Strength of Gubernatorial Vote Choice (October 2010)

Strength of Gubernatorial Vote Choice (October 2010)

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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support".
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Very strongly support Rick Perry24%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry21%
Weakly support Rick Perry5%
Very strongly support Bill White25%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White10%
Weakly support Bill White5%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass2%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass3%
Weakly support Kathie Glass2%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry2%11%44%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry3%15%36%
Weakly support Rick Perry2%9%7%
Very strongly support Bill White60%13%2%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White20%11%3%
Weakly support Bill White8%8%1%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%9%2%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass1%9%3%
Weakly support Kathie Glass3%9%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%1%1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto0%3%1%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry26%20%62%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry48%48%25%
Weakly support Rick Perry5%10%7%
Very strongly support Bill White1%1%3%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White1%9%2%
Weakly support Bill White3%1%1%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass5%0%1%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass6%5%0%
Weakly support Kathie Glass2%0%0%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%4%0%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%2%0%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry0%6%1%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry0%10%0%
Weakly support Rick Perry3%3%1%
Very strongly support Bill White68%26%80%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White13%41%8%
Weakly support Bill White0%11%9%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass1%0%1%
Weakly support Kathie Glass11%3%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto1%0%0%
Weakly support Deb Shafto3%0%0%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry1%6%39%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry4%11%32%
Weakly support Rick Perry1%4%8%
Very strongly support Bill White63%38%6%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White18%15%5%
Weakly support Bill White12%9%2%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%1%3%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass1%5%3%
Weakly support Kathie Glass1%8%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%1%1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto0%3%0%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry22%42%49%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry23%37%34%
Weakly support Rick Perry11%9%4%
Very strongly support Bill White16%1%4%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White11%3%3%
Weakly support Bill White2%0%3%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass5%2%3%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass6%3%0%
Weakly support Kathie Glass2%1%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto2%0%0%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%1%0%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry2%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry5%1%4%
Weakly support Rick Perry0%2%0%
Very strongly support Bill White51%73%90%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White19%22%5%
Weakly support Bill White21%0%0%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass1%0%0%
Weakly support Kathie Glass1%2%0%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%2%
Weakly support Deb Shafto0%1%0%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry2%52%33%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry3%30%38%
Weakly support Rick Perry0%7%8%
Very strongly support Bill White64%3%2%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White20%3%3%
Weakly support Bill White8%0%2%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%0%5%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass1%3%5%
Weakly support Kathie Glass0%0%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto1%2%0%
Weakly support Deb Shafto0%0%3%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". Race is calculated according to the RACE variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Very strongly support Rick Perry28%0%25%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry26%9%16%
Weakly support Rick Perry7%0%4%
Very strongly support Bill White19%52%28%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White7%21%12%
Weakly support Bill White4%9%7%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass2%1%1%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass4%0%3%
Weakly support Kathie Glass2%7%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto1%1%0%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%1%2%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Very strongly support Rick Perry26%22%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry24%19%
Weakly support Rick Perry4%6%
Very strongly support Bill White25%25%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White8%11%
Weakly support Bill White1%9%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass3%1%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass4%2%
Weakly support Kathie Glass1%3%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%2%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". 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
Very strongly support Rick Perry18%26%26%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry18%21%26%
Weakly support Rick Perry4%5%8%
Very strongly support Bill White28%25%20%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White19%7%5%
Weakly support Bill White5%5%7%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass1%3%2%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass3%4%2%
Weakly support Kathie Glass2%3%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto1%0%1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto1%1%2%
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    Respondents were first asked, "If the election for Texas Governor were held today, would you vote for?" If they initially answered that they were undecided, they were then asked a follow-up question: If you had to make a choice, who would you choose? Responses to the follow-up questions ( "Strength of support for ..") were folded into the results found below. Only respondents who indicated that they were undecided in the original question were coded as "weakly support". Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Very strongly support Rick Perry31%26%23%19%20%27%
Somewhat strongly support Rick Perry14%21%24%16%23%11%
Weakly support Rick Perry25%5%6%8%1%0%
Very strongly support Bill White12%20%27%26%31%40%
Somewhat strongly support Bill White3%12%8%8%12%5%
Weakly support Bill White12%7%4%3%3%7%
Very strongly support Kathie Glass0%1%3%8%1%2%
Somewhat strongly support Kathie Glass0%3%2%5%5%5%
Weakly support Kathie Glass0%3%1%7%4%1%
Very strongly support Deb Shafto0%0%0%0%0%0%
Somewhat strongly support Deb Shafto0%1%0%0%1%1%
Weakly support Deb Shafto3%1%2%0%0%1%

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