Texas looks a little more likely to return to its days as a blue state, a new Quinnipiac University poll published on Wednesday shows, The Dallas Morning News reports.
The poll has former Vice President Joe Biden edging President Trump in the general election by a count of 48 percent to 44 percent, which is a higher gap than the one revealed in an Emerson University poll in April, in which Biden led the president by one point, 50 to 49. It's worth noting that Biden's 4 point lead still falls within the margin of error, but signs are starting to point toward Texas becoming a more contentious battleground than it has been in the recent past.
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Biden, though, comfortably led his Democratic primary opponents among Texas voters polled by Quinnipiac, hitting the 30 percent market. O'Rourke, Texas' own, was next in line, but at just 16 percent.
The survey of 1,159 self-identified registered voters in Texas was conducted between May 29 and June 4 by telephone. The margin of error was 5.8 percentage points. Read the full poll at Quinnipiac.
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