A brand new ballot printed Tuesday discovered that President Donald Trump’s approval score amongst Texans has fallen into damaging territory, whereas additionally discovering that the majority Texans are in opposition to banning the sale of THC merchandise.
The ballot, printed by the Texas Politics Challenge and the College of Texas, surveyed over 1,200 registered voters between June 6 and June 16 on all kinds of matters, together with Trump’s approval score, the sale of THC and the general opinion on the 89th legislative session.
Trump’s job efficiency score
In response to the examine, Trump’s approval score in Texas has fallen for the third consecutive time within the Texas Politics Challenge’s polling performed throughout his second time period — from 52% in February to now 44%.
When contributors have been requested about their total approval of Trump, 44% mentioned they disapprove strongly, 7% disapproved considerably, 5% neither permitted nor disapproved, 17% permitted considerably, and 27% permitted strongly.
When damaged down alongside social gathering strains, nearly all of Republicans nonetheless permitted of the president’s efficiency. However even in his personal social gathering, Trump’s approval score nonetheless fell barely from 92% in February to 87% in June.
As for Democrats, their total disapproval of Trump has remained comparatively regular with 94% disapproving, 85% of whom strongly disapprove.
The largest shift in approval, in keeping with the examine, got here amongst Texas independents, who noticed a rise in disapproval from 48% in February to 60% in June.
An additional breakdown of approval based mostly on particular coverage areas could be discovered on the Texas Politics Challenge’s web site.
Assist/opposition to banning the sale of THC merchandise
On Sunday, Abbott vetoed Senate Invoice 3, which might have banned the sale of just about all THC hemp merchandise in Texas. Abbott has included regulating quite than banning THC merchandise as one of many high priorities for the upcoming particular session.
Whereas responses for the survey have been collected earlier than Abbott’s veto, it nonetheless collected residents’ opinions on an outright ban on the sale of practically all THC merchandise in Texas.
In response to the survey, nearly all of respondents, 53%, opposed outlawing the sale of hemp-based THC merchandise, with 38% strongly opposing it. Damaged down by social gathering, 39% of Republicans, 68% of Democrats and 58% of independents opposed the ban.
State Legislature approval
The survey discovered that 45% of respondents disapproved of the Texas Legislature, with solely 11% of Democrats or independents approving of the Legislature’s job.
When it comes to how Texans thought the Legislature had affected their on a regular basis lives, 22% mentioned the Legislature had made their lives higher, whereas solely 3% mentioned “lots higher.” In response to the Texas Politics Challenge, Texans’ evaluations have been total extra damaging than these recorded on the finish of 2023. As of June 2025, 21% mentioned the Legislature had made their lives “considerably worse,” and 16% mentioned it had made their lives “lots worse.”
The entire survey’s outcomes had a +/- 2.83% margin of error.
