How Important is it for the Texas Legislature to Address Vouchers, Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), or other “School Choice” Legislation During the Current Legislative Session? (February 2023)
Loading chart...
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 21% |
| Very important | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 19% |
| Not very important | 8% |
| Not important | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 15% | 17% | 27% |
| Very important | 19% | 28% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 18% | 21% |
| Not very important | 10% | 7% | 7% |
| Not important | 24% | 13% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 17% | 12% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 11% | 10% | 19% |
| Very important | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 29% | 13% |
| Not very important | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Not important | 42% | 13% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 17% | 14% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 32% | 20% | 27% |
| Very important | 29% | 24% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 23% | 24% | 20% |
| Not very important | 5% | 14% | 6% |
| Not important | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 9% | 14% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 15% | 12% | 30% |
| Very important | 14% | 33% | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 15% | 18% | 22% |
| Not very important | 11% | 10% | 5% |
| Not important | 30% | 9% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 15% | 17% | 12% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 11% | 8% | 26% |
| Very important | 15% | 17% | 10% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 14% | 13% |
| Not very important | 12% | 13% | 8% |
| Not important | 32% | 31% | 28% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 17% | 15% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% | 26% | 39% |
| Very important | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Somewhat important | 26% | 28% | 14% |
| Not very important | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Not important | 8% | 4% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 11% | 13% |
Loading chart...
| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 22% | 26% | 16% |
| Very important | 21% | 28% | 27% |
| Somewhat important | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Not very important | 9% | 10% | 3% |
| Not important | 17% | 9% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 11% | 25% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 22% | 20% |
| Very important | 30% | 18% |
| Somewhat important | 16% | 21% |
| Not very important | 8% | 9% |
| Not important | 14% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 18% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| Very important | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| Somewhat important | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| Not very important | 7% | 10% | 5% |
| Not important | 13% | 16% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 15% | 13% | 18% |
Loading chart...
| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 21% | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Very important | 28% | 23% | 23% | 24% |
| Somewhat important | 19% | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| Not very important | 6% | 6% | 10% | 10% |
| Not important | 9% | 11% | 17% | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 19% | 12% | 12% |
Loading chart...
| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 25% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 24% |
| Very important | 47% | 28% | 22% | 30% | 18% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 10% | 15% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 9% |
| Not very important | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 12% |
| Not important | 2% | 7% | 13% | 10% | 17% | 30% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 22% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 6% |
Loading chart...
| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 29% | 18% | 17% | 10% |
| Very important | 29% | 26% | 20% | 13% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 24% | 13% | 16% |
| Not very important | 6% | 9% | 12% | 10% |
| Not important | 7% | 8% | 25% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 16% | 14% | 19% |
Loading chart...
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 26% | 23% | 9% | 23% |
| Very important | 31% | 25% | 14% | 20% |
| Somewhat important | 24% | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| Not very important | 4% | 11% | 11% | 3% |
| Not important | 5% | 8% | 37% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 13% | 15% | 36% |
