Gambling Preferences (February 2021)

Gambling Preferences (February 2021)

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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?"
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Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas8%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged17%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed12%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations6%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas41%
Don't know16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas6%6%9%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged12%15%23%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed13%6%14%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations7%8%5%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas42%42%39%
Don't know19%23%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas5%3%8%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged14%10%12%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed12%16%11%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations7%12%5%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas38%42%44%
Don't know23%17%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas10%6%11%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged24%20%23%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed13%23%10%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations4%8%3%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas38%35%41%
Don't know10%7%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas7%7%9%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged15%11%24%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed12%17%10%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations8%6%5%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas38%43%41%
Don't know21%16%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas6%5%11%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged14%18%11%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed14%15%5%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations9%10%3%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas40%31%46%
Don't know16%22%24%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas1%3%19%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged23%27%20%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed13%14%4%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations5%4%6%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas46%43%35%
Don't know13%9%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas9%7%5%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged21%11%11%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed12%12%16%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations5%4%8%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas38%51%40%
Don't know15%15%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas6%9%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged16%19%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed12%12%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations6%6%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas49%33%
Don't know11%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas7%8%9%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged13%19%21%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed15%11%12%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations7%5%7%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas43%41%36%
Don't know15%16%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas9%6%8%8%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged14%14%21%18%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed21%11%9%12%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations3%6%7%7%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas26%45%44%44%
Don't know26%18%12%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas4%8%5%7%8%14%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged6%13%18%10%24%21%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed8%9%15%21%11%8%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations3%5%6%8%4%10%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas41%49%37%42%37%37%
Don't know37%16%19%12%15%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas11%6%5%5%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged19%19%15%12%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed9%21%10%8%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations6%5%9%5%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas37%39%43%49%
Don't know17%10%17%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Gambling policy will probably be discussed during the current legislative session. Which of the following gambling policy proposals would you most support?" 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.
Banning all gambling and gaming in Texas15%5%5%5%
Leaving current gambling laws unchanged19%19%14%14%
Expanding gambling, but only in places where limited gambling is already allowed10%18%7%6%
Expanding gambling but only to Indian reservations6%5%8%4%
Allowing full casino gambling in Texas36%39%48%44%
Don't know14%14%17%27%

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