Knowledge of Texas Railroad Commission (February 2017)

Knowledge of Texas Railroad Commission (February 2017)

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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"

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Texas Railroad Commission42%
Texas Department of Agriculture10%
Texas Department of Public Safety4%
Public Utility Commission of Texas24%
Don't know21%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission37%43%46%
Texas Department of Agriculture9%12%11%
Texas Department of Public Safety4%2%3%
Public Utility Commission of Texas26%27%21%
Don't know24%16%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission56%42%41%
Texas Department of Agriculture9%15%10%
Texas Department of Public Safety2%2%5%
Public Utility Commission of Texas18%20%24%
Don't know15%21%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission42%30%38%
Texas Department of Agriculture12%13%6%
Texas Department of Public Safety3%7%3%
Public Utility Commission of Texas22%21%30%
Don't know20%28%23%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission51%33%46%
Texas Department of Agriculture11%11%9%
Texas Department of Public Safety5%4%3%
Public Utility Commission of Texas19%24%24%
Don't know14%28%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission45%52%40%
Texas Department of Agriculture11%7%11%
Texas Department of Public Safety4%1%6%
Public Utility Commission of Texas19%28%23%
Don't know21%12%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission57%48%52%
Texas Department of Agriculture12%11%9%
Texas Department of Public Safety0%2%12%
Public Utility Commission of Texas18%21%17%
Don't know13%18%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Texas Railroad Commission39%39%59%
Texas Department of Agriculture8%14%9%
Texas Department of Public Safety4%6%2%
Public Utility Commission of Texas28%25%21%
Don't know21%16%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Texas Railroad Commission51%16%32%
Texas Department of Agriculture7%19%14%
Texas Department of Public Safety3%6%4%
Public Utility Commission of Texas22%29%23%
Don't know16%31%28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Texas Railroad Commission53%31%
Texas Department of Agriculture9%11%
Texas Department of Public Safety4%4%
Public Utility Commission of Texas21%26%
Don't know13%28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    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
Texas Railroad Commission36%45%43%
Texas Department of Agriculture11%11%7%
Texas Department of Public Safety6%2%5%
Public Utility Commission of Texas25%24%19%
Don't know22%18%26%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Texas Railroad Commission32%32%44%61%
Texas Department of Agriculture17%12%9%4%
Texas Department of Public Safety8%7%1%1%
Public Utility Commission of Texas16%26%28%18%
Don't know27%24%17%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Texas Railroad Commission21%33%39%37%56%59%
Texas Department of Agriculture9%12%12%13%8%2%
Texas Department of Public Safety12%7%3%2%0%2%
Public Utility Commission of Texas25%25%22%21%25%22%
Don't know33%23%23%26%12%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Texas Railroad Commission35%42%48%54%
Texas Department of Agriculture10%10%14%7%
Texas Department of Public Safety5%3%4%0%
Public Utility Commission of Texas27%23%15%20%
Don't know22%21%19%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which Texas agency regulates oil and gas production in the state?" 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
Texas Railroad Commission34%42%53%
Texas Department of Agriculture10%11%8%
Texas Department of Public Safety7%2%2%
Public Utility Commission of Texas27%24%22%
Don't know22%20%16%

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