Question:

Poll Demographics

Hutchison: 42%
White: 34%

GOP Primary:

Perry: 45%
Hutchison: 29%
Medina: 17%

About this Poll

Blum & Weprin Associates Inc. of New York conducted the random poll Feb. 2-10 of 1,508 registered voters statewide, including 464 likely Republican primary voters.

The margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for registered voters and 4.5 percentage points for the GOP voters.

In 19 out of 20 cases, poll responses probably would differ by no more than that amount in either direction, even if all adults in Texas households with telephones were interviewed.

An error margin of 4.5 percentage points means that each response could vary by 9 points. For instance, if 45 percent of respondents chose a certain candidate, the result could range from 40.5 percent to 49.5 percent.

Respondents were screened for voter registration and for likelihood of voting, based on intention as well as on past voting behavior.

Pollsters used both both land lines and cell phones, and the overall sample results for adults were weighted demographically and geographically to Census data.

Differences in how questions are worded or in what order they are asked can cause results to vary.