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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Texas snapshot7,906

Reported induced terminations for Texas residents

2023

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Induced terminations of pregnancy reported for Texas residents, whether the reported procedure occurred in Texas or in another reporting state.

By location reported

Performed in Texas: 62
Performed out of state: 7,844

How it was measured: Texas Health and Human Services compilation of in-state reports and reports shared by other states through vital-statistics surveillance agreements.

Keep in mind

This is a resident-based administrative count for 2023, not a current estimate of access or need.
Out-of-state procedures are included only when reported to Texas through participating state systems, so the total may not capture every procedure.

Texas Health and Human Services ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Texas snapshot$1,403/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $283,800
Owner costs with a mortgage: $2,106/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 62.6%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate, so local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and are not estimates of the cost to buy a home today.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Texas snapshot19.2%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

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Share of Texas’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual survey estimate rather than a live enrollment count.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider access, or quality of care.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Texas snapshot86.0%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Texas residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is adult educational attainment, not the current public-school graduation rate.
It combines people educated in different states, countries, and time periods.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Texas snapshot4,389

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in Texas for which a firearm injury was recorded as the cause of death, across intents including suicide, homicide, and other categories.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 13.9 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System mortality data published through CDC WONDER; the displayed rate is age-adjusted.

Keep in mind

This is a mortality measure, not a count of shootings or crimes.
The total combines multiple intents and does not by itself explain causes or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Texas snapshot17.6%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Texas residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens and noncitizens.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not the same as noncitizen or unauthorized immigrant.
This measure does not identify a person's current immigration status.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Texas snapshot30%

In-state electricity generated from renewable sources

2024

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Share of electricity generated within Texas from renewable energy sources; wind and solar supplied nearly all of the reported renewable share.

Renewable generation shares

Wind: 22%
Solar: 8%

How it was measured: FactVote calculated each share from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2024 state profile: utility-scale generation from Table 5 plus estimated small-scale solar generation from Table 19. The denominator includes both utility-scale and small-scale generation; displayed shares are rounded to whole percentages.

Keep in mind

This describes electricity generated inside Texas, not every source of electricity consumed in the state.
Electricity is only one part of statewide energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Texas snapshot$3.58/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average Texas retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes.

Texas compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Texas: $3.577/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

Texas's statewide average was 49.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 12.1% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $3.581/gal
Weekly change: -0.4¢
One year earlier: $2.754/gal
Change from one year earlier: +82.3¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for Texas. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from the published prior-week and year-earlier observations.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide survey estimate, not the price at every station or in every Texas community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns.
Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Texas snapshot$78,476

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate, in 2024 dollars

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Inflation-adjusted household income at the midpoint: half of Texas households had more income and half had less.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey and expressed in 2024 dollars.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year household measure, not individual earnings or take-home pay.
It does not show income distribution, taxes paid, or regional cost-of-living differences.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

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Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Texas snapshot

61.15%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

18.41%

Primary election turnout

March 5, 2024 presidential primaries

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Ballots cast as a share of registered voters in Texas's 2024 general election.

2024 turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5 · Primary: Mar. 5

General election turnout: 61.15%
Primary election turnout: 18.41%

Texas publishes the two major-party primary rates separately; FactVote combines their official ballot totals over the shared registration denominator.

The combined primary percentage is a FactVote calculation from the two official party totals, not a percentage separately published by Texas.

Texas Secretary of State ↗

Official participation totals

General ballots cast: 11,388,674
General registered voters: 18,623,931
Republican ballots: 2,323,019 · 12.94%
Democratic ballots: 982,069 · 5.47%
Combined ballots: 3,305,088
Primary registered voters: 17,948,242

How it was measured: Texas Secretary of State historical turnout totals. For the primary comparison, FactVote sums the separately reported Republican and Democratic ballots, divides by their shared registered-voter denominator, and rounds to two decimals.

Keep in mind

The Secretary of State publishes party-primary turnout separately; the 18.41% comparison is FactVote's transparent combination of those two official figures.
The primary and general offered different contests and choices, so the rates should not be read as a causal comparison.
Texas held a 2026 primary, but as of this audit the Secretary of State's statewide historical turnout series still ended with the 2024 elections.

Texas Secretary of State ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Texas snapshot348.77 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2025

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Violent offenses reported in Texas per 100,000 residents under the categories and statewide total published in the 2025 Crime in Texas report, including aggravated assault, robbery, rape, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, and the report's human-trafficking categories.

Reported 2025 violent crime

Total offenses: 110,113
Aggravated-assault rate: 242.56 per 100,000
Robbery rate: 52.41 per 100,000

How it was measured: Texas Department of Public Safety compilation of law-enforcement data submitted through the state's Uniform Crime Reporting program.

Keep in mind

Reported crime excludes incidents not reported to or recorded by law enforcement.
Agency participation, reporting practices, and later revisions can affect the totals; the statewide rate is not an individual's probability of victimization.

Texas Department of Public Safety ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Texas snapshot2,073.2 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

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Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Texas exceeded 97% average monthly population coverage in every year shown, but participation still varies by month and agency.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.3%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

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Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Texas snapshot4,996,895

Social Security beneficiaries

December 2025

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People in Texas receiving federally administered Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.

Texas compared with the U.S.

Residents receiving Social Security benefits

Texas: 15.8%
United States: 20.1%

Texas's share was 4.3 percentage points lower than the national share.

Both shares use December 2025 beneficiaries in current-payment status and Census resident-population estimates.

Social Security Administration ↗

Beneficiary type

Retired workers: 3,710,457
Disabled workers: 457,400
Widow(er)s and parents: 327,139
Spouses: 214,246
Children: 287,653

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record data assigned geographically using U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 data. FactVote combines the source's retirement and disability spouse rows into Spouses and its three child rows into Children so the displayed categories reconcile exactly to the headline.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and is not limited to retirees.
People whose benefits were withheld are excluded; residence is assigned from administrative mailing information, including representative-payee addresses where applicable.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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