The Western Journal Political scientist Mark Owens, who directed the poll, told The Morning News that “Trump is ahead.”
The paper reported the president’s polling is linked to that of Sen. John Cornyn, who is ahead of Democratic challenger M.J. Hegar by 11 points — down 2 points from the July poll.
On the correlation between the senator’s and Trump’s re-election campaigns, Owens said, “Trump is helped by Cornyn.”
Even many Democrats concede the president is likely to win the Lone Star State on Nov. 3
“I will be shocked if Biden carries Texas,” poll respondent Terri Sharman of Tyler told The Morning News. The 62-year-old retired elementary school teacher said she badly wants Trump out of power.
“Every morning you wake up and it’s a fresh hell,” Sharman said.
Trump erases Biden’s lead in Texas, as Hegar chips away at Cornyn’s edge in Senate race https://t.co/y17YKyzgvU
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) September 7, 2020
Trump received 28 percent of support from Hispanic likely voters, 9 percent support from black likely voters and 60 percent from white likely voters.
Biden, meanwhile, had the support of 58 percent of Hispanic likely voters, 87 percent of black likely voters and 35 percent of white likely voters.
Eight percent of Hispanic likely voters are undecided, compared with 4 percent each of black and white voters.
Trump carried Texas by 9 points in 2016, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton 52.2 percent to 43.2 percent to take the state’s 38 Electoral College votes, The New York Times reported.