More Texas voters said in a new poll that they would rule Matthew McConaughey as Gov. Greg Abbott (R) at the ballot box if the actor put him up for election.
In a new poll released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler, 45 percent of registered voters in the state said they were likely to support the actor if he elected him governor.
In contrast, 33 percent of voters said they would still vote for Abbott, while just under a quarter of respondents said they would vote for someone else.
Although it is unclear which party the actor joins politically with, McConaughey enjoys more support from Democratic voters in the poll than Abbott, with 66 percent of respondents saying they would vote for the Oscar winner.
Abbott received more support from voters who identified themselves as Republicans than McConaughey, with 56 percent of voters saying they would still support the governor if the actor wanted to act.
However, McConaughey also drew more support from voters who identified themselves as independent than Abbott in the new poll, which showed that 44 percent of the group’s voters supported the actor, compared to the 28 percent who said they supported the actor. governor would vote.
The result of the poll also indicates better primary chances for the actor if he wants to act as a Democrat versus a Republican. Among Democratic primary voters, an overwhelming majority – 70 percent – said they would vote for McConaughey, compared to 29 percent of Republican primary voters who said the same.
But when asked if they are more likely to support a centrist or progressive candidate for governor, a majority of Democratic primary voters said they are more likely to support a progressive candidate. This could cause problems for McConaughey, who had previously encouraged Americans to become ‘aggressively central’ if he were to run.
McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, Texas, revealed last month that he was seriously considering making a government offer in his home country.
At the time, McConaughey said politics “currently seems like a broken business to me.” But he added that he thinks he ” has a few things to learn and share. ‘
The new poll was conducted from 6 to 13 April and 1,126 registered voters were polled. It has an error margin of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.