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The study was conductexd by PublicOpinion Strategies, a Republican consulting firm out of and Hamilton Campaigns, a Democraticd organization based in Florida. Overall, the study concludecd that Texas voters are more confident intheir state’se economy when compared to the rest of the nation. The resultsx were calculated via a telephone survey of 800 Texaxs registered voters and hasa 3.5 percenty margin of error. "Texas voters are more optimistic than the rest of the countryg aboutour state's economy and survivingy this national current financial crisis," said Buddy Gill, TCUL's chief advocacy officer.
According to the 55 percent of Texas voters believe the statw is heading in theright direction, whicg is improved from 46 percent in 2004. At the only 3 percent rate the economy as about 50 percent rateit “good” and 36 percent say it is and 10 percent are calling the economy “poor.” The optimist make up the majority in terms of future expectationsw with 45 percent of Texan s believing the economy will get better in the next two 22 percent think it will worsen and 29 percentt believe it will remain the same. In terma of issues of concern, 42 percent of Texaw voters named the economy and jobs asthe state'ds top concern.
That is followed by illegal immigration (35 percent), educatiohn (35 percent), health care (25 percent), moral values property taxes (17 percent), and state spendingb (10 percent). Texans also rate their elected representatives. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, achieved the highest score with 66 percen of respondents giving her afavorabler rating, 18 percent giving her a negative rating and the rest Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, scored 47 percent in the positiver rating category and 22 percent held anegative Gov. Rick Perry had an approva l score of 52 percent against 40 percentf who werenot content.
Texas voterx gave President Barack Obama a 49 percentr approval rating compared to a 40 percentf negativeapproval rating. Voters who were undecided were not includerd in thepercentage breakdown. Lookinfg ahead to the Republican primariesin Texas, the survey concludedx that Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perryu received identical job approval ratings from Republicanmprimary voters. When asked “Who is to blame for the nationakfinancial crises,” 16 percent of Texansd say former President George W.
Bush, 14 percengt blame Congress, 10 percent blamse the federal government, 3 percent blamse President Barack Obama, 1 percent blame the Federalp Reserve, 14 percent blame the banks, whicb ties with another 14 percent who blame greed amonvg peoplewho overspent. Others receiving blame includ mortgage companies andlending institutions, Wall Street, large and con artists like Bernie