Local Government Careful or Careless with Tax Dollars (June 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 40% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 43% |
| Don't know | 17% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 45% | 24% | 41% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 39% | 58% | 44% |
| Don't know | 16% | 18% | 15% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 33% | 48% | 48% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 55% | 37% | 34% |
| Don't know | 12% | 15% | 18% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 31% | 37% | 46% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 55% | 40% | 41% |
| Don't know | 13% | 23% | 13% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 46% | 34% | 40% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 38% | 44% | 45% |
| Don't know | 16% | 22% | 15% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 54% | 44% | 42% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 33% | 39% | 42% |
| Don't know | 13% | 18% | 16% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 37% | 40% | 44% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 46% | 42% | 48% |
| Don't know | 18% | 18% | 9% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 45% | 41% | 30% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 40% | 40% | 49% |
| Don't know | 15% | 19% | 20% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 47% | 35% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 42% | 43% |
| Don't know | 11% | 23% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 44% | 38% | 39% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 40% | 45% | 41% |
| Don't know | 16% | 17% | 20% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 49% | 38% | 36% | 42% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 40% | 42% | 46% | 41% |
| Don't know | 11% | 21% | 18% | 16% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 32% | 37% | 37% | 41% | 44% | 45% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 51% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 40% |
| Don't know | 17% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 15% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 43% | 36% | 46% | 37% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 41% | 45% | 41% | 44% |
| Don't know | 17% | 19% | 12% | 19% |
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars | 43% | 40% | 40% | 28% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 41% | 44% | 45% | 34% |
| Don't know | 16% | 15% | 15% | 39% |
