Efficiency of Texas Government (October 2012)

Efficiency of Texas Government (October 2012)

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categorycolumn-1
Strongly agree23%
Somewhat agree49%
Somewhat disagree20%
Strongly disagree8%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly agree7%14%39%
Somewhat agree39%52%55%
Somewhat disagree36%30%4%
Strongly disagree17%4%1%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly agree43%21%44%
Somewhat agree50%73%51%
Somewhat disagree5%5%4%
Strongly disagree2%1%1%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly agree7%12%5%
Somewhat agree37%56%34%
Somewhat disagree39%24%40%
Strongly disagree18%9%21%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly agree4%16%37%
Somewhat agree32%51%53%
Somewhat disagree38%26%8%
Strongly disagree26%7%2%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly agree31%42%40%
Somewhat agree61%50%47%
Somewhat disagree6%7%12%
Strongly disagree2%2%2%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly agree3%0%18%
Somewhat agree31%38%13%
Somewhat disagree39%37%38%
Strongly disagree26%25%30%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Strongly agree7%35%43%
Somewhat agree39%60%49%
Somewhat disagree35%3%7%
Strongly disagree19%2%1%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly agree27%6%14%
Somewhat agree48%42%58%
Somewhat disagree18%37%18%
Strongly disagree7%15%9%

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categoryMaleFemale
Strongly agree27%18%
Somewhat agree44%53%
Somewhat disagree20%21%
Strongly disagree9%8%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly agree18%24%25%
Somewhat agree53%48%45%
Somewhat disagree19%21%22%
Strongly disagree10%7%9%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly agree18%20%19%25%30%22%
Somewhat agree32%54%50%48%45%41%
Somewhat disagree41%16%23%21%20%22%
Strongly disagree10%9%8%6%5%15%

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