Texas, United States.
The actor Matthew McConaughey could follow the tradition of Ronald Reagan, Arnold Scharzenegger y Donald Trump take advantage of fame in show business for a political career, in this case as governor of Texass, and the polls are on your side.
An investigation conducted by the University of Texas for The Dallas Morning News found that the 45% of the voters would be registered vote by McConaughey while only 33% would vote for the current governor, the Republican Gegg Abbott.
But among the voters conservatives, 56% said they would vote Abbott cCompared to only 30% in favor of McConaughey.
This data, along with the fact that 66% of whats Democratic voters and 44% of the independents surveyed McConaughey, perhaps seduce the actor to be a candidate for the Democratic Party.
Everything that McConaughey, 51 old, he had to do for such a reaction from voters was to speculate on the direction of his life in a podcast published last March.
“Im reconsider “said the Oscar-winning actor, after podcast presenter Rania Mankarious said the possibility of one candidacy.
‘Is it a real consideration?’ He continued. “Because I think I have some things that teach and shareThat’s mine leading roleWhat is my category in the next chapter of my life that I enter? “
McConaughey I had already speculated on the idea of one political candidacy in the elections of November last, but declined this option while participating in the television program “The Late Show” conman Stephen Colbert.
Abbott was elected governor in 2014 and reelected in 2018. On Texas there are no limits to re-election governor and abott faces his next poll challenge in November 2022.
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The actor from Dallas Buyers Club (2013) e “Interstellar” (2014) has not publicly stated that he is a party, if he does, and his political ideas have confused those he has. they keep track.
In February 2017, the actor urged the citizenship accept Trump as President, but later his ad agency indicated that the comments from McConaughey had preceded the Trump’s Presidential Inauguration, that is, before many of the policies of Trump met.
The actor, who once mentioned the left “arrogant”, has suggested that he is a centrist and that may not appeal much Texas Independent Voters, although this research is currently favorable. EFE