John Cornyn Approval (October 2019)

John Cornyn Approval (October 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
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categoryTotal
Approve strongly15%
Approve somewhat20%
Neither approve nor disapprove16%
Disapprove somewhat10%
Disapprove strongly24%
Don't know15%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Approve strongly4%12%27%
Approve somewhat5%18%34%
Neither approve nor disapprove15%24%16%
Disapprove somewhat15%8%6%
Disapprove strongly45%20%6%
Don't know16%18%12%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Approve strongly4%1%6%
Approve somewhat3%5%5%
Neither approve nor disapprove11%22%14%
Disapprove somewhat18%15%13%
Disapprove strongly49%31%49%
Don't know15%26%13%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Approve strongly25%12%33%
Approve somewhat35%33%34%
Neither approve nor disapprove15%22%15%
Disapprove somewhat8%8%4%
Disapprove strongly9%6%4%
Don't know8%20%12%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Approve strongly4%3%29%
Approve somewhat7%11%30%
Neither approve nor disapprove9%27%14%
Disapprove somewhat15%8%8%
Disapprove strongly52%28%7%
Don't know13%23%12%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Approve strongly3%4%7%
Approve somewhat4%14%3%
Neither approve nor disapprove11%8%8%
Disapprove somewhat29%10%6%
Disapprove strongly41%51%64%
Don't know13%14%12%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Approve strongly14%27%39%
Approve somewhat24%32%32%
Neither approve nor disapprove19%16%9%
Disapprove somewhat14%8%5%
Disapprove strongly10%7%6%
Don't know20%10%9%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Approve strongly18%10%10%
Approve somewhat24%10%15%
Neither approve nor disapprove13%18%21%
Disapprove somewhat8%10%15%
Disapprove strongly22%28%25%
Don't know13%25%13%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Approve strongly20%11%
Approve somewhat23%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove12%20%
Disapprove somewhat10%10%
Disapprove strongly27%22%
Don't know7%21%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Approve strongly16%14%18%
Approve somewhat19%18%25%
Neither approve nor disapprove17%17%12%
Disapprove somewhat11%9%9%
Disapprove strongly21%27%22%
Don't know15%15%14%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Approve strongly11%11%17%23%
Approve somewhat14%15%23%25%
Neither approve nor disapprove19%21%14%13%
Disapprove somewhat12%9%11%8%
Disapprove strongly17%26%25%27%
Don't know28%19%11%4%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Approve strongly8%18%16%12%13%20%
Approve somewhat8%25%14%21%21%16%
Neither approve nor disapprove22%15%17%18%15%16%
Disapprove somewhat11%8%11%12%11%10%
Disapprove strongly43%16%27%19%24%36%
Don't know7%18%15%18%16%3%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Approve strongly21%13%9%8%
Approve somewhat24%22%17%7%
Neither approve nor disapprove17%20%10%13%
Disapprove somewhat9%10%13%11%
Disapprove strongly14%21%35%44%
Don't know15%13%15%17%
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    Respondents were asked, How would you rate the job John Cornyn is doing as U.S. Senator?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Approve strongly25%14%9%
Approve somewhat24%26%5%
Neither approve nor disapprove16%16%14%
Disapprove somewhat9%12%9%
Disapprove strongly10%19%50%
Don't know15%14%14%

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