Approval of State Government Handling of K-12 Education (June 2019)

Approval of State Government Handling of K-12 Education (June 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?"

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categoryTotal
Approve strongly6%
Approve somewhat24%
Neither approve nor disapprove23%
Disapprove somewhat17%
Disapprove strongly12%
Don’t know/No opinion17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education 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
Approve strongly4%2%9%
Approve somewhat18%22%29%
Neither approve nor disapprove22%21%24%
Disapprove somewhat18%26%15%
Disapprove strongly20%11%5%
Don’t know/No opinion17%18%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education 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
Approve strongly3%3%6%
Approve somewhat14%19%20%
Neither approve nor disapprove21%23%21%
Disapprove somewhat21%20%16%
Disapprove strongly27%13%21%
Don’t know/No opinion15%22%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education 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
Approve strongly9%6%11%
Approve somewhat29%18%34%
Neither approve nor disapprove26%28%22%
Disapprove somewhat18%19%12%
Disapprove strongly5%6%4%
Don’t know/No opinion13%24%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education 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
Approve strongly6%3%9%
Approve somewhat17%22%29%
Neither approve nor disapprove19%24%25%
Disapprove somewhat21%18%15%
Disapprove strongly22%10%6%
Don’t know/No opinion15%23%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Approve strongly4%3%10%
Approve somewhat20%16%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove24%19%16%
Disapprove somewhat25%22%17%
Disapprove strongly12%22%28%
Don’t know/No opinion15%17%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Approve strongly2%8%13%
Approve somewhat30%33%24%
Neither approve nor disapprove27%20%28%
Disapprove somewhat19%15%13%
Disapprove strongly7%7%5%
Don’t know/No opinion15%17%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Approve strongly8%5%5%
Approve somewhat24%23%20%
Neither approve nor disapprove22%26%24%
Disapprove somewhat18%13%19%
Disapprove strongly13%8%12%
Don’t know/No opinion15%25%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Approve strongly7%5%
Approve somewhat26%21%
Neither approve nor disapprove26%20%
Disapprove somewhat16%18%
Disapprove strongly12%12%
Don’t know/No opinion11%23%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Approve strongly9%5%6%
Approve somewhat27%23%21%
Neither approve nor disapprove21%23%26%
Disapprove somewhat13%18%22%
Disapprove strongly12%13%10%
Don’t know/No opinion18%18%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Approve strongly4%9%5%6%
Approve somewhat18%25%24%25%
Neither approve nor disapprove24%19%22%27%
Disapprove somewhat18%19%18%15%
Disapprove strongly15%11%15%8%
Don’t know/No opinion21%17%16%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Approve strongly8%6%6%5%6%8%
Approve somewhat9%20%21%25%26%33%
Neither approve nor disapprove21%29%21%26%19%20%
Disapprove somewhat20%12%17%21%22%16%
Disapprove strongly17%9%12%12%12%16%
Don’t know/No opinion24%23%23%11%14%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Approve strongly12%1%2%2%
Approve somewhat26%29%18%15%
Neither approve nor disapprove23%25%22%20%
Disapprove somewhat14%19%24%20%
Disapprove strongly9%7%17%26%
Don’t know/No opinion17%19%17%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature are handling K-12 public education in Texas?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Approve strongly12%4%2%
Approve somewhat27%28%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove25%21%20%
Disapprove somewhat11%20%23%
Disapprove strongly7%9%23%
Don’t know/No opinion18%17%14%

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