Opinion on Amount of Property Taxes (February 2019)

Opinion on Amount of Property Taxes (February 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 
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categoryTotal
Too much58%
Too little6%
About the right amount23%
Don't know/no opinion14%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much48%57%66%
Too little8%6%4%
About the right amount24%17%23%
Don't know/no opinion20%20%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much40%49%53%
Too little12%7%5%
About the right amount26%29%22%
Don't know/no opinion23%15%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much71%64%63%
Too little0%1%6%
About the right amount21%22%24%
Don't know/no opinion7%13%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much50%50%65%
Too little8%5%4%
About the right amount20%26%23%
Don't know/no opinion21%19%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much53%53%45%
Too little6%11%8%
About the right amount20%17%24%
Don't know/no opinion21%19%23%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much54%67%70%
Too little9%4%1%
About the right amount23%24%23%
Don't know/no opinion14%5%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Too much61%51%53%
Too little5%7%6%
About the right amount21%23%26%
Don't know/no opinion13%18%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Too much60%56%
Too little9%3%
About the right amount21%25%
Don't know/no opinion11%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much56%58%59%
Too little7%5%3%
About the right amount20%24%24%
Don't know/no opinion17%13%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Too much43%50%66%66%
Too little9%9%4%1%
About the right amount25%24%18%28%
Don't know/no opinion23%18%13%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Too much68%58%57%53%58%57%
Too little8%7%4%5%4%11%
About the right amount10%23%22%25%24%22%
Don't know/no opinion14%12%17%17%14%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Too much59%60%55%51%
Too little4%7%6%9%
About the right amount25%19%28%20%
Don't know/no opinion12%14%12%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "In your opinion, do Texans pay too much, too little, or about the right amount in property taxes?" 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
Too much64%55%56%
Too little3%7%8%
About the right amount21%26%21%
Don't know/no opinion12%12%15%

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