Approval of how state leaders and the Legislature handled each of the following issues (June 2023)

Approval of how state leaders and the Legislature handled each of the following issues (June 2023)

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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?"
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The Texas economy42%
Election & voting laws41%
Immigration / border security38%
Abortion policy38%
Water supply reliability37%
Crime / public safety36%
School safety35%
Healthcare31%
K-12 public education30%
Gun violence30%
Opioids30%
Electricity grid reliability28%
Higher education28%
Political corruption / ethics28%
Property taxes25%
Mental health services25%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
The Texas economy23%32%63%
Election & voting laws20%29%61%
Immigration / border security18%31%62%
Abortion policy16%36%63%
Water supply reliability28%28%45%
Crime / public safety21%31%50%
School safety21%28%49%
Healthcare23%21%40%
K-12 public education23%19%36%
Gun violence15%25%47%
Opioids21%14%43%
Electricity grid reliability19%20%39%
Higher education22%18%35%
Political corruption / ethics20%16%38%
Property taxes18%18%33%
Mental health services17%16%32%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
The Texas economy26%32%17%
Election & voting laws15%27%18%
Immigration / border security10%25%18%
Abortion policy12%25%13%
Water supply reliability29%34%24%
Crime / public safety14%29%19%
School safety18%29%19%
Healthcare17%31%22%
K-12 public education17%33%20%
Gun violence1%29%12%
Opioids22%23%19%
Electricity grid reliability17%21%17%
Higher education22%29%19%
Political corruption / ethics20%25%17%
Property taxes9%24%18%
Mental health services10%24%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
The Texas economy60%46%70%
Election & voting laws55%39%72%
Immigration / border security55%39%72%
Abortion policy56%45%71%
Water supply reliability39%36%51%
Crime / public safety40%39%58%
School safety46%34%56%
Healthcare30%25%49%
K-12 public education21%29%45%
Gun violence43%32%54%
Opioids34%30%50%
Electricity grid reliability35%19%47%
Higher education21%32%40%
Political corruption / ethics24%23%49%
Property taxes27%21%40%
Mental health services22%19%40%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" 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.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
The Texas economy22%32%63%
Election & voting laws18%32%61%
Immigration / border security14%31%59%
Abortion policy12%26%63%
Water supply reliability26%35%44%
Crime / public safety18%30%51%
School safety21%30%47%
Healthcare20%31%38%
K-12 public education18%31%36%
Gun violence12%24%46%
Opioids21%24%40%
Electricity grid reliability17%28%38%
Higher education22%27%32%
Political corruption / ethics20%23%37%
Property taxes16%26%32%
Mental health services16%24%30%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" 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.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
The Texas economy23%24%16%
Election & voting laws19%19%14%
Immigration / border security18%15%12%
Abortion policy11%16%11%
Water supply reliability28%30%20%
Crime / public safety28%15%14%
School safety21%26%14%
Healthcare20%21%19%
K-12 public education24%18%14%
Gun violence15%11%11%
Opioids25%21%18%
Electricity grid reliability14%21%13%
Higher education25%22%21%
Political corruption / ethics20%21%18%
Property taxes17%15%18%
Mental health services22%16%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" 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.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
The Texas economy46%69%67%
Election & voting laws49%61%69%
Immigration / border security45%61%66%
Abortion policy38%67%74%
Water supply reliability35%45%49%
Crime / public safety34%54%60%
School safety29%51%53%
Healthcare31%36%46%
K-12 public education26%38%40%
Gun violence29%48%57%
Opioids31%41%42%
Electricity grid reliability25%41%41%
Higher education28%32%35%
Political corruption / ethics25%38%42%
Property taxes23%30%40%
Mental health services27%25%37%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
The Texas economy46%36%36%
Election & voting laws44%36%37%
Immigration / border security43%26%35%
Abortion policy43%28%33%
Water supply reliability37%41%35%
Crime / public safety39%29%36%
School safety37%32%32%
Healthcare31%42%27%
K-12 public education30%30%31%
Gun violence35%21%25%
Opioids32%26%30%
Electricity grid reliability29%34%26%
Higher education29%27%29%
Political corruption / ethics28%30%25%
Property taxes29%28%20%
Mental health services25%29%23%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
The Texas economy55%30%
Election & voting laws48%34%
Immigration / border security49%29%
Abortion policy47%30%
Water supply reliability46%28%
Crime / public safety44%29%
School safety42%28%
Healthcare37%25%
K-12 public education35%24%
Gun violence39%22%
Opioids38%23%
Electricity grid reliability36%21%
Higher education35%22%
Political corruption / ethics36%21%
Property taxes33%19%
Mental health services30%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
The Texas economy42%40%45%
Election & voting laws46%35%43%
Immigration / border security43%32%45%
Abortion policy37%37%42%
Water supply reliability41%33%35%
Crime / public safety41%30%40%
School safety40%28%38%
Healthcare42%24%27%
K-12 public education37%25%26%
Gun violence32%27%35%
Opioids36%27%27%
Electricity grid reliability35%24%27%
Higher education35%23%26%
Political corruption / ethics35%23%26%
Property taxes35%20%22%
Mental health services35%18%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
The Texas economy47%40%36%48%
Election & voting laws49%38%35%44%
Immigration / border security45%34%35%43%
Abortion policy43%30%36%45%
Water supply reliability42%42%29%36%
Crime / public safety46%36%27%38%
School safety43%36%29%35%
Healthcare42%34%22%31%
K-12 public education42%32%21%27%
Gun violence37%26%26%36%
Opioids39%33%22%32%
Electricity grid reliability39%30%23%26%
Higher education43%31%21%22%
Political corruption / ethics41%29%20%29%
Property taxes40%25%18%27%
Mental health services45%24%17%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
The Texas economy44%48%36%35%41%44%
Election & voting laws25%46%36%36%42%40%
Immigration / border security44%44%33%38%38%35%
Abortion policy30%40%38%35%37%39%
Water supply reliability40%40%33%35%37%32%
Crime / public safety49%44%26%32%34%37%
School safety55%42%27%18%38%34%
Healthcare40%37%29%27%28%26%
K-12 public education52%38%19%28%29%25%
Gun violence26%33%27%25%31%32%
Opioids47%34%27%22%28%32%
Electricity grid reliability33%33%26%22%29%26%
Higher education43%30%24%25%29%28%
Political corruption / ethics26%33%22%22%29%27%
Property taxes17%28%21%29%26%26%
Mental health services35%31%20%19%24%25%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
The Texas economy53%42%33%19%
Election & voting laws52%43%25%18%
Immigration / border security50%38%25%16%
Abortion policy54%35%24%10%
Water supply reliability44%38%28%19%
Crime / public safety47%33%24%16%
School safety46%35%20%13%
Healthcare40%33%20%9%
K-12 public education39%27%26%10%
Gun violence39%32%19%11%
Opioids36%36%16%14%
Electricity grid reliability38%28%21%8%
Higher education37%27%18%13%
Political corruption / ethics35%28%21%11%
Property taxes33%24%20%12%
Mental health services34%24%14%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe 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.
The Texas economy57%45%18%24%
Election & voting laws57%39%19%31%
Immigration / border security53%40%15%22%
Abortion policy60%39%9%14%
Water supply reliability49%36%20%27%
Crime / public safety50%36%16%23%
School safety52%32%13%21%
Healthcare48%30%8%25%
K-12 public education42%29%11%26%
Gun violence44%31%11%23%
Opioids41%29%15%22%
Electricity grid reliability44%28%9%15%
Higher education39%29%11%15%
Political corruption / ethics40%27%14%10%
Property taxes35%27%12%12%
Mental health services38%24%6%22%

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