How did Austin Republicans vote on issues compared to the rest of Texas?

You know those 10 questions at the end of the Republican ballot? Assuming you were one of the 6% of voters who turned out for the GOP primary here in Travis County, you would have seen 10 questions at the end of the ballot (by comparison, Democrats had a 7% turnout statewide).

While they aren't proposed laws or new planks for consideration in the party platform, they are non-binding opinion polls that show where Republican voters are on numerous issues central to party priorities.

The State Republican Executive Committee comes up with the referenda -- one of which (No. 7) was put forth by member Olga Lasher, who represents Senate District 14. She put together a handy chart to show the difference between statewide and Travis County totals. It may be that Travis County Republicans are slightly more liberal than their statewide peers. And it could be that the lower margins reflect a trend of crossover voting (e.g. liberal voters voting in the GOP primary for one reason or another). Either way, Travis County Republicans are still giving landslide approval to these critical issues, from abortion to elections reform.

Below is Lasher's canvass of the results.

1. In light of the federal government’s refusal to defend the southern border, Texas should immediately deploy the National Guard, Texas Military Forces, and necessary state law enforcement to seal the border, enforce immigration laws, and deport illegal aliens.

 

      TRAVIS COUNTY                    STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   37,423	Vote Totals   1,743,873
NO	NO
Vote Totals   8,422	Vote Totals   147,272
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   81.63%	Percentage Totals Statewide  92.21%

2. Texas should eliminate all property taxes within ten (10) years without implementing a state income tax.

 

        TRAVIS COUNTY                  STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals  28,965	Vote Totals   1,395,928
NO	NO
Vote Totals   15,411
	Vote Totals   448,935
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   65.27%	Percentage Totals Statewide  75.67%

3. Texans should not lose their jobs, nor should students be penalized, for declining a COVID-19 vaccine.

 

       TRAVIS COUNTY                   STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   37,273	Vote Totals      1,678,504
NO	NO
Vote Totals   8,625	Vote Totals   216,728
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   81.21%	Percentage Totals Statewide   88.56%

4. Texas schools should teach students basic knowledge and American exceptionalism and reject Critical Race Theory and other curricula that promote Marxist doctrine and encourage division based on creed, race, or economic status.

 

        TRAVIS COUNTY                  STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   37,272	Vote Totals   1,713,918
NO	NO
Vote Totals   8,367	Vote Totals   167,650
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   81.67%	Percentage Totals Statewide   91.09%

5. Texas should enact a State Constitutional Amendment to defend the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, from fertilization until natural death.

 

       TRAVIS COUNTY                   STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   29,383	Vote Totals   1,549,445
NO	NO
Vote Totals   15,311	Vote Totals   310,870
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   65.74%	Percentage Totals Statewide   83.29%

6. The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats.

 

        TRAVIS COUNTY                        STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   28,209	Vote Totals   1,490,347
NO	NO
Vote Totals   15,745	Vote Totals   343,161
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   64.18%	Percentage Totals Statewide   81.28%

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7. Texas should protect the integrity of our elections by verifying that registered voters are American citizens, restoring felony penalties and enacting civil penalties for vote fraud, and fighting any federal takeover of state elections.

 

       TRAVIS COUNTY                   STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   39,883	Vote Totals   1,814,451
NO	NO
Vote Totals   5,996	Vote Totals   81,403
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   86.93%	Percentage Totals Statewide   95.71%

8. Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for sex transition purposes.

 

       TRAVIS COUNTY                   STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   37,409	Vote Totals   1,741,068
NO	NO
Vote Totals   7,913	Vote Totals   140,098
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   82.54%	Percentage Totals Statewide   92.55%

9. Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.

 

        TRAVIS COUNTY                            STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   37,492	Vote Totals   1,617,588
NO	NO
Vote Totals   8,083	Vote Totals   230,474
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   82.26%	Percentage Totals Statewide   87.53%

10.) Texans affirm that our freedoms come from God and that the government should have no control over the conscience of individuals.

        TRAVIS COUNTY                             STATEWIDE

YES	YES
Vote Totals   36,397	Vote Totals   1,728,194
NO	NO
Vote Totals   8,234	Vote Totals   138,866
FOR	FOR
Percentage Totals Countywide   81.55%	Percentage Totals Statewide   92.56%