How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state? (April 2021)

How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state? (April 2021)

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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?"
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Extremely confident7%
Very confident10%
Somewhat confident25%
Not very confident25%
Not at all confident25%
Don’t know/No opinion8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident3%3%12%
Very confident4%3%18%
Somewhat confident18%25%31%
Not very confident27%27%22%
Not at all confident44%20%10%
Don’t know/No opinion4%22%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident1%2%4%
Very confident4%5%3%
Somewhat confident15%26%16%
Not very confident27%26%28%
Not at all confident51%33%46%
Don’t know/No opinion2%9%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident6%14%15%
Very confident18%13%19%
Somewhat confident26%36%32%
Not very confident29%22%18%
Not at all confident11%9%10%
Don’t know/No opinion9%7%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident1%3%13%
Very confident4%5%17%
Somewhat confident12%32%31%
Not very confident31%20%22%
Not at all confident47%25%10%
Don’t know/No opinion5%16%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident0%0%3%
Very confident7%2%4%
Somewhat confident19%9%10%
Not very confident31%31%32%
Not at all confident38%54%45%
Don’t know/No opinion5%3%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident8%7%22%
Very confident12%16%20%
Somewhat confident35%32%27%
Not very confident25%27%16%
Not at all confident13%12%8%
Don’t know/No opinion7%7%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely confident6%7%9%
Very confident12%6%6%
Somewhat confident26%22%25%
Not very confident26%25%18%
Not at all confident24%30%26%
Don’t know/No opinion5%10%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Extremely confident6%8%
Very confident11%9%
Somewhat confident28%23%
Not very confident25%24%
Not at all confident24%26%
Don’t know/No opinion6%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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
Extremely confident7%6%11%
Very confident9%9%12%
Somewhat confident22%24%32%
Not very confident22%28%18%
Not at all confident32%24%19%
Don’t know/No opinion8%9%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely confident8%6%8%5%
Very confident6%5%12%17%
Somewhat confident21%21%26%32%
Not very confident28%24%24%23%
Not at all confident22%31%24%22%
Don’t know/No opinion14%13%6%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely confident31%9%8%9%4%1%
Very confident6%7%11%6%13%11%
Somewhat confident15%28%25%33%24%19%
Not very confident11%22%22%25%27%31%
Not at all confident22%22%25%18%27%34%
Don’t know/No opinion14%13%9%8%5%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely confident11%7%4%0%
Very confident13%14%4%2%
Somewhat confident29%26%26%16%
Not very confident20%24%33%29%
Not at all confident16%20%29%47%
Don’t know/No opinion11%9%3%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How confident are you that the Texas Legislature will enact effective laws to prevent future disruptions in utility services like those that resulted from the February 2021 winter storm that affected much of the state?" 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.
Extremely confident12%6%2%11%
Very confident18%11%3%2%
Somewhat confident31%30%13%26%
Not very confident17%26%32%19%
Not at all confident12%22%47%13%
Don’t know/No opinion10%6%3%30%

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