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April 2023 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

The University of Texas/Texas Politics Project survey of 1200 registered voters was conducted from April 14 to 23, 2023 and has an overall margin of error of +/- 2.83 percentage points for results presented among the full sample of registered voters. For more information, please reference the methodological appendix in the data archive.

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Abortion Law Strictness Trend Abortion
Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion (April 2023) Abortion
Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Expand legal access to abortion services (April 2023) Abortion
Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses for employees living in Texas (April 2023) Abortion
Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal (April 2023) Abortion
Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail (April 2023) Abortion
Asa Hutchinson Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Asa Hutchinson, Republican Primary
Attention to the Legislative Session (April 2023) 88th Legislature
Dade Phelan Approval (April 2023) Dade Phelan
Dan Patrick Approval (April 2023) Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick Job Approval Trend Dan Patrick
Direction of Texas (April 2023) Direction of Texas
Direction of Texas Trend Direction of Texas, Trends
Direction of the Country (April 2023) Direction of the Country
Direction of the Country Trend Direction of the Country, Trends
Donald Trump Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Donald Trump, Republican Primary
Factor Most to Blame for School Shootings (April 2023) Gun Violence, mass shootings, Public Education
Greg Abbott Approval (April 2023) Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott Job Approval Trend Greg Abbott
How much have you heard about diversity, equity, and inclusion policies (DEI) at businesses and state institutions (April 2023) DEI, Race, Racism
How much have you heard about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies at investment funds and firms (April 2023) Environment, ESG
Impact on Public Education System: Creating a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education, Vouchers
Impact on Public Education System: Giving parents the right to request the review of instructional materials at their child or children’s public school (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Impact on Public Education System: Increasing pay and benefits for public school teachers (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Impact on Public Education System: Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gender, LGBTQ, Public Education, Transgender
Impact on Public Education System: Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education, Race, Racism
Impact on Public Education System: Providing parents with a notice each time their child obtains school library materials (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Impact on Public Education System: Providing parents with information about any activities related to their child’s mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Impact on Public Education System: Removing books from public school libraries determined to be harmful or inconsistent with community values (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: End covid restrictions by state and local governments (April 2023) 88th Legislature, COVID-19
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Expand legal access to abortion services (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Abortion
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Give parents more oversight of their children’s education in Texas public schools (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Improve the reliability of the state’s energy grid (April 2023) 88th Legislature, electric grid, Energy, Infrastructure
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Improve the reliability of the state’s water supply (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Infrastructure, Water
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase benefits for retired public school teachers (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase funding for border security operations (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Border Security, Immigration
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase funding for mental health services (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Mental Health
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase funding for school safety (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gun Violence, Public Education, Public Safety
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase funding for the public education system (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Increase pay for current public school teachers (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Prohibit books in public school libraries determined to be “harmful” or inconsistent with local community values (April 2023) 88th Legislature
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Reduce property taxes (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Property Tax
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Reduce state taxes for Texas businesses (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Budget and Taxes
Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Remove district and county attorneys who decline to prosecute certain types of criminal offenses (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Safety
Joe Biden Approval (April 2023) Joe Biden
Joe Biden Job Approval Trend Joe Biden
John Cornyn Approval (April 2023) John Cornyn
John Cornyn Job Approval Trend John Cornyn
Ken Paxton Approval (April 2023) Ken Paxton
Mike Pence Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Mike Pence, Republican Primary
Most Important Issue Facing Texas (April 2023) Most Important Problem - State
Most Important Issue Facing the Country (April 2023) Most Important Problem - Country
National Economic Conditions (April 2023) Economy, Macroeconomics
Nikki Haley Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Nikki Haley, Republican Primary
Opinion on Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Texas (April 2023) Race
Partisan Ideological Identification Democratic Party, Ideology, Republican Party
Personal Economic Conditions (April 2023) Microeconomics
Personal Economic Conditions Trend Microeconomics, Texas Economy, Trends
Rating of Democratic Elected Officials' Liberalism (April 2023) Democratic Party, Ideology
Rating of Republican Elected Officials' Conservatism (April 2023) Ideology, Republican Party
Regardless of whom you supported, do you think Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election? (April 2023) 2020 Election, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Ron DeSantis Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Republican Primary, Ron DeSantis
Should Donald Trump Run for President in 2024? (April 2023) 2024 election, Donald Trump
Should same sex marriage be legal in Texas? (April 2023) LGBTQ
Support or Oppose: Allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gun Control, gun safety, Gun Violence
Support or Oppose: Establishing a program to offer economic incentives, like reduced property taxes, to persuade businesses to move to Texas or to expand their current operations here (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Business
Support or Oppose: Establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Public Education, Vouchers
Support or Oppose: Exempting diapers, feminine hygiene products, maternity clothing, and breast pumping products from state sales taxes (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Sales Tax
Support or Oppose: Expanding eligibility for medicaid, the government health insurance and long-term care program for certain low-income adults and children (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Medicaid
Support or Oppose: Expanding legal casino gambling (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gambling
Support or Oppose: Increasing punishments for violations of Texas election laws (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Voting
Support or Oppose: Legalizing online betting (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gambling
Support or Oppose: Phasing out tenure at Texas’s public universities (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Higher Education
Support or Oppose: Prohibiting by-mail voting for voters over the age of 65 unless they have a medical condition (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Voting by mail
Support or Oppose: Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors (April 2023) 88th Legislature, LGBTQ, Transgender
Support or Oppose: Prohibiting local governments from using public money to pay lobbyists or organizations to represent their interests before the Texas Legislature (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Lobbying, State and Local
Support or Oppose: Prohibiting “drag” performances, in which one gender presents as another, in public places in the presence of a minor (April 2023) 88th Legislature
Support or Oppose: Providing low-income Texans with 12 months of Medicaid coverage after the birth of their child (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Medicaid
Support or Oppose: Raising the legal age to purchase any firearm from 18 years of age to 21 years of age (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Gun Control, gun safety, Gun Violence
Support or Oppose: Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas (April 2023) 88th Legislature, Higher Education, LGBTQ, Public Education, Sports, Transgender
Ted Cruz Approval (April 2023) Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz Job Approval Trend Ted Cruz
Texas as a Model Texas Model of Government
Texas Economic Conditions (April 2023) Texas Economy
The sex listed on an original birth certificate should be the only way to define gender (April 2023) LGBTQ, Transgender
Tim Scott Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Republican Primary, Tim Scott
U.S. Congress Approval (April 2023) U.S. Congress
View of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies (DEI) at businesses and state institutions (April 2023) DEI, Race, Racism
View of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies at investment funds and firms (April 2023) Environment, ESG
View on U.S. Involvement in Ukraine (April 2023) Foreign Policy, International, Russia, Ukraine
Vivek Ramaswamy Favorability (April 2023) 2024 election, Republican Primary
What do you think should be the Legislature's top priority? (April 2023) 88th Legislature
Who should pay most of the cost for improving the reliability of the state’s electric grid? (April 2023) electric grid, Energy, Infrastructure