Greg Abbott Issue Area Job Approval (June 2022)

Greg Abbott Issue Area Job Approval (June 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: "
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categoryTotal
Immigration & border security43%
COVID-1941%
Crime & public safety40%
The economy39%
Gun violence36%
Abortion access36%
Public education35%
The electric grid31%
Climate change28%
Inflation & prices27%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security10%31%75%
COVID-1910%31%69%
Crime & public safety7%26%71%
The economy9%26%65%
Gun violence7%19%64%
Abortion access7%26%63%
Public education9%21%59%
The electric grid8%13%56%
Climate change6%15%47%
Inflation & prices7%11%49%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security4%15%10%
COVID-196%14%9%
Crime & public safety4%6%8%
The economy5%13%10%
Gun violence3%8%8%
Abortion access2%12%8%
Public education4%10%9%
The electric grid3%9%10%
Climate change3%9%7%
Inflation & prices1%10%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security74%72%77%
COVID-1963%66%74%
Crime & public safety63%62%79%
The economy59%59%71%
Gun violence60%50%73%
Abortion access58%53%70%
Public education49%47%68%
The electric grid47%45%64%
Climate change41%34%55%
Inflation & prices37%42%56%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security9%30%74%
COVID-198%27%69%
Crime & public safety6%25%71%
The economy7%23%68%
Gun violence8%18%63%
Abortion access5%23%64%
Public education6%22%59%
The electric grid7%19%54%
Climate change4%17%48%
Inflation & prices7%16%48%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security10%6%9%
COVID-1914%5%8%
Crime & public safety5%5%6%
The economy8%7%7%
Gun violence8%8%9%
Abortion access4%4%8%
Public education5%5%8%
The electric grid4%7%8%
Climate change6%3%3%
Inflation & prices11%5%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security63%77%78%
COVID-1961%73%69%
Crime & public safety57%73%78%
The economy60%70%70%
Gun violence49%66%71%
Abortion access44%68%72%
Public education49%60%67%
The electric grid44%50%63%
Climate change35%49%54%
Inflation & prices34%45%58%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Immigration & border security54%20%33%
COVID-1950%18%34%
Crime & public safety50%12%33%
The economy48%16%29%
Gun violence43%12%31%
Abortion access45%14%32%
Public education42%16%27%
The electric grid37%13%29%
Climate change33%12%23%
Inflation & prices33%13%22%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Immigration & border security50%38%
COVID-1945%36%
Crime & public safety47%33%
The economy47%31%
Gun violence42%32%
Abortion access44%29%
Public education43%27%
The electric grid37%27%
Climate change35%20%
Inflation & prices34%22%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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
Immigration & border security37%43%56%
COVID-1935%41%50%
Crime & public safety35%39%51%
The economy33%38%47%
Gun violence30%37%44%
Abortion access32%35%45%
Public education31%34%40%
The electric grid29%31%37%
Climate change27%25%33%
Inflation & prices27%25%34%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Immigration & border security32%36%49%52%
COVID-1933%36%43%49%
Crime & public safety30%33%44%48%
The economy26%34%40%47%
Gun violence33%28%38%43%
Abortion access32%33%38%40%
Public education28%30%34%43%
The electric grid34%27%30%36%
Climate change25%21%29%33%
Inflation & prices25%24%26%35%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Immigration & border security53%45%44%41%42%41%
COVID-1941%46%39%34%41%41%
Crime & public safety46%42%38%39%41%38%
The economy45%38%35%32%42%40%
Gun violence36%37%36%29%38%34%
Abortion access35%35%36%34%40%34%
Public education40%36%32%33%34%35%
The electric grid37%34%32%27%33%27%
Climate change34%25%28%23%29%28%
Inflation & prices33%28%28%25%28%27%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Immigration & border security56%46%31%21%
COVID-1955%42%32%19%
Crime & public safety54%43%30%14%
The economy54%37%27%18%
Gun violence53%35%23%14%
Abortion access54%34%27%11%
Public education46%35%29%15%
The electric grid45%34%21%9%
Climate change38%28%20%9%
Inflation & prices41%26%21%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Greg Abbott has handled each of the following: " 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.
Immigration & border security60%49%22%35%
COVID-1957%48%19%19%
Crime & public safety58%47%16%20%
The economy55%45%17%15%
Gun violence57%40%14%18%
Abortion access58%41%13%11%
Public education51%40%16%11%
The electric grid51%36%10%18%
Climate change41%31%11%15%
Inflation & prices43%31%11%11%

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