If All Texans Allowed to Vote By Mail, How Would You Cast Your Ballot? (June 2020)

If All Texans Allowed to Vote By Mail, How Would You Cast Your Ballot? (June 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?"
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In-person early42%
In-person on election day21%
By mail32%
Don't intend to vote1%
Don't know/Unsure5%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early29%41%54%
In-person on election day14%15%28%
By mail52%34%13%
Don't intend to vote0%2%1%
Don't know/Unsure6%8%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early25%28%31%
In-person on election day10%24%11%
By mail59%39%53%
Don't intend to vote0%2%0%
Don't know/Unsure5%7%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early58%41%56%
In-person on election day21%25%33%
By mail12%26%9%
Don't intend to vote2%1%0%
Don't know/Unsure6%7%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early31%30%57%
In-person on election day14%19%27%
By mail50%40%14%
Don't intend to vote1%3%0%
Don't know/Unsure5%9%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early23%28%40%
In-person on election day19%9%14%
By mail51%54%44%
Don't intend to vote1%1%1%
Don't know/Unsure7%8%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early57%57%56%
In-person on election day17%30%29%
By mail20%10%13%
Don't intend to vote1%0%0%
Don't know/Unsure5%2%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
In-person early44%32%45%
In-person on election day21%17%22%
By mail31%46%24%
Don't intend to vote1%1%2%
Don't know/Unsure4%4%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
In-person early46%38%
In-person on election day22%20%
By mail28%35%
Don't intend to vote1%1%
Don't know/Unsure4%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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
In-person early37%45%42%
In-person on election day19%18%30%
By mail38%31%21%
Don't intend to vote1%1%3%
Don't know/Unsure5%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
In-person early36%35%45%50%
In-person on election day20%21%23%16%
By mail37%36%27%30%
Don't intend to vote1%2%1%0%
Don't know/Unsure6%6%4%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
In-person early29%41%45%40%42%43%
In-person on election day16%22%24%20%21%13%
By mail48%29%27%32%34%39%
Don't intend to vote4%2%1%0%0%0%
Don't know/Unsure4%6%4%8%4%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
In-person early47%42%35%35%
In-person on election day22%27%16%12%
By mail24%27%43%46%
Don't intend to vote1%1%1%1%
Don't know/Unsure5%4%6%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "If all Texans were allowed to vote by mail in the November 2020 general election, would you be more likely [RANDOMIZE STATEMENTS] to cast your ballot by mail, or to cast your ballot in person?" 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.
In-person early45%46%34%30%
In-person on election day27%22%12%21%
By mail23%27%48%31%
Don't intend to vote1%0%0%7%
Don't know/Unsure4%4%5%12%

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