State Government Careful or Careless With Tax Dollars (October 2017)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 44% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 37% |
| Don't know | 18% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 23% | 40% | 66% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 56% | 40% | 20% |
| Don't know | 21% | 21% | 14% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 23% | 29% | 19% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 48% | 52% | 62% |
| Don't know | 28% | 19% | 19% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 68% | 54% | 75% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 23% | 27% | 12% |
| Don't know | 10% | 19% | 13% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 21% | 32% | 64% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 57% | 46% | 21% |
| Don't know | 22% | 21% | 15% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 30% | 22% | 12% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 41% | 58% | 69% |
| Don't know | 29% | 20% | 18% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 56% | 59% | 77% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 25% | 24% | 14% |
| Don't know | 20% | 17% | 9% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 24% | 64% | 72% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 57% | 21% | 23% |
| Don't know | 19% | 14% | 5% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 52% | 25% | 34% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 32% | 52% | 45% |
| Don't know | 16% | 23% | 21% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 52% | 37% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 37% | 38% |
| Don't know | 11% | 25% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 34% | 46% | 54% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 45% | 37% | 28% |
| Don't know | 20% | 18% | 18% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 43% | 43% | 39% | 54% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 39% | 33% | 43% | 32% |
| Don't know | 17% | 24% | 18% | 14% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 28% | 39% | 47% | 50% | 47% | 43% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 36% | 41% | 37% | 37% | 35% | 38% |
| Don't know | 36% | 21% | 16% | 13% | 18% | 19% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 48% | 47% | 37% | 33% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 33% | 37% | 45% | 47% |
| Don't know | 20% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly careful with people's tax dollars OR | 47% | 47% | 36% |
| Mostly careless with people's tax dollars | 36% | 33% | 49% |
| Don't know | 17% | 19% | 15% |
