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2022 Attorney General Vote Intention (October 2022)

More Respondents were asked, "If the 2022 general election for Attorney General were held today, would you vote for [RANDOMIZE “the Republican Ken Paxton”, “the Democrat Rochelle Garza”, “the Libertarian Mark Ash”] the Republican Ken Paxton, the Democrat Rochelle Garza, the libertarian Mark Ash, someone else, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion? [RANDOMIZE 1-3]" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.. Respondents who said that they hadn’t thought enough about the election to have an opinion were asked a follow-up question: “If you had to make a choice, who would you choose?” Responses to this item were folded into those who initially indicated a preference. Likely voters were defined as those respondents who indicated that they have voted in every election in the past 2-3 years in response to Q2; or those respondents who rated their likelihood to vote in the November eletions on a 10-point scale as a 9 or a 10 in response to Q3B.

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