How well is democracy working in Texas today? (August 2021)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely well | 6% |
| Very well | 17% |
| Somewhat well | 31% |
| Somewhat poorly | 20% |
| Very poorly | 10% |
| Extremely poorly | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Very well | 8% | 13% | 26% |
| Somewhat well | 25% | 29% | 37% |
| Somewhat poorly | 26% | 20% | 15% |
| Very poorly | 17% | 9% | 4% |
| Extremely poorly | 17% | 15% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 10% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Very well | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Somewhat well | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Somewhat poorly | 35% | 20% | 24% |
| Very poorly | 18% | 19% | 15% |
| Extremely poorly | 18% | 20% | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 6% | 2% | 13% |
| Very well | 20% | 31% | 28% |
| Somewhat well | 45% | 42% | 31% |
| Somewhat poorly | 19% | 15% | 13% |
| Very poorly | 2% | 7% | 4% |
| Extremely poorly | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 1% | 8% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 3% | 5% | 10% |
| Very well | 6% | 15% | 25% |
| Somewhat well | 22% | 29% | 37% |
| Somewhat poorly | 29% | 20% | 14% |
| Very poorly | 14% | 14% | 5% |
| Extremely poorly | 22% | 6% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 10% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Very well | 5% | 8% | 5% |
| Somewhat well | 22% | 23% | 20% |
| Somewhat poorly | 31% | 31% | 25% |
| Very poorly | 10% | 12% | 20% |
| Extremely poorly | 21% | 19% | 27% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 5% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 6% | 7% | 15% |
| Very well | 11% | 28% | 27% |
| Somewhat well | 53% | 38% | 29% |
| Somewhat poorly | 9% | 15% | 15% |
| Very poorly | 9% | 3% | 4% |
| Extremely poorly | 5% | 2% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 8% | 5% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Very well | 19% | 9% | 15% |
| Somewhat well | 32% | 30% | 29% |
| Somewhat poorly | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| Very poorly | 9% | 10% | 13% |
| Extremely poorly | 9% | 15% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 10% | 6% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 7% | 6% |
| Very well | 19% | 15% |
| Somewhat well | 31% | 31% |
| Somewhat poorly | 17% | 23% |
| Very poorly | 11% | 9% |
| Extremely poorly | 11% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 9% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 6% | 6% | 7% |
| Very well | 13% | 17% | 22% |
| Somewhat well | 29% | 34% | 27% |
| Somewhat poorly | 16% | 22% | 18% |
| Very poorly | 14% | 8% | 9% |
| Extremely poorly | 14% | 8% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 5% | 8% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 5% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Very well | 17% | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| Somewhat well | 35% | 29% | 28% | 34% |
| Somewhat poorly | 19% | 20% | 22% | 16% |
| Very poorly | 12% | 9% | 8% | 11% |
| Extremely poorly | 6% | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 8% | 7% | 6% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 4% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 7% |
| Very well | 21% | 18% | 14% | 10% | 20% | 19% |
| Somewhat well | 21% | 30% | 30% | 42% | 30% | 32% |
| Somewhat poorly | 24% | 16% | 23% | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Very poorly | 7% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Extremely poorly | 6% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 17% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely well | 11% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Very well | 24% | 15% | 8% | 11% |
| Somewhat well | 30% | 35% | 35% | 27% |
| Somewhat poorly | 15% | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| Very poorly | 6% | 8% | 13% | 17% |
| Extremely poorly | 5% | 9% | 13% | 16% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 7% | 3% | 6% |
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| Category | The 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 well | 14% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Very well | 21% | 21% | 7% | 14% |
| Somewhat well | 31% | 35% | 28% | 24% |
| Somewhat poorly | 12% | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| Very poorly | 6% | 7% | 17% | 6% |
| Extremely poorly | 6% | 7% | 17% | 12% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 6% | 1% | 20% |
