Republican Attorney General Primary Vote Choice (October 2013)

Republican Attorney General Primary Vote Choice (October 2013)

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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
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Dan Branch5%
Barry Smitherman11%
Ken Paxton10%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion74%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" 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
Dan Branch3%3%5%
Barry Smitherman14%5%13%
Ken Paxton7%8%12%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion76%83%71%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to 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.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Dan Branch2%5%6%
Barry Smitherman15%13%10%
Ken Paxton7%9%7%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion76%73%76%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Dan Branch13%7%3%
Barry Smitherman30%8%14%
Ken Paxton18%10%10%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion40%74%72%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Dan Branch5%0%6%
Barry Smitherman10%40%12%
Ken Paxton10%11%7%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion75%49%76%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Dan Branch4%6%
Barry Smitherman15%7%
Ken Paxton14%6%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion67%81%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Location is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Dan Branch8%5%2%
Barry Smitherman5%14%10%
Ken Paxton10%11%7%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion77%70%80%
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    Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Region is calculated according to the METRO variable.
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categoryHouston areaDallas-Fort Worth areaSan Antonio areaAustin areaAnother part of Texas
Dan Branch1%4%2%2%2%
Barry Smitherman5%5%2%10%4%
Ken Paxton4%5%12%1%2%
Haven't thought enough about it to have an opinion32%33%22%21%39%

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