Texas Politics Project

In this week's episode of Unpacking the News, the news segments produced for students enrolled in James Henson & Josh Blank's GOV 310 intro to U.S. and Texas government course, the two look at the U.S. war with Iran and it's possible effects on the 2026 election environment in Texas and the U.S.

Unpacking the News: The U.S. at War in iran James Henson and Joshua Blank look at the war in Iran, including useful background from CNN on the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, recent CBS/YouGov polli...

New Second Reading Podcast: James Henson & Josh BlankI talk over the latest twists in the GOP Senate run off in Texas, then dig into what public opinion data tells us about the possible impact of the U.S. war in Iran on the political climate in Texas. https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/the-u-s-war-in-iran-and-the-election-climate-in-texas

We compiled Texas public opinion data to consider the potential primary audiences for Democratic U.S. Senate Primary James Talarico's foregrounding of his progressive Christian theology. See some of that data in the graphics below, follow the link for some discussion.
https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/the-audience-s-for-james-talarico-s-progressive-christianity-in-the-democratic-primary-2

With the new semester kicking off at colleges and universities, many students are searching for internships. If you are a government (including legislative), political, or legal office or organization looking for interns, I encourage you to post your openings at the Texas Politics Project internship bulletin board. It easy to use, and free to use for both employers and students. For more than a decade, we've been connecting students with internship opportunities. The site gets hundreds of thousands of visits every year, and is go-to resource for legislative offices and political organizations of all types. So help our students, and your organization, by posting. It's a public access site, and reaches students across Texas and beyond. At the URL below, just click on "post an internship" and you'll find a very easy to use form you can cut and paste information. Please share if you you're willing, and pass on to potential users. Thanks

Internships The Texas Politics Project conducts regular, non-partisan, statewide polls of registered voters in Texas, and makes the results and data available for public use.

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Texas Redistricting Blows Up (Again); the State of the Trump Coalition James Henson & Joshua Blank consider the politics of the federal court decision throwing out the recently redrawn Texas Congressional map, and the MAGA crack...