Greg Abbott's approval rating

Source: University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll, a nonpartisan academic survey of about 1,200 Texas registered voters per wave (data collected online by YouGov), margin of error about +/- 2.83 points. Each approve and disapprove figure is copied verbatim from the linked poll release and matches the Texas Politics Project's official Greg Abbott job-approval trend. Latest data: June 5-12, 2026.

Because approval numbers move with a pollster's method, sample, and timing, it helps to see an independent reading. The nonpartisan Texas Lyceum Poll, analyzed by University of Texas researchers, found 55% of Texas adults approved and 44% disapproved of Abbott in its 2025 survey (fielded March 28 - April 4, 2025). That reading is higher than the Texas Politics Project's numbers from the same stretch, largely because the Lyceum surveys all Texas adults by live telephone rather than registered voters online, and because it predates the decline the Texas Politics Project measured later in 2025. It is a useful independent data point, but it is not directly comparable wave-to-wave with the trend above.

Source: Texas Lyceum Poll 2025 (crosstabs) (strongly approve 25 + somewhat approve 30 = 55% approve; somewhat disapprove 18 + strongly disapprove 26 = 44% disapprove). All-adult sample by live telephone, so it is not directly comparable with the Texas Politics Project's registered-voter series.

Greg Abbott is the governor of Texas, so this is a state job-approval rating: pollsters ask Texas voters whether they approve of the way he is handling his job as governor. It is a current-sentiment number about his work in office, and it is separate from any national 2028 presidential polling.

• One pollster, one question: the trend table tracks the UT / Texas Politics Project series specifically because it holds the pollster and the wording constant across every wave, which makes the direction of the number cleaner than mixing surveys.
• A nonpartisan academic poll: unlike a campaign or a sponsored survey, the Texas Politics Project is a university research operation, which is why it anchors the trend on this page.
• Split down the middle: in the latest wave Texans divide evenly, 45% approve and 45% disapprove; his approval bottomed at 39% in October 2025 and has since edged back to the mid-40s.
• A wide party gap: the same June 2026 poll found 80% of Republicans approving versus 7% of Democrats, with independents at 23% approve and 61% disapprove - a reminder that a statewide number blends very different partisan views.

For where the 2028 field stands overall, see our 2028 primary polls and prediction-market odds.

Abbott is occasionally named as a possible 2028 Republican presidential contender, but he has publicly downplayed the idea and stressed his current race: he is running for re-election as governor of Texas in November 2026, having won the March 2026 Republican primary in a landslide (about 82% of the vote). Unlike a term-limited governor, Abbott is seeking to stay in office and has pointed back to that 2026 campaign when asked about a presidential bid. A state job-approval rating is one input among many and can move well before 2028.

See our Republican candidates 2028 hub, is Greg Abbott running in 2028?, and Abbott's full 2028 profile for the bigger picture. Approval numbers on this page are updated when a new Texas Politics Project survey is released.