| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13401 |
| TX GOP Primary is No Longer Competitive; McCain Gaining In Huckabee's Key Demo's: John McCain defeats Mike Huckabee in a Republican Primary in Texas today, 56% to 32%, according to a SurveyUSA tracking poll conducted exclusively for KTRK-TV Houston, KTVT-TV Dallas and KRLD-AM radio. Compared to a SurveyUSA poll one week ago, McCain is up 6 points, from 50% to 56%, Huckabee is down 5 points, from 37% to 32%. McCain had led by 13, now by 24. Huckabee's support is eroding among his key constituencies: Among Pro-Life voters, among those who attend religious services regularly, and among Conservatives, he is losing ground to McCain. 2,000 state of TX adults were interviewed 02/23/08 through 02/25/08. Of them, 1,780 were registered to vote. Of them, 484 were identified by SurveyUSA as having already voted, or as being likely to vote on or before the 03/04/08 Republican Primary. 19% of respondents have already voted. Among those who have already voted, McCain leads by 29 points. |
 | If the Republican Primary for President of the United States were today, would you vote for ...(names rotated) Mike Huckabee? John McCain? Ron Paul? Or some other Republican? |
| 484 Likely & Actual Voters | All | Already Voted? | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Already | Likely V | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | North Te | East Tex | Central | South Te | West Tex | |
| Huckabee | 32% | 26% | 33% | 30% | 35% | 32% | 43% | 26% | 24% | 39% | 25% | 39% | 22% | 29% | 33% | ** | 32% | ** | 32% | ** | 27% | 36% | 22% | ** | 38% | 24% | 16% | 40% | 16% | 24% | 35% | 33% | ** | 26% | 29% | 25% | ** | ** | 38% | 32% | 35% | 34% | 32% | 22% |
| McCain | 56% | 55% | 56% | 57% | 53% | 65% | 45% | 57% | 60% | 53% | 58% | 54% | 60% | 55% | 57% | ** | 51% | ** | 58% | ** | 50% | 53% | 66% | ** | 51% | 64% | 66% | 50% | 72% | 54% | 57% | 57% | ** | 57% | 51% | 67% | ** | ** | 51% | 56% | 54% | 52% | 51% | 67% |
| Paul | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 1% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 12% | 9% | 6% | ** | 9% | ** | 5% | ** | 19% | 6% | 7% | ** | 6% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 8% | 16% | 5% | 5% | ** | 14% | 18% | 4% | ** | ** | 5% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 11% |
| Other | 4% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ** | 4% | ** | 4% | ** | 1% | 4% | 2% | ** | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | ** | 0% | 2% | 4% | ** | ** | 5% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Undecided | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | ** | 4% | ** | 1% | ** | 2% | 1% | 3% | ** | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | ** | 3% | 1% | 1% | ** | ** | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 0% |
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| Composition of Likely & Actual Voters | 100% | 19% | 81% | 55% | 45% | 20% | 30% | 27% | 23% | 51% | 49% | 43% | 15% | 42% | 84% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 83% | 3% | 13% | 70% | 17% | 4% | 63% | 21% | 16% | 65% | 31% | 18% | 81% | 27% | 1% | 8% | 11% | 20% | 3% | 4% | 24% | 33% | 35% | 15% | 6% | 11% |