A new Lyceum poll finds Texans as discouraged as much of the rest the country: 70 percent say they think the country is on the wrong track. That is a jump from last year, when the figure was 63 percent. They were particularly glum about the economy, with 78 percent saying the country was worse off than last year (in 2007, it was 35 percent).

Even though George Bush won the state in 2004 with 61 percent of the vote, Texans are not as enthusiastic at the moment about John McCain. He has a single digit lead over Barack Obama, 43-38. Seventeen percent are undecided.

And even more - 24 percent - are undecided about the Senate race. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn has a very narrow edge over Democratic challenger Rick Noriega, 38-34 percent. CQ Politics rates the race as Republican Favored.

The telephone survey was conducted June 12-20 and respondents could answer in English or Spanish. The margin of error was +/- 3.1 percentage points.

Meanwhile, in a Rasmussen poll, McCain led Obama by a larger margin: 48-39, though Rasmussen said that is a smaller margin than last month, which was 13 points.

And, Rasmussen also had a much larger difference than Lyceum for the Cornyn-Noriega race: 48-35 percent. That, too, was down from last month's results: 52-35.

The Rasmussen poll has a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points.