Survey: Abbott's school vouchers not top priority for Texas voters

As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to fight a losing battle over school vouchers during the special legislative session he called, a new survey found that "school choice" isn't a top priority for registered Republican or Democrat voters. Indeed, school vouchers didn't even rank among the top three most critical issues in the upcoming election among voters when it came to education, according to the poll by the University of Texas' Texas Politics Project. After failing to get school vouchers passed over the summer due to backlash from rural Republicans and Democrats in the Texas House, Abbott called a special session on Oct. 5 and demanded lawmakers approve them this fall.