Importance of Public Education Priorities for state leaders and the Legislature: Teacher pay / teacher retention (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 48% |
| Very important | 29% |
| Somewhat important | 15% |
| Not very important | 3% |
| Not important | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 64% | 52% | 33% |
| Very important | 26% | 20% | 33% |
| Somewhat important | 6% | 17% | 22% |
| Not very important | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Not important | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 6% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 63% | 51% | 69% |
| Very important | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| Somewhat important | 7% | 13% | 3% |
| Not very important | 0% | 6% | 1% |
| Not important | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 26% | 32% | 36% |
| Very important | 30% | 38% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 21% | 24% | 21% |
| Not very important | 10% | 1% | 4% |
| Not important | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 67% | 49% | 35% |
| Very important | 25% | 26% | 32% |
| Somewhat important | 5% | 13% | 22% |
| Not very important | 1% | 2% | 5% |
| Not important | 0% | 2% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 7% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 58% | 61% | 82% |
| Very important | 33% | 31% | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 6% | 1% |
| Not very important | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Not important | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 33% | 35% | 37% |
| Very important | 28% | 34% | 34% |
| Somewhat important | 24% | 22% | 19% |
| Not very important | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Not important | 5% | 2% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 43% | 56% | 55% |
| Very important | 32% | 24% | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 13% | 13% |
| Not very important | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Not important | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 4% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 41% | 54% |
| Very important | 31% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 13% |
| Not very important | 4% | 2% |
| Not important | 4% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 3% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 41% | 54% | 45% |
| Very important | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 14% | 18% |
| Not very important | 4% | 2% | 4% |
| Not important | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 50% | 40% | 52% | 49% |
| Very important | 30% | 30% | 27% | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 16% | 12% | 16% |
| Not very important | 2% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Not important | 0% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 6% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 29% | 44% | 51% | 48% | 51% | 53% |
| Very important | 31% | 30% | 27% | 26% | 30% | 30% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 16% | 14% | 22% | 11% | 13% |
| Not very important | 9% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Not important | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 51% | 39% | 53% | 58% |
| Very important | 28% | 33% | 28% | 23% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 20% | 14% | 7% |
| Not very important | 2% | 4% | 0% | 4% |
| Not important | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
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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 | 41% | 47% | 60% | 49% |
| Very important | 30% | 30% | 26% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 16% | 7% | 9% |
| Not very important | 2% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Not important | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 2% | 2% | 11% |
