April 18, 2014 2:47 PM

HK: Surprising twists in recent PPP poll

Democratic issues show strength but candidates remain weak

Public Policy Polling turned its attention to Texas this week with two eye-opening reports.

The first half of the poll reported Wednesday knocked the wind out of Wendy Davis supporters suggesting that her numbers had dropped and, even worse, she was losing ground with women. Ironically, the second half of the poll (released Thursday) reported that near to substantial majorities of Texans agree with Democratic positions on Medicaid expansion (49%), increasing the minimum wage (55%) and paycheck fairness (93%).

By Harvey Kronberg