Importance of Public Education Priorities for state leaders and the Legislature: Vouchers, educational savings accounts (ESAs), or other “school choice” legislation (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% |
| Very important | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 17% |
| Not very important | 10% |
| Not important | 18% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 22% | 20% | 28% |
| Very important | 17% | 14% | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 22% | 21% |
| Not very important | 12% | 8% | 8% |
| Not important | 28% | 25% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 11% | 11% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 11% | 25% | 25% |
| Very important | 8% | 22% | 18% |
| Somewhat important | 15% | 16% | 10% |
| Not very important | 15% | 6% | 14% |
| Not important | 36% | 19% | 28% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 12% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 30% | 20% | 31% |
| Very important | 18% | 32% | 23% |
| Somewhat important | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| Not very important | 8% | 9% | 8% |
| Not important | 5% | 8% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 9% | 10% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 19% | 19% | 32% |
| Very important | 12% | 25% | 23% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 18% | 20% |
| Not very important | 15% | 9% | 7% |
| Not important | 34% | 16% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 13% | 10% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 12% | 14% | 31% |
| Very important | 17% | 15% | 4% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 15% | 9% |
| Not very important | 19% | 18% | 8% |
| Not important | 31% | 32% | 38% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 7% | 10% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 19% | 29% | 44% |
| Very important | 22% | 26% | 21% |
| Somewhat important | 28% | 20% | 14% |
| Not very important | 7% | 9% | 5% |
| Not important | 11% | 5% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 10% | 7% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 23% | 35% | 24% |
| Very important | 19% | 26% | 23% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 12% | 19% |
| Not very important | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Not important | 19% | 12% | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 8% | 14% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 26% | 24% |
| Very important | 22% | 19% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 16% |
| Not very important | 8% | 11% |
| Not important | 17% | 18% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 12% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| Very important | 26% | 16% | 22% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Not very important | 8% | 12% | 9% |
| Not important | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 9% | 9% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 23% | 24% | 23% | 31% |
| Very important | 28% | 25% | 18% | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 22% | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| Not very important | 9% | 9% | 12% | 10% |
| Not important | 7% | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 18% | 28% | 23% | 31% | 23% | 24% |
| Very important | 21% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 19% | 15% |
| Somewhat important | 15% | 19% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Not very important | 4% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 12% |
| Not important | 17% | 11% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 26% | 12% | 17% | 9% | 6% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 36% | 20% | 16% | 15% |
| Very important | 21% | 26% | 16% | 11% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 21% | 18% | 10% |
| Not very important | 8% | 9% | 18% | 10% |
| Not important | 11% | 12% | 22% | 40% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 12% | 10% | 14% |
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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 | 34% | 23% | 15% | 29% |
| Very important | 24% | 22% | 12% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 21% | 17% | 13% | 11% |
| Not very important | 5% | 12% | 14% | 8% |
| Not important | 7% | 15% | 38% | 16% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 11% | 9% | 16% |
