Overview
- The Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University released a single-wave poll on June 2 that surveyed 1,706 registered Texas voters and found an exact 50/50 split when respondents were forced to choose between prioritizing fraud prevention or protecting eligible voters’ access.
- When given the tradeoff, 80% of self-identified Republicans said election integrity should come first while 88% of Democrats said protecting eligible voters’ access should come first, and independents were nearly evenly divided.
- The poll measured beliefs about fraud: 24% of voters said there is a great deal of voter fraud, 35% said there is some, 30% said very little, and 11% said none, with 83% of Republicans expressing belief in a great deal or some fraud versus 70% of Democrats saying there is very little or no fraud.
- The survey sample was reported as roughly 47% Republican, 38% Democrat and 13% independent and represents a single cross-sectional snapshot; the published coverage does not include a publicly cited margin of error or a trend comparison.
- Local reporting noted a gap between perception and documented cases, with ABC13 citing 75 Texas voter-fraud convictions over 20 years, and analysts say that gap could drive competing efforts to tighten rules or expand access and influence turnout in closely watched November races.