Survey Finds Texas Voters Strongly Support New Economic Development Incentives

Texas voters demonstrate strong support for a new, transparent, and accountable economic development incentive program, according to a recent Greater Houston Partnership-Morning Consult survey.

Morning Consult surveyed more than 2,000 registered voters between April 21 - 25, 2023. Highlights of the survey included:

  • 71% of Texas voters support the state utilizing economic development tools to attract businesses to relocate to Texas.
  • 68% of Texas voters believe economic development programs are necessary for Texas to remain competitive in attracting new companies to relocation to the state.
  • Texas voters cite job creation, increasing power grid reliability and funding for K-12 public schools as top priorities when thinking about creating a new economic development program.
  • Most Texas voters would be more likely (46%) to support a candidate who voted in favor of a new economic development program, providing further evidence of broad support for economic development incentives. Additionally, very few Texas voters (11%) would be less likely to vote for a candidate if they voted in favor of a new economic development program.

โ€œThis survey comes at a pivotal time when the Texas legislature is considering legislation to create a new economic development program for the state,โ€ the Partnershipโ€™s Chief Policy Officer Taylor Landin said. โ€œA new, transparent, and accountable program ensures Texas and our region remains competitive in attracting large capital-intensive investments, which will bring jobs and long-term revenue to Texas communities.โ€

The survey also found Texas voters believe the top three priorities for the state government should be crime & public safety, health care, and immigration & border security. Additionally, twice as a many Texas voters say Texas is going in the right direction compared to the nation. 

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