Case ID
Weight - Registered Voters
Are you registered to vote in the state of Texas
Interest level in politics and public affairs
Frequency of vote in Texas elections
Most important problem facing this country today
Most important problem facing the State of Texas today
Approve - Disapprove: Joe Biden as president
Approve - Disapprove: Joe Biden covid
Approve - Disapprove: U.S. Congress
Approve - Disapprove: Greg Abbott as Governor
Approve - Disapprove: Greg Abbott covid
Approve - Disapprove: Dan Patrick
Approve - Disapprove: Dade Phelan
Approve - Disapprove: Ken Paxton
Approve - Disapprove: Ted Cruz
Approve - Disapprove: John Cornyn
Country direction
National economy direction
Texas direction
Better off - Worse off: Personal economic status
Better off - Worse off: Texas Economy
Is Texas’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity a cause for optimism or a cause for concern
Approval of Joe Biden handling economy
Approval of Joe Biden handling immigration and border security
How closely have you been following the Texas Legislature this session
What do you think should be the legislature’s top priority
Do you think that Texas's election system discriminates against racial and ethnic minorities
Opinion on Vaccines grid -- Safe
Opinion on Vaccines grid -- Effective
Would you say that the coronavirus/COVID-19 is
Approve/Disapprove of how government is handling COVID-19 -- Federal government
Approve/Disapprove of how government is handling COVID-19 -- Texas state government
Approve/Disapprove of how government is handling COVID-19 -- Your local government
Concern about the spread of the coronavirus in your community
Concern about you or someone you know getting infected with the coronavirus
Are you going to try to get a COVID vaccine as soon as it becomes available to you
Thinking about how you and your family are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, which of these best describes you these days
Measures you are taking in response to COVID-19 -- Staying away from large groups
Measures you are taking in response to COVID-19 -- Avoiding other people as much as possible
Measures you are taking in response to COVID-19 -- Wearing a mask when in close contact with people outside your household
Support/Oppose vaccine passports
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go to work
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Fly on an airplane
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Eat at a restaurant
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Attend a sporting event or concert at an outdoor stadium
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Attend a sporting event or concert in an indoor arena
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go to a movie theater
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Attend church
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Send your child to school
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go grocery shopping
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go to a bar or club
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go to a gym or health club
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Stay in a hotel
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Go to a shopping mall
Safety of activities regardless of restrictions -- Get a haircut
Do you think gun control laws should be made more strict, less strict, or left as they are now
Do you think that laws restricting abortion here in Texas should be made more strict, less strict, or left as they are now
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Prohibiting counties from offering voters the option of voting at a drive-through location
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Allowing volunteer poll watchers, including those recruited by political parties, to photograph, video, or audio record voters that they suspect to be engaged in an illegal activity
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Prohibiting counties from offering more than 12 hours a day of early voting during the last week of early voting
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Prohibiting counties from sending vote-by-mail applications to voters who haven’t requested them
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Requiring all county voting systems to have a paper record by which a voter can verify that their ballot is counted accurately
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Prohibiting any vote-counting equipment from being connected to the internet or any other computer network
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group A-G -- Requiring counties of more than 100,000 residents to both livestream and record all areas where ballots are counted
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group H-K -- Banning the use of chokeholds by police
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group H-K -- Requiring police officers to intervene if another officer is violating state law, federal law, or their own police department’s policy in their use of force against a civilian
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group H-K -- Allowing civilians to sue a police officer who has violated state law or police department policy in their use of force
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group H-K -- Requiring local governments to hold an election before reducing or redirecting funds from their police budgets
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group L-M -- Making abortion illegal after 6 weeks of pregnancy except in the case of a medical emergency
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group L-M -- Allowing any individual in Texas the right to sue an abortion provider they believe has violated state law
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group L-M -- Automatically banning all abortions in Texas if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group O-R -- Limiting the emergency powers of the Texas Governor during a pandemic or similar public health emergency
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group O-R -- Prohibiting local governments from using public money to pay lobbyists or organizations to represent their interests before the Texas Legislature
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group O-R -- Allowing legal gun owners over the age of 21 to carry handguns in most public places in Texas without licenses or training
Support or oppose proposal for new law - Group O-R -- Allowing restaurants with valid licenses the ability to sell alcoholic beverages for delivery or pick-up
Confidence that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Require energy providers to weatherize their facilities
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Provide government funds to energy providers to weatherize their facilities
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Require all Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board members to reside in Texas
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Require that companies and regulators ensure higher levels of reserve energy to meet spikes in demand
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Create a council of government energy regulators and emergency managers to coordinate during disasters
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Ban products that allow residential customers to pay wholesale electricity prices that may save them money, but may also expose them to high bills during energy shortages
Support/Oppose proposals in response to the winter storm and its effects -- Create a statewide disaster alert system to alert Texans about impending weather-related disasters and power outages
Thoughts on spending on police
Thoughts on deaths of Black people during encounters with police in recent years
U.S. doing right amount about climate change
Texas doing right amount about climate change
Favor/Oppose increasing minimum wage
Knowledge level of Texas decision not to expand eligibility for Medicaid
Support/Oppose - Texas expanding eligibility for its Medicaid program
Agree/Disagree - Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately
Views on children who arrive at the U.S-Mexico border without a parent or guardian and are seeking to enter the United States
Support/Oppose - Criminal and mental health background checks on all gun purchases in the United States
Think the U.S. would be safer if more people carried guns
Opinion on the death penalty
Political info - Which political party holds the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives
Political info - What majority of both houses of the U.S. Congress is needed to override a presidential veto
Political info - Who is the current Texas Agriculture Commissioner
LIBCON_grid -- libcon
3 point party ID
7 point Party ID - Democrat
7 point Party ID - Independent
7 point Party ID - Republican
7 point Party ID - Other
Closer to Democratic or Republican Party
Are Republican officials in Texas are conservative enough
Are Democratic officials in Texas are liberal enough
LOCATE_utex
METRO_utex
CHILD
Yes, child under 18 in public school
Yes, child under 18 in private school
Yes, child under 18 being home schooled
No children under 18 in school in Texas
Family income
Pro-life vs pro-choice
EDU
Relgion_utex primary
Bible
Importance of religion
Religious participation frequency
Have you changed your attendance habits as a result of the coronavirus/COVID-19
How have your attendance habits changed
Hispanic-Latino grandparent
Born in USA
Parents place of birth
Move to Texas from another state
State moved from most recently
Military status - Active-duty military
Military status - Military veteran
Military status - Active-duty military in my immediate family
Military status - Military veteran in my immediate family
None of the above
Own or rent your home?
Marital status
ZIP code
English or Spanish
Birth Year
Gender
Hispanic
Race
Employment Status
State of Residence
2016 President Vote Post Election
2020 President Vote Post Election
Political Interest
Born Again (Pew version)
Frequency of Prayer (Pew version)
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