Primary Source of School Funding: Local School Districts vs. State Governments (June 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
Local school districts | 32% |
State government | 50% |
Don't know/no opinion | 18% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 20% | 22% | 46% |
State government | 68% | 45% | 35% |
Don't know/no opinion | 13% | 32% | 19% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 15% | 28% | 17% |
State government | 71% | 58% | 71% |
Don't know/no opinion | 13% | 15% | 11% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 46% | 37% | 50% |
State government | 34% | 43% | 31% |
Don't know/no opinion | 20% | 21% | 18% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 20% | 23% | 46% |
State government | 71% | 49% | 37% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 28% | 16% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 25% | 19% | 16% |
State government | 66% | 70% | 78% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 11% | 6% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 33% | 42% | 58% |
State government | 47% | 44% | 26% |
Don't know/no opinion | 20% | 14% | 16% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 16% | 41% | 62% |
State government | 71% | 43% | 27% |
Don't know/no opinion | 13% | 15% | 10% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 34% | 21% | 34% |
State government | 49% | 63% | 45% |
Don't know/no opinion | 17% | 16% | 21% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Local school districts | 41% | 25% |
State government | 47% | 53% |
Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 22% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 24% | 34% | 41% |
State government | 59% | 47% | 44% |
Don't know/no opinion | 16% | 19% | 16% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 38% | 22% | 33% | 38% |
State government | 41% | 57% | 48% | 54% |
Don't know/no opinion | 21% | 20% | 20% | 9% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 22% | 33% | 32% | 22% | 38% | 35% |
State government | 33% | 49% | 49% | 63% | 52% | 50% |
Don't know/no opinion | 45% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 16% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 38% | 27% | 35% | 20% |
State government | 48% | 48% | 46% | 64% |
Don't know/no opinion | 14% | 24% | 20% | 16% |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Local school districts | 35% | 37% | 23% |
State government | 49% | 46% | 68% |
Don't know/no opinion | 17% | 17% | 9% |