Texas Economic Conditions (August 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
A lot better off | 4% |
Somewhat better off | 15% |
About the same | 34% |
Somewhat worse off | 28% |
A lot worse off | 13% |
Don't know | 5% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 1% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 15% | 7% | 17% |
About the same | 36% | 36% | 33% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 32% | 29% |
A lot worse off | 11% | 16% | 13% |
Don't know | 7% | 8% | 3% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 2% | 3% | 6% |
Somewhat better off | 8% | 22% | 13% |
About the same | 35% | 31% | 40% |
Somewhat worse off | 36% | 29% | 22% |
A lot worse off | 16% | 10% | 11% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 9% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 4% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 13% | 11% | 20% |
About the same | 39% | 33% | 31% |
Somewhat worse off | 39% | 33% | 24% |
A lot worse off | 4% | 13% | 16% |
Don't know | 1% | 7% | 2% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Somewhat better off | 15% | 14% | 16% |
About the same | 34% | 34% | 35% |
Somewhat worse off | 26% | 31% | 29% |
A lot worse off | 14% | 10% | 14% |
Don't know | 7% | 7% | 3% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 4% | 6% |
Somewhat better off | 14% | 20% | 8% |
About the same | 40% | 32% | 32% |
Somewhat worse off | 28% | 25% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 12% | 19% |
Don't know | 5% | 8% | 9% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 5% | 1% | 7% |
Somewhat better off | 13% | 15% | 18% |
About the same | 39% | 38% | 30% |
Somewhat worse off | 33% | 27% | 28% |
A lot worse off | 7% | 15% | 16% |
Don't know | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 5% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 16% | 25% | 9% |
About the same | 35% | 30% | 33% |
Somewhat worse off | 28% | 21% | 31% |
A lot worse off | 12% | 15% | 14% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 7% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A lot better off | 6% | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 19% | 11% |
About the same | 38% | 31% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% | 32% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 16% |
Don't know | 4% | 7% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 7% | 2% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 18% | 14% | 12% |
About the same | 34% | 35% | 33% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 28% | 33% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 16% | 12% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 10% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 18% | 17% | 11% | 16% |
About the same | 27% | 28% | 39% | 40% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 28% | 30% | 27% |
A lot worse off | 7% | 18% | 14% | 10% |
Don't know | 11% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 25% | 14% | 14% | 9% | 18% | 17% |
About the same | 27% | 32% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 34% |
Somewhat worse off | 21% | 30% | 26% | 27% | 30% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 18% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 8% | 13% |
Don't know | 5% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 7% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 7% | 4% | 0% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 16% | 17% | 12% | 9% |
About the same | 32% | 36% | 39% | 35% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 27% | 30% | 33% |
A lot worse off | 14% | 12% | 9% | 15% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 9% | 6% |
Category | The 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 7% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
Somewhat better off | 22% | 13% | 10% | 9% |
About the same | 30% | 36% | 34% | 41% |
Somewhat worse off | 22% | 29% | 37% | 28% |
A lot worse off | 16% | 10% | 14% | 5% |
Don't know | 3% | 8% | 3% | 13% |