Joshua Blank is the Research Director of the Texas Politics Project, where he has conducted public opinion polling of Texans for over a decade. Blank has extensive experience polling Texas voters about their attitudes towards abortion, gun control/gun violence, voting/elections, and many other areas of public interest. He regularly writes, presents, and gives interviews about contemporary Texas politics, including elections, public opinion, and governance. Born in New York, NY, he has a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston University and a doctoral degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin.