Opinion on Texas Population Growth (June 2019)
category | Total |
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Good | 39% |
Bad | 34% |
Don't have an opinion. | 27% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" 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.
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
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Good | 47% | 34% | 34% |
Bad | 23% | 38% | 43% |
Don't have an opinion. | 30% | 28% | 23% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
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Good | 48% | 44% | 48% |
Bad | 20% | 29% | 21% |
Don't have an opinion. | 32% | 27% | 31% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
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Good | 36% | 37% | 32% |
Bad | 41% | 35% | 47% |
Don't have an opinion. | 23% | 27% | 21% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" 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.
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
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Good | 48% | 41% | 33% |
Bad | 22% | 32% | 43% |
Don't have an opinion. | 30% | 27% | 24% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" 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.
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
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Good | 48% | 41% | 56% |
Bad | 25% | 24% | 18% |
Don't have an opinion. | 27% | 35% | 27% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" 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.
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
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Good | 43% | 32% | 28% |
Bad | 31% | 44% | 49% |
Don't have an opinion. | 26% | 24% | 23% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
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Good | 38% | 43% | 40% |
Bad | 35% | 29% | 35% |
Don't have an opinion. | 28% | 28% | 25% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
category | Male | Female |
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Good | 43% | 35% |
Bad | 34% | 34% |
Don't have an opinion. | 23% | 31% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
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Good | 45% | 38% | 33% |
Bad | 30% | 36% | 36% |
Don't have an opinion. | 26% | 25% | 31% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
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Good | 46% | 45% | 36% | 33% |
Bad | 31% | 27% | 36% | 42% |
Don't have an opinion. | 24% | 28% | 28% | 26% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
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Good | 16% | 36% | 32% | 41% | 43% | 56% |
Bad | 50% | 35% | 39% | 41% | 27% | 27% |
Don't have an opinion. | 34% | 29% | 29% | 17% | 30% | 17% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
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Good | 40% | 37% | 34% | 43% |
Bad | 35% | 36% | 35% | 28% |
Don't have an opinion. | 25% | 27% | 30% | 29% |
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Respondents were asked, "As you probably know, Texas’s population has grown significantly in the last number of years. Do you think that this population growth has been good for Texas, bad for Texas, or don’t you have an opinion?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
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Good | 39% | 38% | 43% |
Bad | 34% | 38% | 29% |
Don't have an opinion. | 27% | 24% | 28% |