Updated 20 October 2026
United States · U.S. House of RepresentativesElection day · NOV 03, 2026

Texas's 23rd congressional district

U.S. House of Representatives

14days to polls

The call

200 synthetic voters, set beside the poll average. The lead is over the whole field.

SyntheticR+2.3Brandon Herrera
Poll average · 1 pollsR+2.0
Gap−0.3synthetic − polls, points
SyntheticPoll average
Brandon Herrera
44.3 synthetic42.0 polls
Katy Padilla Stout
42.1 synthetic40.0 polls

Against the polls

Share error
2.9 pts per option
Crosstab error
6.6 pts
Sample
200 synthetic voters

By group

Each cell is synthetic / Public Policy Polling (D) for House Majority PAC, shares within the group.

GroupnRDError
Hispanic or Latino81 43.7 / 39.042.5 / 41.0 4.2
White84 49.6 / 51.037.1 / 34.0 2.1
Other race35 32.9 / 25.753.0 / 54.5 4.8
Women84 40.3 / 35.045.1 / 46.0 3.5
Men116 47.2 / 50.039.9 / 33.0 4.6
18-4599 42.7 / 26.743.0 / 48.5 10.6
46-6529 38.3 / 47.049.5 / 36.0 9.0
Older than 6535 54.9 / 51.033.1 / 36.0 2.6
High school or less83 51.2 / 50.033.7 / 29.0 3.9
Some college54 39.6 / 43.448.3 / 39.4 5.9
2-year degree54 39.6 / 47.548.3 / 34.3 9.3
4-year degree63 39.6 / 40.047.4 / 41.0 4.3
Post-graduate63 39.6 / 34.047.4 / 50.0 3.8
Democrats70 15.1 / 3.074.2 / 79.0 8.1
Republicans87 71.6 / 80.015.1 / 9.0 5.6
Independents43 36.6 / 40.043.9 / 34.0 6.6
Trump 2024 voters57 71.6 / 81.016.6 / 7.0 6.4
Harris 2024 voters41 17.7 / 1.073.8 / 80.0 11.1
Someone else / did not vote102 39.6 / 9.943.3 / 48.5 19.8

The government

Donald Trump's job approval as President, TX-23 (2026 lines)

Approve · synthetic34.2%61.6% disapprove
Approve · polls47.0%50.0% disapprove
Net gap−24.4synthetic − polls

Latest polls

Newest first.

PollsterFieldwork toSampleRD
Public Policy Polling (D)MAR 11, 2026521 (V)42.040.0

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How the call is made. For every race we build a synthetic electorate that matches the real one, at least 200 voters strong, and ask it how it will vote before polling day. The call is set beside the published polls as they come in, and scored against the official count once it is in.