Extremely or very confident that the Texas Legislature accomplished each of the following... (December 2023)

Extremely or very confident that the Texas Legislature accomplished each of the following... (December 2023)

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Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans29%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border26%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools26%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid23%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply22%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans24%18%35%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border21%16%32%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools19%15%32%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid19%12%27%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply19%12%26%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans13%27%27%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border13%23%24%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools12%23%21%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid12%19%23%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply9%23%23%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans27%32%42%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border15%34%41%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools23%35%37%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid15%26%35%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply13%26%33%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans26%27%32%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border22%22%31%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools19%24%31%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid21%22%24%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply21%24%22%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans26%27%25%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border16%21%27%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools20%18%20%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid18%22%22%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply19%24%19%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans30%32%33%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border27%33%32%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools28%33%32%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid24%25%22%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply18%23%24%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans30%32%25%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border25%31%24%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools22%35%26%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid21%27%23%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply20%32%21%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans32%26%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border29%23%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools28%24%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid25%20%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply27%18%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans33%26%31%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border36%20%24%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools35%21%23%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid31%18%22%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply29%18%18%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans37%33%20%31%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border43%31%17%22%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools39%32%16%24%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid36%31%12%19%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply33%30%13%18%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans34%35%19%26%28%33%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border40%33%17%25%25%22%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools44%32%19%29%25%19%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid43%28%11%22%23%20%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply23%26%19%24%20%19%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans33%30%22%22%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border35%22%15%14%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools34%26%14%14%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid28%22%11%14%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply27%23%9%16%

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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.
Reduced property taxes enough to make a difference to most Texans39%28%15%27%
Improved security along the Texas-Mexico border41%21%11%22%
Improved the safety of Texas’ public schools42%21%8%24%
Increased the reliability of the state’s electric grid35%19%8%21%
Increased the reliability of the state’s water supply34%19%7%22%

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