Texas Economic Conditions (August 2024)
category | Total |
---|---|
A lot better off | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 19% |
About the same | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% |
A lot worse off | 12% |
Don't know | 4% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 5% | 1% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 20% | 11% | 20% |
About the same | 38% | 45% | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 21% | 29% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 11% | 10% | 12% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 3% | 6% |
Somewhat better off | 20% | 18% | 20% |
About the same | 41% | 32% | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 18% | 28% | 21% |
A lot worse off | 13% | 17% | 9% |
Don't know | 5% | 2% | 5% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 11% | 12% | 28% |
About the same | 45% | 40% | 36% |
Somewhat worse off | 31% | 31% | 20% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 11% | 13% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 1% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 3% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 22% | 14% | 21% |
About the same | 38% | 39% | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 21% | 23% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 16% | 10% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 2% | 6% |
Somewhat better off | 29% | 24% | 12% |
About the same | 34% | 37% | 42% |
Somewhat worse off | 28% | 22% | 16% |
A lot worse off | 3% | 10% | 17% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 7% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 2% | 1% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 18% | 20% | 23% |
About the same | 45% | 38% | 36% |
Somewhat worse off | 23% | 30% | 23% |
A lot worse off | 8% | 10% | 12% |
Don't know | 5% | 1% | 1% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 3% | 4% |
Somewhat better off | 21% | 19% | 17% |
About the same | 39% | 36% | 35% |
Somewhat worse off | 25% | 21% | 25% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 15% | 17% |
Don't know | 2% | 6% | 3% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 22% | 17% |
About the same | 42% | 36% |
Somewhat worse off | 21% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 8% | 15% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 6% | 1% | 2% |
Somewhat better off | 23% | 18% | 17% |
About the same | 38% | 41% | 33% |
Somewhat worse off | 21% | 25% | 25% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 11% | 16% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 6% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 6% | 5% | 1% | 1% |
Somewhat better off | 29% | 20% | 15% | 18% |
About the same | 33% | 37% | 38% | 46% |
Somewhat worse off | 18% | 22% | 28% | 24% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 11% | 14% | 9% |
Don't know | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 0% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 8% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 26% |
About the same | 49% | 28% | 34% | 41% | 47% | 42% |
Somewhat worse off | 19% | 25% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 23% |
A lot worse off | 17% | 19% | 14% | 9% | 6% | 6% |
Don't know | 8% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
Somewhat better off | 21% | 22% | 13% | 15% |
About the same | 35% | 40% | 43% | 42% |
Somewhat worse off | 23% | 24% | 29% | 23% |
A lot worse off | 15% | 9% | 9% | 10% |
Don't know | 2% | 3% | 4% | 8% |
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 | 6% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
Somewhat better off | 25% | 18% | 15% | 17% |
About the same | 36% | 40% | 42% | 29% |
Somewhat worse off | 19% | 27% | 23% | 28% |
A lot worse off | 12% | 10% | 11% | 19% |
Don't know | 2% | 3% | 6% | 8% |