should take priority, while 52% thought ballot access should.
Taken together, the poll maps a consistent pattern across two questions that often get lumped into a single debate. Texans are split on fraud perceptions and split again on what matters more at the ballot box, with party identity driving both outcomes.
With Election Day approaching and major statewide races on the ballot, the June results suggest that the arguments about voting rules aren’t softening. They’re hardening into clear camps—and leaving independents to hover close to the center without settling the direction either side wants to take.
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