How Liberal are Texas Democratic Elected Officials (October 2017)

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  Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?"
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" 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.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
• More Respondents were asked, "Overall, do you think that Democratic elected officials in Texas are liberal enough, too liberal, or not liberal enough?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.