Donald Trump Hit by Shock Texas Poll [View all]

Donald Trump has a lead of just six points over Joe Biden in a head-to-head presidential matchup between the pair in the traditional Republican stronghold of Texas, according to a new survey.

The poll, conducted by The University of Texas at Tyler, gave Trump 46 percent of the vote and Biden 40 percent in a hypothetical presidential contest in which the rivals are the only candidates. A further six percent replied each of "someone else" and "don't know," while one percent declined to answer the question.

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The University of Texas at Tyler surveyed 1,144 registered Texan voters between June 11 and 20. A subsample of 931 likely voters cut Trump's lead further to just five points in the Lone Star State, with the Republican firebrand having 48 percent of the vote against 43 percent for Biden.

However, Trump's performance with registered voters in Texas improved once independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Libertarian Party's Chase Oliver and Green nominee Jill Stein were also included. In this scenario, Trump led by 46 percent against 38 percent for Biden, 12 percent for Kennedy Jr., three percent for Oliver and one percent for Stein.

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The first Texas poll I’ve seen in a while that references likely voters. I truly believe the “registered voters” polls are misleading.

Can we pick up both Texas and Florida?

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