Importance for the Legislature to Accomplish: Prohibit books in public school libraries determined to be “harmful” or inconsistent with local community values (April 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 20% |
| Very important | 17% |
| Somewhat important | 13% |
| Not very important | 10% |
| Not important | 33% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 12% | 9% | 30% |
| Very important | 11% | 10% | 21% |
| Somewhat important | 7% | 15% | 17% |
| Not very important | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| Not important | 56% | 41% | 16% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 14% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 7% | 17% | 12% |
| Very important | 9% | 9% | 13% |
| Somewhat important | 4% | 15% | 5% |
| Not very important | 12% | 10% | 9% |
| Not important | 64% | 44% | 57% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 5% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 27% | 18% | 35% |
| Very important | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Somewhat important | 20% | 22% | 14% |
| Not very important | 13% | 8% | 11% |
| Not important | 18% | 25% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 6% | 5% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 10% | 16% | 29% |
| Very important | 11% | 14% | 22% |
| Somewhat important | 8% | 11% | 18% |
| Not very important | 8% | 13% | 10% |
| Not important | 61% | 33% | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 13% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 11% | 4% | 17% |
| Very important | 11% | 13% | 8% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 11% | 3% |
| Not very important | 10% | 9% | 5% |
| Not important | 55% | 60% | 66% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 2% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 14% | 27% | 40% |
| Very important | 16% | 22% | 26% |
| Somewhat important | 27% | 17% | 13% |
| Not very important | 19% | 11% | 3% |
| Not important | 16% | 18% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 4% | 7% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 23% | 16% | 16% |
| Very important | 16% | 21% | 16% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 17% | 9% |
| Not very important | 10% | 11% | 10% |
| Not important | 33% | 26% | 38% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 9% | 11% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 24% | 16% |
| Very important | 18% | 15% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 12% |
| Not very important | 10% | 10% |
| Not important | 27% | 39% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 7% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Very important | 18% | 14% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| Not very important | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| Not important | 29% | 37% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 7% | 9% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 14% | 21% | 18% | 27% |
| Very important | 28% | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 11% | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Not very important | 10% | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Not important | 26% | 31% | 39% | 33% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 8% | 7% | 3% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 20% | 21% | 21% | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| Very important | 18% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 14% | 9% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 13% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| Not very important | 12% | 11% | 9% | 15% | 9% | 9% |
| Not important | 30% | 23% | 36% | 24% | 43% | 42% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 29% | 17% | 8% | 5% |
| Very important | 22% | 18% | 8% | 4% |
| Somewhat important | 15% | 13% | 16% | 3% |
| Not very important | 9% | 13% | 12% | 8% |
| Not important | 19% | 30% | 52% | 70% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 8% | 4% | 10% |
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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 important | 30% | 20% | 6% | 10% |
| Very important | 24% | 17% | 4% | 13% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 12% | 5% | 18% |
| Not very important | 10% | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Not important | 14% | 32% | 74% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 6% | 4% | 28% |
