September 7, 2021
In the latest Second Reading podcast, Jim Henson and Joshua Blank look at Texans' assessment of the Texas Legislature, the agenda pursued by the legislature during the second special session, and institutional state-of-play as the legislature takes a break before coming back into session for redistricting (and whateever else the governor adds to the agenda).
Below, find graphics and links for poll results mentioned in the podcast.
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A lot | 36% |
| Some | 38% |
| Not very much | 16% |
| Nothing at all | 9% |
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Approve strongly | 8% |
| Approve somewhat | 20% |
| Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% |
| Disapprove somewhat | 19% |
| Disapprove strongly | 29% |
| Don't know | 8% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve strongly | 3% | 5% | 13% |
| Approve somewhat | 3% | 14% | 37% |
| Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 24% | 15% |
| Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Disapprove strongly | 53% | 32% | 9% |
| Don't know | 7% | 6% | 8% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 28% | 35% | 52% | 55% |
| No | 62% | 52% | 37% | 37% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 13% | 11% | 8% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 39% | 34% | 45% | 34% | 41% | 36% |
| Left as they are now | 42% | 38% | 27% | 34% | 23% | 25% |
| Less strict | 19% | 18% | 20% | 25% | 30% | 36% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 2% |