Support/Oppose: Texas paying to bus foreign migrants awaiting their asylum hearings to other parts of the country (October 2022)

Support/Oppose: Texas paying to bus foreign migrants awaiting their asylum hearings to other parts of the country (October 2022)

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categoryTotal
Strongly support38%
Somewhat support16%
Somewhat oppose7%
Strongly oppose28%
Don't know/No opinion11%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support8%35%66%
Somewhat support10%10%22%
Somewhat oppose10%10%4%
Strongly oppose58%26%3%
Don't know/No opinion14%18%5%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support4%16%6%
Somewhat support2%18%9%
Somewhat oppose18%14%5%
Strongly oppose60%39%66%
Don't know/No opinion15%13%14%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support72%47%70%
Somewhat support20%35%19%
Somewhat oppose3%3%4%
Strongly oppose1%6%3%
Don't know/No opinion4%8%4%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support11%24%64%
Somewhat support7%19%20%
Somewhat oppose9%12%3%
Strongly oppose65%23%6%
Don't know/No opinion9%21%6%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support14%3%17%
Somewhat support9%12%1%
Somewhat oppose22%3%5%
Strongly oppose50%75%65%
Don't know/No opinion5%8%13%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support46%64%76%
Somewhat support30%22%11%
Somewhat oppose6%3%2%
Strongly oppose12%6%3%
Don't know/No opinion6%6%8%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support47%14%31%
Somewhat support17%16%15%
Somewhat oppose6%12%7%
Strongly oppose23%39%30%
Don't know/No opinion7%20%17%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Strongly support42%34%
Somewhat support19%13%
Somewhat oppose7%7%
Strongly oppose27%29%
Don't know/No opinion5%17%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support30%36%54%
Somewhat support15%18%13%
Somewhat oppose8%8%6%
Strongly oppose34%27%19%
Don't know/No opinion13%11%9%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support17%34%43%48%
Somewhat support22%19%14%11%
Somewhat oppose17%3%6%6%
Strongly oppose16%32%29%31%
Don't know/No opinion26%12%8%4%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support46%38%36%43%36%37%
Somewhat support8%20%15%9%20%8%
Somewhat oppose23%5%8%8%7%7%
Strongly oppose14%25%26%26%28%44%
Don't know/No opinion10%12%16%15%9%4%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support52%32%32%21%
Somewhat support14%24%19%7%
Somewhat oppose4%8%11%10%
Strongly oppose20%22%31%50%
Don't know/No opinion11%14%8%12%

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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Strongly support47%41%20%46%
Somewhat support18%18%11%14%
Somewhat oppose5%9%9%3%
Strongly oppose18%22%50%24%
Don't know/No opinion12%11%11%13%

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