It is because the system has been rigged against you by billionaire megadonors and corrupt politicians like Ken Paxton," Talarico said. That follows a Texas Southern University poll, released last week, which showed Talarico leading Paxton among Black voters by 79% to 12%. The findings among Black voters are particularly significant given a second TSU survey whose results were released last week. This second TSU survey found that, while Talarico is viewed favorably by 71% of Black Texas voters, 77% of Black Texas voters agree with the statement that the Democratic Party in Texas takes Black voters for granted. That's not true," Talarico said in July at a town hall with Black voters at Houston's Kingdom Builders' Center.