What do you think should be the Legislature's top priority? (April 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Immigration / Border | 22% |
Gun Control / safety | 11% |
Education | 7% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 7% |
The economy | 6% |
Other | 5% |
Abortion | 4% |
Property taxes | 4% |
Texas’s political leadership | 2% |
Health care | 2% |
Equality / Inequality | 2% |
Voting & elections | 2% |
The electric grid | 2% |
Public safety | 2% |
The budget | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 1% |
Political corruption | 1% |
Climate change | 1% |
Infrastructure | 1% |
Don’t know | 14% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 4% | 17% | 43% |
Gun Control / safety | 22% | 10% | 3% |
Education | 6% | 9% | 6% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 6% | 10% | 8% |
The economy | 6% | 12% | 6% |
Other | 5% | 8% | 6% |
Abortion | 7% | 0% | 1% |
Property taxes | 1% | 5% | 6% |
Texas’s political leadership | 1% | 3% | 0% |
Health care | 5% | 4% | 1% |
Equality / Inequality | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 3% | 1% | 1% |
The electric grid | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Public safety | 3% | 1% | 2% |
The budget | 2% | 0% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Women’s rights / health | 3% | 0% | 0% |
Political corruption | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Climate change | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Don’t know | 13% | 10% | 10% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 1% | 7% | 3% |
Gun Control / safety | 13% | 20% | 26% |
Education | 8% | 3% | 7% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 11% | 8% | 3% |
The economy | 5% | 7% | 5% |
Other | 6% | 4% | 5% |
Abortion | 7% | 4% | 9% |
Property taxes | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Texas’s political leadership | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Health care | 3% | 6% | 5% |
Equality / Inequality | 7% | 1% | 2% |
Voting & elections | 5% | 0% | 4% |
The electric grid | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Public safety | 0% | 2% | 3% |
The budget | 4% | 1% | 2% |
Taxes (Not property) | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 3% | 1% | 4% |
Political corruption | 4% | 1% | 1% |
Climate change | 3% | 1% | 2% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Don’t know | 6% | 24% | 10% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 53% | 28% | 42% |
Gun Control / safety | 0% | 6% | 2% |
Education | 7% | 11% | 4% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 4% | 15% | 7% |
The economy | 4% | 5% | 8% |
Other | 6% | 6% | 5% |
Abortion | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Property taxes | 9% | 5% | 5% |
Texas’s political leadership | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Health care | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Equality / Inequality | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 0% | 0% | 1% |
The electric grid | 3% | 1% | 0% |
Public safety | 0% | 3% | 2% |
The budget | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Taxes (Not property) | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Political corruption | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Climate change | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Infrastructure | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Don’t know | 6% | 13% | 10% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 4% | 14% | 39% |
Gun Control / safety | 23% | 12% | 4% |
Education | 8% | 6% | 7% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 3% | 9% | 9% |
The economy | 5% | 7% | 7% |
Other | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Abortion | 8% | 2% | 2% |
Property taxes | 1% | 1% | 7% |
Texas’s political leadership | 2% | 4% | 0% |
Health care | 5% | 3% | 1% |
Equality / Inequality | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 3% | 2% | 0% |
The electric grid | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Public safety | 1% | 1% | 3% |
The budget | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Women’s rights / health | 3% | 0% | 0% |
Political corruption | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Climate change | 2% | 2% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Don’t know | 14% | 22% | 9% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 1% | 3% | 8% |
Gun Control / safety | 25% | 18% | 27% |
Education | 9% | 12% | 3% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 3% | 4% | 3% |
The economy | 9% | 4% | 4% |
Other | 3% | 7% | 5% |
Abortion | 5% | 8% | 10% |
Property taxes | 0% | 3% | 0% |
Texas’s political leadership | 0% | 2% | 2% |
Health care | 5% | 3% | 8% |
Equality / Inequality | 2% | 2% | 5% |
Voting & elections | 6% | 3% | 2% |
The electric grid | 1% | 5% | 4% |
Public safety | 0% | 2% | 0% |
The budget | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 2% | 3% | 4% |
Political corruption | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Climate change | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Don’t know | 22% | 14% | 7% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 30% | 38% | 45% |
Gun Control / safety | 5% | 3% | 3% |
Education | 9% | 7% | 5% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 12% | 9% | 6% |
The economy | 10% | 5% | 6% |
Other | 4% | 3% | 8% |
Abortion | 1% | 3% | 2% |
Property taxes | 6% | 9% | 5% |
Texas’s political leadership | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Health care | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Equality / Inequality | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The electric grid | 3% | 1% | 0% |
Public safety | 1% | 5% | 1% |
The budget | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Political corruption | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Climate change | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Don’t know | 10% | 11% | 7% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 28% | 6% | 16% |
Gun Control / safety | 7% | 17% | 18% |
Education | 7% | 4% | 9% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 5% | 10% | 9% |
The economy | 6% | 7% | 6% |
Other | 5% | 7% | 3% |
Abortion | 4% | 6% | 3% |
Property taxes | 5% | 1% | 2% |
Texas’s political leadership | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Health care | 3% | 1% | 2% |
Equality / Inequality | 1% | 4% | 3% |
Voting & elections | 1% | 5% | 1% |
The electric grid | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Public safety | 2% | 5% | 1% |
The budget | 2% | 0% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Political corruption | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Climate change | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Infrastructure | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Don’t know | 13% | 17% | 15% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 24% | 20% |
Gun Control / safety | 7% | 15% |
Education | 7% | 7% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 6% | 8% |
The economy | 9% | 4% |
Other | 6% | 5% |
Abortion | 3% | 5% |
Property taxes | 5% | 2% |
Texas’s political leadership | 3% | 1% |
Health care | 2% | 3% |
Equality / Inequality | 3% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 1% | 2% |
The electric grid | 1% | 2% |
Public safety | 2% | 2% |
The budget | 1% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 2% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 1% | 2% |
Political corruption | 1% | 0% |
Climate change | 1% | 1% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 1% |
Don’t know | 11% | 17% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 14% | 22% | 37% |
Gun Control / safety | 11% | 13% | 8% |
Education | 7% | 7% | 6% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 9% | 6% | 5% |
The economy | 7% | 6% | 7% |
Other | 5% | 6% | 4% |
Abortion | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Property taxes | 2% | 5% | 5% |
Texas’s political leadership | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Health care | 1% | 4% | 1% |
Equality / Inequality | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Voting & elections | 3% | 1% | 0% |
The electric grid | 1% | 2% | 0% |
Public safety | 3% | 2% | 2% |
The budget | 3% | 0% | 0% |
Taxes (Not property) | 2% | 2% | 0% |
Women’s rights / health | 2% | 1% | 0% |
Political corruption | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Climate change | 1% | 2% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 1% | 0% |
Don’t know | 20% | 10% | 13% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 6% | 11% | 29% | 35% |
Gun Control / safety | 15% | 8% | 10% | 14% |
Education | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 4% | 12% | 5% | 5% |
The economy | 9% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
Other | 6% | 5% | 7% | 4% |
Abortion | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
Property taxes | 0% | 1% | 5% | 6% |
Texas’s political leadership | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Health care | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Equality / Inequality | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
The electric grid | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Public safety | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
The budget | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Political corruption | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Climate change | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Don’t know | 26% | 20% | 9% | 7% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 22% | 28% | 20% | 27% | 15% | 20% |
Gun Control / safety | 7% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 13% | 10% |
Education | 5% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 14% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 4% | 10% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 4% |
The economy | 0% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 3% |
Other | 0% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% |
Abortion | 0% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Property taxes | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 7% |
Texas’s political leadership | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Health care | 0% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
Equality / Inequality | 15% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
The electric grid | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
Public safety | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
The budget | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% |
Taxes (Not property) | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Political corruption | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Climate change | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
Don’t know | 37% | 16% | 18% | 10% | 13% | 9% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Immigration / Border | 30% | 21% | 15% | 4% |
Gun Control / safety | 10% | 9% | 14% | 18% |
Education | 5% | 7% | 11% | 8% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 9% | 7% | 3% | 5% |
The economy | 8% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
Other | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% |
Abortion | 3% | 3% | 5% | 8% |
Property taxes | 4% | 4% | 6% | 1% |
Texas’s political leadership | 0% | 1% | 0% | 7% |
Health care | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% |
Equality / Inequality | 1% | 0% | 1% | 6% |
Voting & elections | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
The electric grid | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Public safety | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
The budget | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Taxes (Not property) | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
Political corruption | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Climate change | 1% | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Infrastructure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Don’t know | 10% | 21% | 21% | 10% |
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. |
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Immigration / Border | 29% | 25% | 7% | 11% |
Gun Control / safety | 10% | 9% | 23% | 2% |
Education | 3% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
Inflation / Cost of living | 9% | 6% | 4% | 9% |
The economy | 8% | 6% | 3% | 6% |
Other | 6% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
Abortion | 2% | 4% | 7% | 3% |
Property taxes | 3% | 5% | 1% | 2% |
Texas’s political leadership | 1% | 0% | 2% | 13% |
Health care | 1% | 2% | 6% | 2% |
Equality / Inequality | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% |
Voting & elections | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% |
The electric grid | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Public safety | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
The budget | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Taxes (Not property) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Women’s rights / health | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
Political corruption | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
Climate change | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
Infrastructure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Don’t know | 16% | 12% | 9% | 32% |