Texas Tribune 5/24/10Perry Up by 9 in New UT/TT Poll(snip)
Those numbers are identical to the results of a "fantasy race" between White and Perry in the February UT/TT poll, which was taken before Democratic and Republican primary voters selected the two men as their nominees. This time, 15 percent said they don't know yet who they'll vote for, and 7 percent said they'd prefer "someone else." That last finding could be consequential: Libertarians will choose their candidate for governor at a state convention next month, and that candidate or a write-in or some combination of the two could give those "someone else" voters a place to go.
Perry's stronger with Anglo voters, leading White 55 percent to 25 percent. White is stronger with African American voters (69 to 5) and with Hispanics (43 to 32). Perry is ahead among both men (48 to 34) and women (40 to 35).
Nobody panic yet. There are still 15% undecided and and things we've read about recently, probably did not impact this poll - Perry's "living large" rental for example.
No doubt that Bill White needs to grab onto these issues and go on the attack. He's not going to win by playing nice with Perry.