WHEREAS, the Republican Party of Texas is steadfastly committed to elections that are fair, honest, and transparent, enabling voters to make informed decisions; and

WHEREAS, “push polling” is a deceptive and unethical practice in which voters are contacted under the guise of an objective survey while being fed false, misleading, or defamatory information about a candidate, and it serves to distort and bias public perception rather than gather real data; and

WHEREAS, this practice is so widely discredited that the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the American Association of Political Consultants, the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research, and the National Council on Public Polls have all publicly denounced push polling as unethical and damaging to the integrity of elections; and

WHEREAS, such practices erode trust in the electoral process, unscrupulously damage candidates’ reputations through false innuendo or misleading claims, and undermine the integrity of our Republican primaries; and

WHEREAS, Republican voters deserve accurate and truthful information about primary candidates, and every candidate, consultant, and organization affiliated with the Republican Party bears a responsibility to campaign with respect for the electorate and adherence to ethical practices; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas condemns the use of push polling, recognizing it as a deceptive and disreputable tactic intended to mislead voters and dishonorably malign fellow Republican candidates; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas calls upon all Republican candidates, campaigns, consultants, and allied organizations to categorically reject and refrain from any use of push polling.