Kamala Harris' chances of beating Donald Trump in Texas, according to polls

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : A Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by Clean and Prosperous America, conducted between August 21 and 22, showed Trump leading by 5 points, with 49 percent support compared to Harris' 44 percent.
60% : As it stands, Trump is leading by 6.6 points in Texas, according to Race to the White House's polling average.
59% : An ActiVote survey of 400 likely voters, conducted between July 31 and August 13, had Trump ahead by seven points, 53 percent to Harris' 47 percent, in the Lone Star State.
54% : A series of surveys conducted over the past few months show Trump consistently ahead of the vice president in Texas, though the margin varies.
51% : Despite these signs of a tightening race, other polls still show Trump with a more substantial lead.
48% : Most surveys conducted among likely voters in the state in June showed Trump with a significant lead over President Joe Biden.
46% : Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, dropped out of the race last week and endorsed Trump.
43% : The most recent poll by Quantus Polls and News, conducted between August 29 and 30 among 1,000 registered voters, gives Trump an 8-point lead over Harris, 52 to 44 percent.
42% : When resurveying 878 respondents from their June poll, researchers found that Trump retained 97 percent of his June vote, while Harris retained 96 percent of Biden's June vote.
41% : Notably, 44 percent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supporters switched to Harris compared to only 21 percent shifting to Trump.
40% : This represents a shift from an earlier poll by the same institutions conducted in June and July, which had shown Trump with a 9-point lead over Biden.
38% : An alternative model from the same pollster using different weighting showed a narrower 3-point lead for Trump.

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