Who Is Responsible for Property Taxes (June 2017)

Who Is Responsible for Property Taxes (June 2017)

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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "

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categoryTotal
Local government60%
Texas state government27%
The Federal government4%
Don't know10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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
Local government55%68%66%
Texas state government29%19%24%
The Federal government4%1%3%
Don't know12%12%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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
Local government58%51%55%
Texas state government33%28%27%
The Federal government2%7%4%
Don't know8%14%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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
Local government71%57%69%
Texas state government22%27%24%
The Federal government1%8%1%
Don't know5%8%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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
Local government61%44%68%
Texas state government29%31%22%
The Federal government3%8%2%
Don't know8%17%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Local government56%60%66%
Texas state government30%28%29%
The Federal government7%1%1%
Don't know7%10%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    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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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Local government70%71%63%
Texas state government21%23%23%
The Federal government2%1%4%
Don't know7%5%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Local government59%61%73%
Texas state government28%28%21%
The Federal government4%4%4%
Don't know9%7%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Local government65%45%52%
Texas state government25%31%29%
The Federal government2%8%8%
Don't know8%16%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Local government64%57%
Texas state government26%27%
The Federal government3%5%
Don't know8%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Local government59%60%63%
Texas state government25%30%20%
The Federal government4%2%8%
Don't know13%8%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Local government40%57%66%68%
Texas state government38%22%25%26%
The Federal government8%7%2%0%
Don't know15%14%7%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? "
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Local government34%49%58%58%68%80%
Texas state government25%29%30%24%26%17%
The Federal government9%6%3%7%2%1%
Don't know32%15%9%12%4%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? " Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Local government58%65%62%56%
Texas state government26%24%25%33%
The Federal government5%4%3%2%
Don't know11%8%11%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Who is primarily responsible for the taxes that homeowners pay on their property? " Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe 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
Local government48%68%64%
Texas state government31%25%26%
The Federal government6%3%1%
Don't know14%4%9%

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