Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Nov 3 2026

Clay Travis (0:00)

Welcome in our number two election day edition, Clay and Buck. We are having some fun taking your calls nationwide. 800-282-2882. We are scheduled to head down to the Lone Star State with Governor Greg Abbott of Texas. Kind of a busy day for him as he is on the ballot, as you might well anticipate he would likely be. He joins us now, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott. Buck and I have been firing people up to get out and vote so far in the first hour of the show. And certainly we've been haranguing people to get out and early vote for weeks now.

Governor Greg Abbott, what can you tell us about what the turnout is looking like from your side? You've won several races in Texas. You know the state well. What is, what would you tell the audience here? They should know a little bit after noon on election day in Texas.

Greg Abbott (0:53)

Well, the ongoing turnout, especially by Republicans, is very important to where we are right now.

During our early voting period, after that was over, the score was pretty much tied between Republicans and Democrats. And so the winner is going to be the one who wins election day.

The good news is that far more Republicans traditionally show up on election day than do Democrats. And we have more Republicans who voted in Republican primaries who had not yet voted already. What we gotta make sure that we do is to make sure all of these Republicans get out and vote. And there are large swaths of Texas, especially rural Texas, that those folks like to vote on election day. They need to understand the importance of going to vote. You still have about seven hours to go vote here in the state of Texas. And know that your values are on the ballot box. Listen, we got a crazy radical leftist as my opponent, who's for open border policies, sanctuary cities, wanted to impose an income tax in the state of Texas, supports things like sex change surgeries for kids. And she's a total radical leftist. And whether Texas goes down the pathway of keeping Texas Texas or changing to the value set of California is going to depend on those rural voters across the state.

Buck Sexton (2:12)

Governor Abbott, really appreciate you making the time. Obviously, it's election day, so tons of things going on for you, for other Republican candidates across the state and across the country.

Do you feel like there is just way too much manufactured enthusiasm for Democrats in Texas via the media and even some of these polls? Because it just feels like, as Yogi Berra said, deja vu all over again. We're being told, oh, Texas, it's so close. Oh, Tallarico's ahead. It feels like this is almost an information operation on its own, and that only election day can bring us the truth.

Greg Abbott (2:49)

Well, the bottom line is the last comment you made. Listen, only election day can bring us the truth.

And then for another, I think everybody's tired of polls and they see how erroneous polls are. But I can tell you what the facts are. And because we have the data from early voting, and we had enormous early voting, more than 7 million people who voted early. And so it's a pretty good data state, a data status of where we are. And that is, again, about half the people who voted that have a party affiliation are Democrat, the other half are Republican. And so we head into today's race, you know, not concerned about polls whatsoever, focused only on making sure that Republicans turn out and vote.

If we do that, knowing that we have more Republicans who have yet to go vote, if we can turn them out, we know that we're going to win. And so it's just a matter of making sure that they understand the importance of them turning out. They understand the consequences of what's going to happen to Texas if they do not turn out. And I'll add one last thing to this, and that is Texas has something different than any other state in America. And that is we have a 30 year undefeated win streak by all statewide candidates. My point in telling you that, and that is sometimes Republicans in Texas can think, listen, Republicans winning is just as sure as the sun coming up tomorrow. That's just not the case. Democrats have shown up in a very big way during early voting. The only way we are going to win this is by Republicans understanding what is at stake and the need for them to go vote for the rest of the day.