Ted Cruz Approval (June 2018)

Ted Cruz Approval (June 2018)

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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"

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categoryTotal
Approve strongly21%
Approve somewhat18%
Neither approve nor disapprove13%
Disapprove somewhat8%
Disapprove strongly33%
Don't know7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly2%10%42%
Approve somewhat7%7%32%
Neither approve nor disapprove10%24%11%
Disapprove somewhat9%12%6%
Disapprove strongly65%31%3%
Don't know6%15%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly3%3%2%
Approve somewhat7%13%5%
Neither approve nor disapprove3%20%10%
Disapprove somewhat11%11%7%
Disapprove strongly70%45%72%
Don't know5%9%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly47%26%49%
Approve somewhat33%34%29%
Neither approve nor disapprove7%21%7%
Disapprove somewhat4%9%6%
Disapprove strongly2%5%1%
Don't know6%5%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly3%5%43%
Approve somewhat3%17%29%
Neither approve nor disapprove6%25%10%
Disapprove somewhat9%10%7%
Disapprove strongly74%31%6%
Don't know5%13%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly1%1%7%
Approve somewhat3%4%2%
Neither approve nor disapprove12%7%2%
Disapprove somewhat12%9%6%
Disapprove strongly65%74%82%
Don't know8%5%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly18%40%60%
Approve somewhat43%28%22%
Neither approve nor disapprove12%13%6%
Disapprove somewhat15%7%2%
Disapprove strongly6%5%6%
Don't know6%7%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly2%37%56%
Approve somewhat5%36%22%
Neither approve nor disapprove8%12%6%
Disapprove somewhat9%6%7%
Disapprove strongly70%4%6%
Don't know5%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Approve strongly27%4%18%
Approve somewhat21%11%15%
Neither approve nor disapprove10%26%13%
Disapprove somewhat8%9%9%
Disapprove strongly30%45%30%
Don't know4%6%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Approve strongly28%16%
Approve somewhat19%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove10%15%
Disapprove somewhat8%8%
Disapprove strongly31%34%
Don't know4%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    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
Approve strongly14%24%27%
Approve somewhat15%17%24%
Neither approve nor disapprove16%10%14%
Disapprove somewhat9%6%11%
Disapprove strongly38%35%18%
Don't know8%7%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Approve strongly15%13%24%32%
Approve somewhat17%19%17%19%
Neither approve nor disapprove12%17%13%8%
Disapprove somewhat5%10%9%7%
Disapprove strongly35%29%33%34%
Don't know15%12%4%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Approve strongly15%22%23%22%22%17%
Approve somewhat16%20%17%11%21%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove34%12%13%16%9%8%
Disapprove somewhat2%9%7%13%8%7%
Disapprove strongly9%27%35%30%36%48%
Don't know25%11%5%8%4%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Approve strongly31%19%12%9%
Approve somewhat22%15%19%9%
Neither approve nor disapprove13%16%17%5%
Disapprove somewhat8%9%6%7%
Disapprove strongly20%31%37%64%
Don't know6%9%9%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Ted Cruz is doing as U.S. Senator? Would you say that you…" 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
Approve strongly31%24%6%
Approve somewhat25%20%9%
Neither approve nor disapprove16%14%6%
Disapprove somewhat8%10%5%
Disapprove strongly15%28%67%
Don't know6%5%7%

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