Electing Legislators of My Race or Ethnicity (May 2011)
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Very important | 11% |
| Somewhat important | 21% |
| Not at all important | 61% |
| Don't know | 8% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 15% | 9% | 8% |
| Somewhat important | 23% | 15% | 21% |
| Not at all important | 53% | 62% | 67% |
| Don't know | 8% | 14% | 4% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 8% | 8% | 7% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 25% | 24% |
| Not at all important | 72% | 67% | 63% |
| Don't know | 5% | 0% | 5% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 5% | 9% | 22% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 35% | 19% |
| Not at all important | 73% | 47% | 50% |
| Don't know | 5% | 9% | 9% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 12% | 14% | 8% |
| Somewhat important | 15% | 25% | 21% |
| Not at all important | 64% | 47% | 67% |
| Don't know | 9% | 15% | 4% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 8% | 6% | 10% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Not at all important | 71% | 67% | 64% |
| Don't know | 4% | 5% | 2% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 13% | 5% | 19% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 20% | 5% |
| Not at all important | 65% | 64% | 64% |
| Don't know | 4% | 11% | 13% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 16% | 12% | 5% |
| Somewhat important | 21% | 25% | 20% |
| Not at all important | 56% | 59% | 71% |
| Don't know | 7% | 4% | 4% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 4% | 30% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 27% | 28% |
| Not at all important | 73% | 39% | 37% |
| Don't know | 7% | 4% | 16% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Very important | 12% | 9% |
| Somewhat important | 20% | 22% |
| Not at all important | 63% | 59% |
| Don't know | 5% | 10% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Somewhat important | 24% | 18% | 24% |
| Not at all important | 52% | 67% | 56% |
| Don't know | 10% | 5% | 12% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | 10% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% |
| Somewhat important | 22% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| Not at all important | 48% | 59% | 63% | 65% | 62% | 60% |
| Don't know | 20% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 11% |
