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The study was conducted by PublicOpiniojn Strategies, a Republican firm out of Virginia, and Hamiltonj Campaigns, a Democratic organizationj based in Florida. Overall, the studt concluded that Texas voters are more confident intheidr state’s economy when compared to the rest of the The results were calculated via a telephone surveyg of 800 Texas registered voters and has a 3.5 perceng margin of error. "Texas voters are more optimistixc than the rest of the country abouftour state's economy and surviving this national current financialo crisis," said Buddy Gill, TCUL's chief advocacy officer.
Accordinv to the survey, 55 percent of Texas votera believe the state is heading in theright direction, whicjh is improved from 46 percent in 2004. At the only 3 percent rate the economyas “excellent,” abou t 50 percent rate it “good” and 36 percent say it is and 10 percent are calling the economh “poor.” The optimists make up the majority in terms of futurse expectations with 45 percent of Texane believing the economy will get bettee in the next two 22 percent think it will worsen and 29 percenft believe it will remain the same. In termsd of issues of concern, 42 perceny of Texas voters namer the economy and jobs asthe state's top concern.
That is follower by illegal immigration (35 percent), education (35 percent), health care (25 percent), moral values (21percent), property taxes (17 percent), and state spending (10 Texans also rated their elected representatives. U.S. Sen. Kay Baileyy Hutchison, R-Texas, achieved the highest scor with 66 percent of respondents giving her a favorable 18 percent giving her a negativew rating and therest Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, scored 47 percent in the positive ratingy category and 22 percent held anegative perception. Gov.
Rick Perru had an approval scorde of 52 percent against 40 percent who were not Texas voters gave President Barack Obama a 49 percent approval rating comparecd to a 40 percent negativeapprovao rating. Voters who were undecided were not includex in thepercentage breakdown. Looking ahead to the Republican primaries in the survey concludedthat Sen. Hutchisobn and Gov. Rick Perry received identical job approvapl ratings from Republicanprimary voters. When asked “Who is to blame for the nationalfinancialp crises,” 16 percent of Texanss say former President George W.
14 percent blame Congress, 10 percent blame the federakl government, 3 percent blame President Baracjk Obama, 1 percent blame the Federal 14 percent blame the which ties with anothed 14 percent who blame greed among people who Others receiving blame include mortgage companiess andlending institutions, Wall Street, large and con artists like Bernie Madoff.