DALLAS/FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.

COM) A KTVT-CBS 11 / Dixie

Strategies Poll of over 2,000 likely primary voters in Texas shows a pitched
battle taking place at the top of the GOP ticket and Clinton dominance on the
Democrat side.
PRIMARY
Statewide, among likely GOP Primary voters, Dr. Ben Carson and real estate
mogul Donald Trump are in a virtual tie at 22.93% and 22.17% respectively.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is the next nearest competitor at 14.27% with former
Florida Governor Jeb Bush not too far behind Cruz at 12.65%. All other GOP
candidates are polling under 7% with Florida Senator Marco Rubio ahead of
former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (6.57% and 4.57% respectively).
When looking at respondents in the DFW Area, the numbers vary a bit.
Carson (23.11%) leads Trump (20.45%) by almost 3 points with Cruz
(16.67%) and Bush (13.64%) in third and fourth place respectively. All other
GOP candidates poll under 6% in the DFW area.

(The KTVT-CBS 11 Dixie Strategies Poll Margin of Error is 3.02%

Republican; 3.09% Democratic; and 2.16% for All voters)

That same poll shows that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is far
ahead of her challengers among likely Democrat Primary voters. Clinton
garners 58.73% support with Undecided at 28.27%, ahead of both Vermont
Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley who
have 9.72% and 3.27% respectively.

Clintons strength in the numbers is even more pronounced in the DFW area
leading the pack at 62.58% and Undecided voters make up 31.03% of
respondents.

FAVORABILITY
Participants were asked a few questions about the Favorability of both
President Obama and Governor Abbott as well.
Overall, 44.36% of respondents viewed President Obama as Very or
Somewhat Favorable and 49.97% viewed him as Very or Somewhat
Unfavorable.
When asked the same about Governor Abbott, 56.98% of respondents viewed
Abbott as Very or Somewhat Favorable and 29.53% viewed him as Very
or Somewhat Unfavorable.

This poll contains the results of a telephone survey of 1,051 likely

Republican Presidential Primary voters and 1,008 likely Democratic
Presidential Primary voters statewide in Texas. The results were gathered
October 23-24, 2015.
All respondents interviewed in this study were part of a fully representative
sample based on the latest voter registration figures and turnout models built
using recent election data. The confidence interval associated with a sample
of this type is such that 95% of the time results will be within the margin of
error of the true values where true values refers to the results obtained if it
were possible to interview every likely voter in the county.
Here are more details and analysis of the polls at seen on CBS11 at 5:00 p.m.
and 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.