Approval of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled abortion policy in Texas (October 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 30% |
Approve somewhat | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% |
Disapprove strongly | 39% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 4% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 22% | 52% |
Approve somewhat | 4% | 7% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 15% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 4% | 17% | 7% |
Disapprove strongly | 74% | 33% | 11% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 5% | 3% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 11% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 9% | 2% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 5% | 16% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 1% | 11% | 2% |
Disapprove strongly | 90% | 53% | 78% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 0% | 0% | 5% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 46% | 34% | 62% |
Approve somewhat | 19% | 17% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 11% | 10% |
Disapprove somewhat | 9% | 15% | 3% |
Disapprove strongly | 10% | 20% | 8% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 5% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 13% | 54% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 7% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 5% | 17% | 11% |
Disapprove somewhat | 4% | 13% | 6% |
Disapprove strongly | 83% | 42% | 11% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 8% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 5% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 3% | 1% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 12% | 3% | 1% |
Disapprove somewhat | 5% | 6% | 2% |
Disapprove strongly | 73% | 82% | 92% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 6% | 1% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 30% | 46% | 72% |
Approve somewhat | 19% | 22% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 11% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 8% | 1% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 11% | 6% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 1% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 35% | 14% | 20% |
Approve somewhat | 12% | 2% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 21% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 6% | 7% | 12% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 49% | 38% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 7% | 5% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 32% | 27% |
Approve somewhat | 12% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 10% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% | 7% |
Disapprove strongly | 36% | 42% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 4% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 21% | 30% | 41% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 10% | 13% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 10% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% | 8% | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 50% | 39% | 22% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 4% | 3% | 5% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 14% | 25% | 35% | 38% |
Approve somewhat | 0% | 10% | 10% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 11% | 8% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 10% | 8% | 7% | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 55% | 42% | 36% | 27% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 36% | 26% | 29% | 36% | 28% | 33% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 12% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 8% | 2% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 8% |
Disapprove strongly | 24% | 36% | 36% | 39% | 44% | 43% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 50% | 22% | 13% | 13% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 14% | 8% | 5% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 15% | 7% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 8% | 8% | 9% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 18% | 37% | 61% | 69% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% |
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. |
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Approve strongly | 52% | 31% | 8% | 17% |
Approve somewhat | 9% | 13% | 3% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 11% | 5% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% | 9% | 6% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 14% | 32% | 75% | 41% |
Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 2% | 9% |