Impact on Public Education System: Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism (April 2023)

Impact on Public Education System: Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism (April 2023)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism."
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Will improve public education39%
Will hurt public education37%
Will have no impact on public education11%
Don't know/No opinion12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education21%20%60%
Will hurt public education65%37%14%
Will have no impact on public education7%18%15%
Don't know/No opinion7%25%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education8%34%20%
Will hurt public education77%53%66%
Will have no impact on public education11%8%5%
Don't know/No opinion4%5%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education62%57%60%
Will hurt public education14%21%11%
Will have no impact on public education12%13%17%
Don't know/No opinion12%9%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education15%33%60%
Will hurt public education69%39%15%
Will have no impact on public education9%11%12%
Don't know/No opinion7%17%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education10%18%16%
Will hurt public education68%65%73%
Will have no impact on public education15%9%5%
Don't know/No opinion7%9%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education44%60%70%
Will hurt public education30%16%7%
Will have no impact on public education13%10%15%
Don't know/No opinion13%14%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Will improve public education46%28%31%
Will hurt public education33%45%40%
Will have no impact on public education12%12%11%
Don't know/No opinion9%16%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Will improve public education43%35%
Will hurt public education34%40%
Will have no impact on public education12%10%
Don't know/No opinion10%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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
Will improve public education37%37%47%
Will hurt public education37%41%27%
Will have no impact on public education10%12%12%
Don't know/No opinion15%10%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Will improve public education36%37%38%45%
Will hurt public education41%40%36%33%
Will have no impact on public education10%8%14%13%
Don't know/No opinion13%16%12%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Will improve public education33%45%36%43%37%31%
Will hurt public education39%25%37%34%45%52%
Will have no impact on public education19%12%14%8%10%10%
Don't know/No opinion9%18%13%15%8%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Will improve public education53%35%24%12%
Will hurt public education24%34%57%70%
Will have no impact on public education12%13%8%8%
Don't know/No opinion11%17%11%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about race and/or racism." 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.
Will improve public education54%42%13%17%
Will hurt public education21%35%71%38%
Will have no impact on public education13%12%7%9%
Don't know/No opinion11%11%8%36%

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