Early voting for the November 4 General Elections begins Monday, October 20, 2014 and runs through October 31, 2014. A record number of 14,025,441 Texans are registered to vote in the November Elections according to the Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry. The previous highest number of registrations on record was 13,646,226 set in November 2012 before the presidential election.
In regards to the Governor’s race, below are the toplines of recent polls, links are provided for you to further analyze – note many of the polls cover other Texas races as well. Additionally, the Huffington Post Pollster has links to polls and topline results for the Governor’s race over the complete election cycle.
| Pollster | Dates | Abbott | Davis | Margin |
| Rasmussen Reports | 10/1 – 10/2 | 51 | 40 | Abbott +11 |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | 9/20 – 10/1 | 54 | 40 | Abbott +14 |
| Texas Lyceum | 9/11 – 9/25 | 49 | 40 | Abbott +9 |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | 8/18 – 9/2 | 56 | 38 | Abbott +18 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 8/4 – 8/5 | 48 | 40 | Abbott +8 |
| UT/Texas Tribune | 5/30 – 6/8 | 44 | 32 | Abbott +12 |
| PPP (D) | 4/10 – 4/13 | 51 | 37 | Abbott +14 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 3/3 – 3/4 | 53 | 41 | Abbott +12 |
| UT/Texas Tribune | 2/7 – 2/17 | 47 | 36 | Abbott +11 |