Accuracy of Official Texas Election Results (August 2021)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Very accurate | 38% |
| Somewhat accurate | 36% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 14% |
| Very inaccurate | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 62% | 32% | 20% |
| Somewhat accurate | 25% | 28% | 47% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 5% | 18% | 21% |
| Very inaccurate | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 16% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 60% | 55% | 65% |
| Somewhat accurate | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 8% | 7% | 3% |
| Very inaccurate | 1% | 5% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 8% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 20% | 23% | 20% |
| Somewhat accurate | 56% | 44% | 43% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 17% | 22% | 24% |
| Very inaccurate | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 4% | 7% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 64% | 38% | 21% |
| Somewhat accurate | 21% | 36% | 45% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 6% | 10% | 22% |
| Very inaccurate | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 12% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 55% | 67% | 69% |
| Somewhat accurate | 30% | 23% | 11% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 3% | 4% | 10% |
| Very inaccurate | 5% | 2% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 22% | 17% | 26% |
| Somewhat accurate | 39% | 55% | 38% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 25% | 15% | 26% |
| Very inaccurate | 8% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 10% | 5% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 37% | 48% | 38% |
| Somewhat accurate | 38% | 33% | 32% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 16% | 6% | 13% |
| Very inaccurate | 4% | 2% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 12% | 9% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 39% | 37% |
| Somewhat accurate | 37% | 35% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 15% | 13% |
| Very inaccurate | 4% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 9% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 45% | 38% | 29% |
| Somewhat accurate | 28% | 39% | 38% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 10% | 14% | 21% |
| Very inaccurate | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 5% | 8% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 44% | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Somewhat accurate | 34% | 30% | 36% | 41% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 8% | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| Very inaccurate | 5% | 6% | 5% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 11% | 8% | 3% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 21% | 32% | 35% | 35% | 41% | 57% |
| Somewhat accurate | 28% | 36% | 37% | 30% | 41% | 27% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 29% | 16% | 13% | 23% | 10% | 11% |
| Very inaccurate | 6% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 3% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 34% | 32% | 39% | 52% |
| Somewhat accurate | 38% | 42% | 33% | 25% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 15% | 14% | 17% | 11% |
| Very inaccurate | 5% | 4% | 7% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 9% | 4% | 8% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very accurate | 28% | 36% | 56% | 18% |
| Somewhat accurate | 43% | 40% | 25% | 29% |
| Somewhat inaccurate | 17% | 13% | 11% | 22% |
| Very inaccurate | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 7% | 4% | 27% |
