Confidence in Texas Legislature: Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools (December 2023)

Confidence in Texas Legislature: Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools (December 2023)

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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools."
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Extremely confident12%
Very confident14%
Somewhat confident26%
Not very confident20%
Not confident19%
Don't know/No opinion9%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident9%9%14%
Very confident10%6%18%
Somewhat confident16%27%34%
Not very confident25%26%16%
Not confident33%23%7%
Don't know/No opinion6%8%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident5%12%9%
Very confident7%11%12%
Somewhat confident12%21%16%
Not very confident35%24%21%
Not confident36%23%37%
Don't know/No opinion5%8%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident6%21%16%
Very confident17%14%21%
Somewhat confident34%32%35%
Not very confident26%12%12%
Not confident8%12%5%
Don't know/No opinion10%9%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident9%15%11%
Very confident10%9%20%
Somewhat confident15%26%32%
Not very confident24%21%18%
Not confident38%17%8%
Don't know/No opinion3%11%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident7%7%13%
Very confident13%11%7%
Somewhat confident13%21%10%
Not very confident26%29%17%
Not confident35%29%51%
Don't know/No opinion6%3%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident10%10%13%
Very confident18%23%19%
Somewhat confident22%36%34%
Not very confident20%18%16%
Not confident12%5%7%
Don't know/No opinion17%8%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely confident9%17%13%
Very confident13%18%13%
Somewhat confident30%18%22%
Not very confident21%20%18%
Not confident17%21%22%
Don't know/No opinion9%6%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Extremely confident14%9%
Very confident14%15%
Somewhat confident27%25%
Not very confident19%22%
Not confident18%20%
Don't know/No opinion8%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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
Extremely confident16%9%10%
Very confident19%12%13%
Somewhat confident24%24%34%
Not very confident16%24%21%
Not confident17%22%16%
Don't know/No opinion9%10%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely confident17%15%8%9%
Very confident22%17%8%15%
Somewhat confident23%24%27%27%
Not very confident15%15%23%27%
Not confident11%20%25%16%
Don't know/No opinion11%9%9%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely confident21%16%8%15%8%11%
Very confident23%16%11%14%17%8%
Somewhat confident26%24%32%21%26%20%
Not very confident14%14%22%21%22%29%
Not confident10%20%15%17%20%28%
Don't know/No opinion5%9%12%11%7%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely confident16%11%3%8%
Very confident18%15%11%6%
Somewhat confident28%31%26%10%
Not very confident17%21%24%25%
Not confident13%14%24%43%
Don't know/No opinion8%9%12%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas legislature accomplished each of the following during its legislative sessions this year? Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools." 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.
Extremely confident20%9%3%9%
Very confident22%12%5%15%
Somewhat confident30%29%13%19%
Not very confident13%23%28%18%
Not confident8%17%43%21%
Don't know/No opinion8%9%7%19%

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