Rating Responses to the Coronavirus (October 2020)

Rating Responses to the Coronavirus (October 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?"
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Health care professionals71%
Your local government51%
Texas state government45%
Federal government39%
The news media26%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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
Health care professionals83%56%64%
Your local government46%33%59%
Texas state government19%30%71%
Federal government15%19%65%
The news media47%12%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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
Health care professionals88%81%81%
Your local government46%38%50%
Texas state government17%23%18%
Federal government11%19%15%
The news media41%36%55%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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
Health care professionals62%72%62%
Your local government49%67%62%
Texas state government67%77%72%
Federal government53%61%73%
The news media10%7%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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
Health care professionals82%71%63%
Your local government47%42%58%
Texas state government12%37%70%
Federal government9%28%65%
The news media43%30%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Health care professionals76%86%81%
Your local government43%50%47%
Texas state government11%12%12%
Federal government3%9%15%
The news media35%46%44%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" 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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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Health care professionals69%67%58%
Your local government56%55%61%
Texas state government65%72%72%
Federal government52%69%68%
The news media14%11%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Health care professionals71%65%71%
Your local government55%43%44%
Texas state government51%31%35%
Federal government45%23%32%
The news media21%37%32%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Health care professionals67%73%
Your local government46%54%
Texas state government45%45%
Federal government39%39%
The news media23%27%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Health care professionals77%73%54%
Your local government55%49%48%
Texas state government44%45%45%
Federal government35%41%38%
The news media33%26%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Health care professionals73%68%71%69%
Your local government43%45%54%59%
Texas state government39%31%47%62%
Federal government33%29%41%54%
The news media19%29%26%26%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Health care professionals67%63%73%70%73%75%
Your local government25%46%54%49%52%58%
Texas state government20%43%47%45%47%44%
Federal government18%41%33%44%42%41%
The news media35%27%24%21%23%32%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Health care professionals69%68%69%80%
Your local government56%42%54%45%
Texas state government59%42%31%20%
Federal government51%39%26%15%
The news media21%28%28%31%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe 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.
Health care professionals65%74%80%42%
Your local government56%52%50%25%
Texas state government62%50%20%19%
Federal government53%44%18%14%
The news media23%24%35%15%

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