Republican Senatorial Primary Vote Choice (February 2014)

Republican Senatorial Primary Vote Choice (February 2014)

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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election."

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Chris Mapp3%
Curt Cleaver1%
Dwayne Stovall4%
John Cornyn62%
Ken Cope4%
Linda Vega7%
Reid Reasor3%
Steve Stockman16%
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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." 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
Chris Mapp3%3%3%
Curt Cleaver0%0%1%
Dwayne Stovall5%5%2%
John Cornyn58%63%68%
Ken Cope1%7%3%
Linda Vega6%4%4%
Reid Reasor3%1%4%
Steve Stockman23%17%14%
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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." 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
Chris Mapp13%4%3%
Curt Cleaver0%0%1%
Dwayne Stovall0%1%4%
John Cornyn67%54%64%
Ken Cope0%2%4%
Linda Vega19%24%3%
Reid Reasor0%9%3%
Steve Stockman0%7%18%
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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." 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
Chris Mapp6%2%3%
Curt Cleaver0%1%2%
Dwayne Stovall2%6%4%
John Cornyn62%67%59%
Ken Cope8%3%1%
Linda Vega4%1%4%
Reid Reasor3%2%4%
Steve Stockman16%18%22%
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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." 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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categoryRepublicanTea Party
Chris Mapp2%7%
Curt Cleaver1%1%
Dwayne Stovall2%4%
John Cornyn69%52%
Ken Cope4%1%
Linda Vega9%2%
Reid Reasor8%0%
Steve Stockman5%32%
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    Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." 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
Chris Mapp1%5%4%
Curt Cleaver0%1%0%
Dwayne Stovall2%6%2%
John Cornyn51%60%78%
Ken Cope11%1%0%
Linda Vega13%6%2%
Reid Reasor8%2%1%
Steve Stockman14%19%12%

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