'Texas, we can do Beto': O'Rourke campaign swing focuses on rural voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : No, because the Second Amendment is not absolute."The woman nodded along as O'Rourke answered, sometimes saying "I agree with that" and finally thanking him for his response.
49% : After quieting boos from some in the crowd, O'Rourke said he supports common sense gun measures that keep firearms out of the hands of "people who intend to do harm to us or to our kids or to our communities, while still protecting your rights to keep and bear arms.""Is the Second Amendment an absolute, or are there some restrictions on it?
49% : Smith has always considered himself to be a conservative independent, given his staunch support of the Second Amendment and his experiences as a property owner in Del Rio, near the Texas-Mexico border.
47% : O'Rourke's position on guns has become more nuanced in the intervening years -- instead of an outright prohibition, he now favors raising the minimum age to purchase assault rifles from 18 to 21, adopting red flag laws and establishing universal background checks -- but his passion on the issue has not dwindled.
40% : Much of the optimism is fueled by the recent election in Kansas, where voters soundly rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment stating that there is no legal right to abortion.
26% :Polls show a tightening contest between O'Rourke and Abbott and a clear discontent among voters over several recent developments in the state, including the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that killed 19 children and two teachers and the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending federal constitutional protections for abortion, clearing the way for a complete ban on abortion in Texas.
25% : After the school shooting in Uvalde, Abbott and other state officials were holding a news conference in the town, during which the governor said tougher gun laws were not needed in the wake of the massacre.

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