Approval of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled K-12 public education in Texas (June 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 9% |
Approve somewhat | 21% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% |
Don't know | 9% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 10% | 7% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 13% | 12% | 29% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 22% | 24% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 21% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 35% | 26% | 9% |
Don't know | 7% | 12% | 11% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 13% | 12% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 20% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 19% | 12% |
Disapprove somewhat | 28% | 20% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 36% | 19% | 43% |
Don't know | 5% | 9% | 6% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 1% | 12% |
Approve somewhat | 20% | 28% | 33% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 29% | 25% | 22% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 22% | 15% |
Disapprove strongly | 10% | 13% | 8% |
Don't know | 11% | 11% | 10% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 15% | 8% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 16% | 28% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 13% | 22% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 22% | 17% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 20% | 10% |
Don't know | 8% | 9% | 11% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 3% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 21% | 15% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 15% | 13% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 25% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 33% | 36% | 45% |
Don't know | 7% | 8% | 7% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 3% | 15% |
Approve somewhat | 23% | 35% | 25% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 26% | 20% | 25% |
Disapprove somewhat | 29% | 17% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 10% | 9% | 11% |
Don't know | 9% | 16% | 7% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 12% | 11% |
Approve somewhat | 23% | 18% | 20% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% | 20% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 21% | 21% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 23% | 20% |
Don't know | 9% | 7% | 12% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 10% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 25% | 17% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 23% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 22% |
Disapprove strongly | 17% | 25% |
Don't know | 8% | 10% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 14% | 6% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 23% | 19% | 22% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 19% | 29% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 22% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 19% | 24% | 18% |
Don't know | 9% | 9% | 10% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 17% | 9% | 6% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 25% | 23% | 15% | 22% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% | 18% | 21% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 18% | 20% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 9% | 22% | 27% | 20% |
Don't know | 10% | 9% | 11% | 7% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 8% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 8% |
Approve somewhat | 44% | 24% | 12% | 22% | 24% | 17% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 23% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 19% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 8% | 15% | 25% | 16% | 21% | 23% |
Disapprove strongly | 4% | 17% | 22% | 25% | 20% | 30% |
Don't know | 13% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 4% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 12% | 8% | 7% | 1% |
Approve somewhat | 27% | 19% | 19% | 9% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% | 22% | 18% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 26% | 24% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 15% | 15% | 27% | 45% |
Don't know | 10% | 10% | 6% | 10% |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 15% | 6% | 3% | 15% |
Approve somewhat | 27% | 23% | 8% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 21% | 17% | 27% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 26% | 16% | 10% |
Disapprove strongly | 12% | 16% | 46% | 15% |
Don't know | 10% | 8% | 9% | 21% |