Open Carry Effect on Feelings of Safety (February 2016)

Open Carry Effect on Feelings of Safety (February 2016)

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categorycolumn-1
More safe22%
Less safe37%
No effect34%
Don't know/No opinion8%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
More safe11%20%34%
Less safe62%27%15%
No effect20%44%45%
Don't know/No opinion7%9%6%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
More safe35%19%41%
Less safe13%24%12%
No effect49%47%41%
Don't know/No opinion3%10%5%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
More safe8%10%12%
Less safe68%56%64%
No effect18%24%18%
Don't know/No opinion6%10%6%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
More safe8%15%34%
Less safe70%45%15%
No effect18%29%44%
Don't know/No opinion4%11%6%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
More safe23%34%46%
Less safe22%14%11%
No effect49%45%38%
Don't know/No opinion5%7%5%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
More safe14%5%5%
Less safe53%78%80%
No effect26%13%13%
Don't know/No opinion7%4%2%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
More safe9%34%46%
Less safe69%17%5%
No effect17%43%45%
Don't know/No opinion6%6%4%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
More safe23%13%20%
Less safe28%61%50%
No effect42%14%23%
Don't know/No opinion7%12%7%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryMaleFemale
More safe25%19%
Less safe34%40%
No effect36%32%
Don't know/No opinion5%10%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
More safe20%21%28%
Less safe44%37%25%
No effect25%36%40%
Don't know/No opinion11%6%7%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
category18-2930-4445-6465+
More safe21%24%22%20%
Less safe43%32%37%38%
No effect29%34%34%37%
Don't know/No opinion7%11%7%5%

  • Table |
  • Share
  • |
    More
Loading chart...
categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
More safe24%23%22%22%20%19%
Less safe36%35%37%36%38%43%
No effect26%32%36%34%36%33%
Don't know/No opinion15%10%5%8%6%5%

Latest Poll News

June 2023 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll

The June 2023 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project poll included extensive questioning about the performance of state leaders during the 2023 Legislative session.

State on the Wrong Track

For only the second time in UT polling, but the second time in less than a year, a majority of Texas voters say that the state is on the wrong track.

Inflation on Texans' minds

More than half of Texans think the state is on the wrong track, while border security and immigration continue to loom large, especially among Texas Republicans.

June 2021 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll

The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll has been released in full. Check out the latest poll page to explore results related to the 87th legislative session, the coronavirus pandemic, assessments of state leaders, and more.

March 2021 Texas Politics Project/UT Energy Institute Poll

The Texas Politics Project just released the results of a March poll developed in conjunction with a team of researchers at the UT Energy Institute that asked dozens of questions about Texans’ experience during the winter storm, their attitudes toward causes and consequences of the storm, their views of, and expectations about, possible policy responses, and their views of how a wide range of actors from their neighbors and utility providers to state political leaders, regulatory bodies, and corporate actors.