Importance of Public Education Priorities for the Legislature: Curriculum content (i.e. what students are taught) (October 2023)
Loading chart...
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 45% |
| Very important | 28% |
| Somewhat important | 14% |
| Not very important | 6% |
| Not important | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 34% | 42% | 57% |
| Very important | 28% | 20% | 28% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 24% | 9% |
| Not very important | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Not important | 8% | 7% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 1% | 2% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 34% | 33% | 36% |
| Very important | 26% | 30% | 28% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| Not very important | 14% | 4% | 9% |
| Not important | 6% | 8% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 5% | 2% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 64% | 42% | 61% |
| Very important | 29% | 31% | 26% |
| Somewhat important | 4% | 17% | 9% |
| Not very important | 1% | 7% | 2% |
| Not important | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 31% | 41% | 59% |
| Very important | 29% | 27% | 28% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 19% | 8% |
| Not very important | 11% | 6% | 3% |
| Not important | 7% | 5% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% | 29% | 38% |
| Very important | 32% | 29% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 22% | 13% |
| Not very important | 13% | 10% | 10% |
| Not important | 4% | 9% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 1% | 3% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 46% | 58% | 69% |
| Very important | 36% | 29% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 6% | 7% |
| Not very important | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Not important | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 1% |
Loading chart...
| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 46% | 42% | 45% |
| Very important | 27% | 37% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 7% | 14% |
| Not very important | 6% | 8% | 5% |
| Not important | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 4% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 45% | 45% |
| Very important | 29% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 13% |
| Not very important | 6% | 6% |
| Not important | 3% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 43% | 43% | 54% |
| Very important | 29% | 27% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 17% | 10% |
| Not very important | 6% | 7% | 5% |
| Not important | 5% | 4% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Loading chart...
| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 33% | 44% | 48% | 52% |
| Very important | 38% | 30% | 26% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| Not very important | 4% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
| Not important | 2% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
Loading chart...
| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 47% | 44% | 49% | 54% | 42% | 39% |
| Very important | 34% | 28% | 29% | 23% | 33% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Not very important | 10% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 14% |
| Not important | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 53% | 43% | 36% | 36% |
| Very important | 27% | 31% | 27% | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 11% | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| Not very important | 4% | 7% | 9% | 9% |
| Not important | 2% | 3% | 5% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 1% | 4% |
Loading chart...
| 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 | 49% | 48% | 32% | 51% |
| Very important | 33% | 27% | 25% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 14% | 19% | 8% |
| Not very important | 3% | 7% | 11% | 4% |
| Not important | 0% | 3% | 11% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 1% | 2% | 9% |
