Rick Perry Ideology (October 2011)

Rick Perry Ideology (October 2011)

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categorycolumn-1
Extremely liberal1%
Somewhat liberal2%
Slightly liberal4%
Moderate, middle of the road10%
Slightly conservative10%
Somewhat conservative33%
Extremely conservative30%
Don't know10%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Extremely liberal0%0%2%
Somewhat liberal1%2%2%
Slightly liberal2%8%4%
Moderate, middle of the road5%19%12%
Slightly conservative6%6%14%
Somewhat conservative15%25%49%
Extremely conservative56%25%13%
Don't know14%15%4%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Extremely liberal0%0%3%
Somewhat liberal5%3%0%
Slightly liberal4%6%3%
Moderate, middle of the road12%18%10%
Slightly conservative17%19%10%
Somewhat conservative54%37%51%
Extremely conservative6%14%18%
Don't know2%3%5%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Extremely liberal0%0%1%
Somewhat liberal1%3%1%
Slightly liberal0%3%2%
Moderate, middle of the road1%12%3%
Slightly conservative5%8%6%
Somewhat conservative27%18%10%
Extremely conservative63%34%63%
Don't know2%23%15%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Extremely liberal1%1%2%
Somewhat liberal1%1%3%
Slightly liberal1%2%5%
Moderate, middle of the road3%17%10%
Slightly conservative4%7%14%
Somewhat conservative17%19%47%
Extremely conservative70%28%13%
Don't know2%24%6%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Extremely liberal0%3%1%
Somewhat liberal5%2%2%
Slightly liberal11%4%2%
Moderate, middle of the road8%8%14%
Slightly conservative14%12%16%
Somewhat conservative36%61%37%
Extremely conservative12%8%24%
Don't know14%2%3%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Extremely liberal0%0%3%
Somewhat liberal0%2%2%
Slightly liberal0%0%5%
Moderate, middle of the road0%2%8%
Slightly conservative6%5%0%
Somewhat conservative25%19%1%
Extremely conservative69%69%75%
Don't know0%3%6%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Extremely liberal0%2%5%
Somewhat liberal2%2%5%
Slightly liberal2%5%6%
Moderate, middle of the road3%12%25%
Slightly conservative5%14%4%
Somewhat conservative14%50%14%
Extremely conservative61%12%33%
Don't know12%3%9%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely liberal0%6%1%
Somewhat liberal2%0%5%
Slightly liberal3%1%5%
Moderate, middle of the road10%4%10%
Slightly conservative10%9%7%
Somewhat conservative39%16%27%
Extremely conservative28%42%33%
Don't know7%22%13%

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categoryMaleFemale
Extremely liberal1%1%
Somewhat liberal3%2%
Slightly liberal4%3%
Moderate, middle of the road9%11%
Slightly conservative11%9%
Somewhat conservative39%28%
Extremely conservative30%30%
Don't know3%16%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Extremely liberal2%0%1%
Somewhat liberal1%2%3%
Slightly liberal3%3%5%
Moderate, middle of the road7%11%13%
Slightly conservative9%10%10%
Somewhat conservative28%34%36%
Extremely conservative36%31%21%
Don't know13%8%10%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely liberal0%2%1%2%1%0%
Somewhat liberal4%3%1%1%1%3%
Slightly liberal0%5%3%4%3%0%
Moderate, middle of the road20%13%8%10%9%0%
Slightly conservative24%7%10%14%9%13%
Somewhat conservative21%29%36%40%34%35%
Extremely conservative7%26%34%22%38%46%
Don't know24%16%6%7%3%2%

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