© 2025
In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Our translator station serving St. Francis and Cheyenne County at 96.3 FM is off the air due to an air conditioning breakdown at its leased transmitter site, making it too hot for HPPR's equipment to operate. We are currently working to fix the situation. We apologize for the loss of service and ask listeners to tune to KZNK at 90.1 FM or listen on line through the player above or HPPR's mobile app.

Lyceum Poll Finds Bernie Sanders Only Democrat Likely To Beat Trump In Texas

Bernie Sanders at the "She the People Forum" in Houston in 2019.
Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT
Bernie Sanders at the "She the People Forum" in Houston in 2019.

From Texas Standard:

A new poll from the Texas Lyceum indicates that while Joe Biden leads in Texas, he’s likely not the one to beat President Donald Trump in November.

Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Lyceum Poll, says Biden has the strongest support among registered potential Democratic primary voters in Texas. But when pollsters asked which candidate has the best chance of beating Trump, most said “Bernie Sanders.”

Pollsters surveyed 1,200 Texas adults who were a mix of registered and unregistered voters. Blank says Lyceum chose that group because adult Texans, as opposed to voters only, is a more diverse group, and could perhaps give a clearer snapshot of political sentiment.

Of the 1,200, the poll identified 401 registered, potential Democratic primary voters. Their support for six top Democratic candidates was split the following way: 28% support for Joe Biden; 26% for Bernie Sanders; 13% for Elizabeth Warren; 9% for Michael Bloomberg; 6% for Pete Buttigieg; and 3% for Amy Klobuchar. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9%.

But when those surveyed asked who would win a head-to-head matchup with President Trump, Sanders was the only candidate a majority of respondents said could win. Blank says that response was common especially among 18- to 29-year-olds and among independent voters.

“Every other candidate we tested was beat by Donald Trump among Texas independents. [But] Sanders, was ahead of Trump by three points amongst this group,” Blank says.

The poll also surveyed Texans’ attitude towards Gov. Greg Abbott, and about different policy issues. A full summary of the results can be found at Texas Lyceum.

Written by Morgan Kuehler.

Copyright 2020 KUT 90.5

Kristen Cabrera