Importance of Public Education Priorities for the Legislature: Public school financing (August 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Extremely important | 37% |
Very important | 34% |
Somewhat important | 18% |
Not very important | 4% |
Not important | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 50% | 33% | 26% |
Very important | 32% | 31% | 35% |
Somewhat important | 12% | 19% | 26% |
Not very important | 3% | 6% | 6% |
Not important | 1% | 4% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 9% | 3% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 46% | 41% | 58% |
Very important | 32% | 35% | 29% |
Somewhat important | 19% | 11% | 9% |
Not very important | 1% | 6% | 1% |
Not important | 0% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 4% | 2% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 21% | 24% | 29% |
Very important | 40% | 37% | 32% |
Somewhat important | 27% | 29% | 25% |
Not very important | 8% | 5% | 5% |
Not important | 2% | 5% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 1% | 5% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 49% | 33% | 29% |
Very important | 32% | 35% | 33% |
Somewhat important | 13% | 16% | 24% |
Not very important | 1% | 6% | 6% |
Not important | 2% | 2% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 7% | 4% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 34% | 47% | 64% |
Very important | 35% | 39% | 21% |
Somewhat important | 23% | 7% | 12% |
Not very important | 2% | 0% | 2% |
Not important | 3% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 5% | 0% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 35% | 26% | 29% |
Very important | 40% | 32% | 31% |
Somewhat important | 15% | 29% | 24% |
Not very important | 3% | 6% | 8% |
Not important | 2% | 3% | 6% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 4% | 2% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 32% | 49% | 39% |
Very important | 36% | 28% | 31% |
Somewhat important | 21% | 18% | 15% |
Not very important | 4% | 2% | 6% |
Not important | 3% | 0% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 2% | 6% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Extremely important | 34% | 39% |
Very important | 33% | 34% |
Somewhat important | 21% | 16% |
Not very important | 4% | 4% |
Not important | 4% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 5% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 36% | 37% | 38% |
Very important | 36% | 35% | 25% |
Somewhat important | 18% | 18% | 21% |
Not very important | 4% | 5% | 4% |
Not important | 1% | 2% | 7% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 3% | 5% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 28% | 35% | 40% | 41% |
Very important | 41% | 32% | 30% | 34% |
Somewhat important | 16% | 20% | 19% | 17% |
Not very important | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Not important | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 5% | 4% | 2% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 25% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 35% | 45% |
Very important | 41% | 29% | 29% | 33% | 39% | 37% |
Somewhat important | 19% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 10% |
Not very important | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
Not important | 8% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 3% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely important | 37% | 29% | 38% | 48% |
Very important | 33% | 34% | 35% | 32% |
Somewhat important | 18% | 24% | 14% | 13% |
Not very important | 5% | 4% | 5% | 1% |
Not important | 2% | 5% | 1% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 4% | 7% | 1% |
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 | 34% | 35% | 47% | 26% |
Very important | 32% | 37% | 30% | 32% |
Somewhat important | 22% | 19% | 12% | 20% |
Not very important | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
Not important | 4% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 3% | 17% |