Texas Government Serves as a Good Model (April 2020)

Texas Government Serves as a Good Model (April 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?"
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Strongly agree31%
Somewhat agree27%
Somewhat disagree12%
Strongly disagree18%
Don't know/No opinion12%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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
Strongly agree7%19%55%
Somewhat agree21%21%34%
Somewhat disagree20%15%4%
Strongly disagree36%24%2%
Don't know/No opinion16%21%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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
Strongly agree2%11%7%
Somewhat agree18%35%17%
Somewhat disagree20%19%20%
Strongly disagree47%16%39%
Don't know/No opinion13%18%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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
Strongly agree44%40%67%
Somewhat agree43%47%24%
Somewhat disagree4%6%3%
Strongly disagree2%3%1%
Don't know/No opinion7%4%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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
Strongly agree7%15%54%
Somewhat agree14%32%33%
Somewhat disagree21%16%4%
Strongly disagree45%16%2%
Don't know/No opinion13%21%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly agree2%7%11%
Somewhat agree21%16%7%
Somewhat disagree29%22%15%
Strongly disagree28%45%59%
Don't know/No opinion20%10%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" 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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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly agree32%52%66%
Somewhat agree47%39%22%
Somewhat disagree7%2%3%
Strongly disagree4%2%1%
Don't know/No opinion9%4%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly agree37%19%24%
Somewhat agree28%22%26%
Somewhat disagree11%12%16%
Strongly disagree18%24%15%
Don't know/No opinion7%23%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Strongly agree33%29%
Somewhat agree29%26%
Somewhat disagree13%11%
Strongly disagree19%18%
Don't know/No opinion7%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly agree24%30%42%
Somewhat agree27%26%32%
Somewhat disagree15%13%6%
Strongly disagree19%21%10%
Don't know/No opinion15%10%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly agree14%27%37%38%
Somewhat agree29%27%26%29%
Somewhat disagree22%10%10%9%
Strongly disagree16%23%18%16%
Don't know/No opinion19%13%10%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly agree40%31%34%32%29%24%
Somewhat agree14%35%22%29%25%24%
Somewhat disagree5%10%15%13%11%14%
Strongly disagree12%9%16%16%24%32%
Don't know/No opinion30%15%12%10%11%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly agree42%28%12%17%
Somewhat agree29%30%32%18%
Somewhat disagree8%14%19%14%
Strongly disagree8%13%28%43%
Don't know/No opinion12%15%9%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How do you feel about the following statement: Generally speaking, the way state government runs in Texas serves as a good model for other states to follow?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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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 agree42%37%9%14%
Somewhat agree30%30%21%24%
Somewhat disagree9%9%19%14%
Strongly disagree6%12%43%17%
Don't know/No opinion13%11%7%31%

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