| Sample size | 1000 |
“The Emerson College Polling Texas survey was conducted August 9-10, 2026. The sample of likely voters, n=1,000, has a credibility interval, similar to a poll’s margin of error (MOE), of +/- 3 percent. The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, age, and region based on U.S. Census parameters and voter file data.” (document, page 1) |
| Field start date | 2026-08-09 |
“The Emerson College Polling Texas survey was conducted August 9-10, 2026. The sample of likely voters, n=1,000, has a credibility interval, similar to a poll’s margin of error (MOE), of +/- 3 percent. The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, age, and region based on U.S. Census parameters and voter file data.” (document, page 1) |
| Field end date | 2026-08-10 |
“The Emerson College Polling Texas survey was conducted August 9-10, 2026. The sample of likely voters, n=1,000, has a credibility interval, similar to a poll’s margin of error (MOE), of +/- 3 percent. The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, age, and region based on U.S. Census parameters and voter file data.” (document, page 1) |
| How people were reached | text-to-web |
“Data was collected by contacting a probability-based panel of voters provided by Consensus Strategies using MMS text-to-web. Additional panel interviews were provided by PureSpectrum. The survey was hosted on QuestionPro.” (document, page 1) |
| Who was surveyed | lv |
“A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of Texas likely voters finds the U.S. Senate race in a dead heat: 47% support Republican Ken Paxton, while 46% support Democrat James Talarico. Five percent are undecided, and 2% support someone else.” (document, page 1) |
| Sponsor | Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media (named as the producer of the survey; the document does not use the words sponsored or paid for) |
“A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of Texas likely voters” (document, page 1) |
| Margin of error | 3 |
“The Emerson College Polling Texas survey was conducted August 9-10, 2026. The sample of likely voters, n=1,000, has a credibility interval, similar to a poll’s margin of error (MOE), of +/- 3 percent. The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, age, and region based on U.S. Census parameters and voter file data.” (document, page 1) |
| Weighting | gender, education, race, age, region |
“The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, age, and region based on U.S. Census parameters and voter file data.” (document, page 1) |
| Party mix of the sample | Could not read |
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| Age mix of the sample | Could not read |
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| Region mix of the sample | Could not read |
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| Ballot question wording | Could not read |
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| Question order | Could not read |
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| Crosstabs | Could not read |
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| Where respondents came from | panel-vendor |
“Data was collected by contacting a probability-based panel of voters provided by Consensus Strategies using MMS text-to-web.” (document, page 1) |