Texas Legislature Job Approval (October 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 23% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 20% |
Don't know | 13% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 3% | 9% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 24% | 38% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 28% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 17% | 15% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 16% | 5% |
Don't know | 12% | 12% | 13% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 1% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 8% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 17% | 35% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 21% | 20% |
Disapprove strongly | 43% | 23% | 43% |
Don't know | 15% | 11% | 11% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 8% | 7% | 12% |
Approve somewhat | 44% | 27% | 44% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 21% | 17% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 15% | 12% |
Disapprove strongly | 3% | 10% | 3% |
Don't know | 8% | 20% | 13% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 3% | 8% |
Approve somewhat | 3% | 16% | 39% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 28% | 20% |
Disapprove somewhat | 18% | 17% | 16% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 18% | 4% |
Don't know | 10% | 18% | 13% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 7% | 0% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 5% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 28% | 15% | 14% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 23% | 13% |
Disapprove strongly | 30% | 49% | 59% |
Don't know | 15% | 8% | 9% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 1% | 8% | 12% |
Approve somewhat | 35% | 34% | 48% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 22% | 21% | 18% |
Disapprove somewhat | 25% | 17% | 10% |
Disapprove strongly | 4% | 4% | 3% |
Don't know | 13% | 16% | 10% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 3% | 11% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 7% | 35% | 47% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 20% | 24% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 20% | 14% | 14% |
Disapprove strongly | 41% | 3% | 11% |
Don't know | 10% | 12% | 10% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 7% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 27% | 12% | 18% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 18% | 26% | 28% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 19% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 18% | 18% |
Don't know | 12% | 18% | 15% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 8% | 3% |
Approve somewhat | 27% | 20% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 19% | 23% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 18% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 19% |
Don't know | 9% | 18% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 4% | 8% |
Approve somewhat | 14% | 24% | 34% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 25% | 21% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 17% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 25% | 20% | 11% |
Don't know | 13% | 14% | 12% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 10% | 3% | 3% | 7% |
Approve somewhat | 15% | 20% | 23% | 32% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 23% | 22% | 19% |
Disapprove somewhat | 16% | 15% | 17% | 19% |
Disapprove strongly | 21% | 16% | 24% | 17% |
Don't know | 18% | 23% | 10% | 6% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 0% | 5% | 4% | 12% | 5% | 4% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 23% | 27% | 25% | 22% | 22% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 14% | 31% | 19% | 21% | 15% | 22% |
Disapprove somewhat | 11% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 21% | 17% |
Disapprove strongly | 15% | 15% | 19% | 13% | 24% | 29% |
Don't know | 50% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 6% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% | 9% | 2% | 2% |
Approve somewhat | 30% | 23% | 16% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 23% | 25% | 19% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 19% | 16% | 16% | 15% |
Disapprove strongly | 12% | 13% | 30% | 46% |
Don't know | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 30% | 27% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 29% | 20% | 13% |
Disapprove somewhat | 17% | 20% | 15% |
Disapprove strongly | 8% | 15% | 44% |
Don't know | 10% | 13% | 13% |