Notice how public opinion polls results tie into the positions the governor is taking prior to the election. This is also an indication of what issues might dominate the next legislative session.
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Abbott isn't on the Nov. 3 ballot, but the event was the Republican governor’s latest move in a national political battle during a tumultuous election that has pitted police officers and fears of rising crime against calls for an end to police brutality and systemic racism. Recent Texas protests against police brutality have largely been peaceful as the four-month mark of George Floyd's in-custody death in Minneapolis nears.
“Today, we are announcing more legislative proposals to do even more to protect our law enforcement officers as well as do more to keep our community safe,” said Abbott, who was flanked by police union officials, other Texas leaders and Republican politicians hoping to take Texas House seats from Dallas County Democrats in November.
Abbott's press conference came after a majority of likely Texas voters in a New York Times/Siena College poll said that law and order is more important to them than the pandemic. Yet when asked whether racism in the criminal justice system or riots in American cities were the bigger issue, Texas voters were more likely to choose racism than riots.
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