A new poll found that voters statewide believe Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred would work to hamper Second Amendment rights.
Conducted last month by CWS Research for Texas Gun Rights, the survey uncovered that 76 percent of likely Texas voters think a Harris presidency would “work to restrict access to firearms or limit the type of firearms available to the public.”
Another 11 percent responded that Harris and Tim Walz, her vice presidential candidate, would not. Thirteen percent were unsure.
Most likely voters also hold that Allred—a representative from Texas’ 32nd congressional district who is running against Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate—would be complicit in the Harris-Walz administration’s potential firearms agenda.
Overall, 58 percent said that Allred would help the administration to restrict gun rights. Thirty-one percent were unsure, and 12 percent believed he would not.
“Voters in Texas aren’t stupid,” stated TGR President Chris McNutt in a Wednesday press release. “They understand the threat that a Harris/Walz administration poses to the Second Amendment rights of Texans. Harris, Allred, and the Democrats desire to restrict gun rights would make all Texans less safe. I’m encouraged to see Texans are continuing to support pro-gun rights candidates.”
Close to half of Texas voters—49 percent—oppose the re-introduction of an assault weapons ban similar to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, which both Allred and Harris appear to support reintroducing.
Meanwhile, 41 percent said they supported a ban, and 11 percent were unsure.
TGR defined an assault weapons ban in the poll as typically including burdensome restrictions or prohibitions on certain “semi-automatic handguns, shotguns, or rifles that accept a detachable magazine.”
Regarding the November General Election, former President Donald Trump and Cruz faired well in the TGR poll.
Trump has a 10 percentage-point lead over Harris in the survey, 51 to 41 percent. Minor candidates like Libertarian Chase Oliver and the Green Party’s Jill Stein combined for two percent, and six percent were undecided.
Cruz maintains a more modest lead leading him by six percentage points over Allred, 46 percent to 40 percent. Libertarian candidate Ted Brown had the support of three percent of voters in the race, and 11 percent said they were still unsure.
The poll results come as Cruz leads by five points over Allred, and Trump is behind Harris by 2.2 points nationally, according to RealClearPolitics averages.
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