Importance of Public Education Priorities for the Legislature: Public school financing (October 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 39% |
| Very important | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 18% |
| Not very important | 5% |
| Not important | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 53% | 34% | 30% |
| Very important | 29% | 25% | 34% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 29% | 23% |
| Not very important | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Not important | 2% | 7% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 0% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 61% | 40% | 55% |
| Very important | 20% | 38% | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 4% | 11% | 10% |
| Not very important | 7% | 5% | 1% |
| Not important | 5% | 1% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 27% | 36% | 30% |
| Very important | 32% | 31% | 37% |
| Somewhat important | 28% | 20% | 22% |
| Not very important | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Not important | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 4% | 4% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| Very important | 31% | 28% | 34% |
| Somewhat important | 10% | 22% | 22% |
| Not very important | 3% | 4% | 7% |
| Not important | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 44% | 50% | 56% |
| Very important | 28% | 34% | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 10% | 11% | 8% |
| Not very important | 6% | 0% | 3% |
| Not important | 6% | 3% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 34% | 31% | 26% |
| Very important | 41% | 32% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 23% | 25% |
| Not very important | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Not important | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 6% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 37% | 49% | 38% |
| Very important | 33% | 35% | 28% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 8% | 21% |
| Not very important | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| Not important | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 1% | 4% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 37% | 40% |
| Very important | 31% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 17% |
| Not very important | 6% | 4% |
| Not important | 4% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 5% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 42% | 36% | 40% |
| Very important | 31% | 31% | 35% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 21% | 16% |
| Not very important | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| Not important | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 3% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 38% | 40% | 39% | 37% |
| Very important | 30% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 14% | 16% | 25% |
| Not very important | 4% | 5% | 7% | 2% |
| Not important | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 44% | 36% | 37% | 40% | 37% | 46% |
| Very important | 25% | 31% | 36% | 24% | 33% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 22% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 22% | 16% |
| Not very important | 1% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| Not important | 0% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 0% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 38% | 37% | 38% | 44% |
| Very important | 32% | 32% | 29% | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 17% | 24% | 13% |
| Not very important | 5% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Not important | 2% | 3% | 2% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
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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 | 36% | 38% | 50% | 24% |
| Very important | 31% | 32% | 29% | 35% |
| Somewhat important | 23% | 19% | 10% | 18% |
| Not very important | 5% | 4% | 5% | 11% |
| Not important | 2% | 4% | 4% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 3% | 2% | 10% |
