Credit unions rank "as the most popular of any financial institution," according to a telephone poll released today by the Texas Credit Union League as part of its political advocacy activity.

Aside from bank versus CU preferences, the poll of 800 registered voters taken in late April by two firms, Public Opinion Strategies and Hamilton Strategies, also covered a range of issues including the Texas economy and state government.

On the nation's financial crisis, the survey found Texas voters "are more optimistic than the rest of the country about the state's economy and surviving" the current economic gloom, said Buddy Gill, TCUL's chief advocacy officer, stressing CUs can now play a key role in "getting our country back on its feet."

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