Should Texas Reduce the Number of Sales Tax Exemptions for Businesses to fund Public Education (February 2019)

Should Texas Reduce the Number of Sales Tax Exemptions for Businesses to fund Public Education (February 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 
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Should consider48%
Should not consider34%
Don't know/No opinion18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider61%54%37%
Should not consider21%30%46%
Don't know/No opinion19%15%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider64%53%63%
Should not consider20%29%17%
Don't know/No opinion16%18%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider29%49%38%
Should not consider54%34%46%
Don't know/No opinion18%17%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider64%50%37%
Should not consider19%30%46%
Don't know/No opinion17%20%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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 liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Should consider53%61%76%
Should not consider20%22%14%
Don't know/No opinion27%17%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider41%43%29%
Should not consider43%42%51%
Don't know/No opinion16%15%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Should consider49%52%48%
Should not consider36%21%32%
Don't know/No opinion16%27%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Should consider50%47%
Should not consider37%31%
Don't know/No opinion13%22%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" 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
Should consider54%48%40%
Should not consider28%35%40%
Don't know/No opinion18%17%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Should consider47%47%49%49%
Should not consider29%33%34%39%
Don't know/No opinion24%20%17%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Should consider41%46%45%43%53%54%
Should not consider27%36%35%31%33%33%
Don't know/No opinion31%18%19%26%13%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Should consider39%49%57%66%
Should not consider40%34%30%22%
Don't know/No opinion21%17%14%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following sources of revenue, if any, should the legislature consider to increase the amount that Texas spends on public education? Reduce the number of sales tax exemptions for business and professional services" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Should consider39%45%68%
Should not consider40%39%21%
Don't know/No opinion21%16%12%

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