Expected Impact of voucher, ESA, or other "school choice" program on public school funding (October 2023)

Expected Impact of voucher, ESA, or other "school choice" program on public school funding (October 2023)

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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?"
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Large positive impact23%
Small positive impact18%
No impact14%
Small negative impact9%
Large negative impact23%
Don't know/No opinion13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact21%10%25%
Small positive impact14%18%19%
No impact8%19%18%
Small negative impact6%14%11%
Large negative impact38%26%13%
Don't know/No opinion11%12%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact21%28%19%
Small positive impact8%20%15%
No impact13%6%6%
Small negative impact7%11%4%
Large negative impact44%29%40%
Don't know/No opinion8%7%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact21%24%30%
Small positive impact18%20%20%
No impact19%16%17%
Small negative impact13%9%11%
Large negative impact12%16%11%
Don't know/No opinion17%15%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact19%24%25%
Small positive impact13%24%19%
No impact8%13%19%
Small negative impact6%9%12%
Large negative impact42%16%13%
Don't know/No opinion12%14%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact11%23%18%
Small positive impact12%14%11%
No impact16%7%2%
Small negative impact12%4%5%
Large negative impact37%39%52%
Don't know/No opinion11%12%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact28%21%27%
Small positive impact18%21%17%
No impact23%14%21%
Small negative impact8%13%12%
Large negative impact17%16%8%
Don't know/No opinion7%15%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Large positive impact18%35%26%
Small positive impact19%16%19%
No impact15%9%14%
Small negative impact11%10%5%
Large negative impact24%19%23%
Don't know/No opinion13%11%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Large positive impact24%21%
Small positive impact19%18%
No impact18%10%
Small negative impact10%8%
Large negative impact21%25%
Don't know/No opinion8%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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
Large positive impact30%20%16%
Small positive impact21%16%21%
No impact12%14%17%
Small negative impact6%11%11%
Large negative impact20%26%22%
Don't know/No opinion11%14%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Large positive impact35%24%19%16%
Small positive impact20%24%14%19%
No impact15%11%14%15%
Small negative impact6%9%10%10%
Large negative impact11%19%30%28%
Don't know/No opinion13%13%13%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Large positive impact36%23%19%30%22%20%
Small positive impact13%21%18%15%20%16%
No impact14%13%16%19%13%9%
Small negative impact4%7%11%7%11%9%
Large negative impact6%19%21%15%25%42%
Don't know/No opinion27%17%16%14%9%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Large positive impact31%19%16%10%
Small positive impact20%22%13%12%
No impact14%13%18%10%
Small negative impact9%10%10%8%
Large negative impact14%21%33%46%
Don't know/No opinion12%14%10%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the state of Texas establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program, do you think it would have a positive impact, negative impact, or no impact on each of the following...Public school funding?" 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.
Large positive impact34%19%12%21%
Small positive impact25%19%10%17%
No impact12%17%7%24%
Small negative impact7%11%9%8%
Large negative impact9%21%53%11%
Don't know/No opinion13%13%10%19%

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