U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Name Recognition (October 2019)

U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Name Recognition (October 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?"
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Overall
Chris Bell24%
Royce West21%
M.J. Hegar20%
Amanda Edwards16%
Sema Hernandez13%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez12%
Michael Cooper11%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.6%
Adrian Ocegueda6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" 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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PIDDemocratIndependentRepublican
Chris Bell25%10%22%
Royce West24%10%12%
M.J. Hegar23%7%5%
Amanda Edwards17%0%10%
Sema Hernandez12%0%22%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez11%10%11%
Michael Cooper11%0%8%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.4%5%20%
Adrian Ocegueda5%4%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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DemLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Chris Bell261628
Royce West182928
M.J. Hegar291423
Amanda Edwards21919
Sema Hernandez11815
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez13811
Michael Cooper81113
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.644
Adrian Ocegueda375
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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RepLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Chris Bell22%13%28%
Royce West10%32%2%
M.J. Hegar8%0%0%
Amanda Edwards7%13%15%
Sema Hernandez32%13%0%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez12%18%0%
Michael Cooper13%0%0%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.28%0%10%
Adrian Ocegueda6%18%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" 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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IdeologyLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Chris Bell21%25%28%
Royce West24%21%19%
M.J. Hegar33%13%8%
Amanda Edwards13%14%26%
Sema Hernandez12%14%14%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez12%14%6%
Michael Cooper7%10%20%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.4%5%11%
Adrian Ocegueda6%3%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" 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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LiberalLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Chris Bell16%22%23%
Royce West24%21%27%
M.J. Hegar34%35%28%
Amanda Edwards15%11%12%
Sema Hernandez8%14%14%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez12%11%15%
Michael Cooper8%6%8%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.4%1%6%
Adrian Ocegueda5%4%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" 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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ConservativeLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Chris Bell19%22%46%
Royce West14%14%29%
M.J. Hegar11%0%13%
Amanda Edwards16%21%43%
Sema Hernandez15%9%19%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez4%7%7%
Michael Cooper4%34%26%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.7%15%13%
Adrian Ocegueda6%12%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Race is calculated according to the race variable. 
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RaceWhiteBlackHispanic
Chris Bell25%24%20%
Royce West22%27%11%
M.J. Hegar35%8%8%
Amanda Edwards16%17%12%
Sema Hernandez9%15%18%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez16%6%14%
Michael Cooper7%14%10%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.5%4%6%
Adrian Ocegueda5%5%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable. 
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GenderMaleFemale
Chris Bell22%25%
Royce West24%19%
M.J. Hegar19%21%
Amanda Edwards17%15%
Sema Hernandez13%13%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez13%11%
Michael Cooper8%13%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.5%6%
Adrian Ocegueda5%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?" 
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CommunityUrbanSuburbanRural
Chris Bell23%24%21%
Royce West19%26%8%
M.J. Hegar17%25%12%
Amanda Edwards18%14%14%
Sema Hernandez13%12%20%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez11%12%11%
Michael Cooper16%8%3%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.7%4%9%
Adrian Ocegueda8%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Age18-2930-4445-6465+
Chris Bell19%18%27%32%
Royce West22%16%24%24%
M.J. Hegar11%15%27%27%
Amanda Edwards18%9%19%18%
Sema Hernandez11%13%13%15%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez8%10%16%11%
Michael Cooper10%12%9%14%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.5%7%4%9%
Adrian Ocegueda2%10%6%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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EducationNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Chris Bell7%23%22%25%25%30%
Royce West25%26%14%17%20%29%
M.J. Hegar2%10%21%9%25%44%
Amanda Edwards7%20%10%17%14%22%
Sema Hernandez19%19%12%14%7%12%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez21%8%9%7%15%18%
Michael Cooper3%14%10%11%9%10%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.11%9%2%0%8%5%
Adrian Ocegueda9%45%5%4%7%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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ReligiosityExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Chris Bell28%24%24%17%
Royce West23%15%30%18%
M.J. Hegar12%18%27%29%
Amanda Edwards19%21%12%7%
Sema Hernandez16%13%9%11%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez11%9%11%17%
Michael Cooper17%12%5%3%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.10%3%3%4%
Adrian Ocegueda9%5%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Which of the following potential 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidates have you heard of?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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FundamentalismThe 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
Chris Bell34%18%19%
Royce West23%19%22%
M.J. Hegar8%18%32%
Amanda Edwards19%18%9%
Sema Hernandez16%12%10%
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez7%11%18%
Michael Cooper13%14%5%
Jack Daniel Foster, Jr.6%9%4%
Adrian Ocegueda8%6%5%

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