Impact on Public Education System: Creating a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other “school choice” program (April 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Will improve public education | 47% |
Will hurt public education | 26% |
Will have no impact on public education | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 17% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 31% | 39% | 63% |
Will hurt public education | 45% | 21% | 13% |
Will have no impact on public education | 8% | 10% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 30% | 15% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 28% | 40% | 28% |
Will hurt public education | 55% | 32% | 47% |
Will have no impact on public education | 2% | 13% | 8% |
Don't know/No opinion | 15% | 15% | 17% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 60% | 66% | 64% |
Will hurt public education | 9% | 14% | 14% |
Will have no impact on public education | 10% | 6% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 21% | 14% | 13% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 29% | 43% | 63% |
Will hurt public education | 47% | 23% | 13% |
Will have no impact on public education | 10% | 9% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 25% | 14% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 33% | 30% | 23% |
Will hurt public education | 44% | 47% | 50% |
Will have no impact on public education | 5% | 12% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 17% | 11% | 16% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 48% | 65% | 69% |
Will hurt public education | 24% | 14% | 6% |
Will have no impact on public education | 15% | 7% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 14% | 15% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 49% | 44% | 45% |
Will hurt public education | 29% | 27% | 20% |
Will have no impact on public education | 8% | 10% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 19% | 24% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 54% | 41% |
Will hurt public education | 25% | 27% |
Will have no impact on public education | 9% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 21% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 46% | 47% | 48% |
Will hurt public education | 28% | 27% | 20% |
Will have no impact on public education | 9% | 10% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 17% | 22% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 54% | 43% | 45% | 49% |
Will hurt public education | 14% | 31% | 29% | 27% |
Will have no impact on public education | 15% | 8% | 9% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 18% | 18% | 17% | 16% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 56% | 50% | 50% | 48% | 42% | 45% |
Will hurt public education | 13% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 38% | 39% |
Will have no impact on public education | 9% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 10% | 8% |
Don't know/No opinion | 22% | 27% | 22% | 13% | 10% | 8% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 59% | 44% | 31% | 26% |
Will hurt public education | 17% | 24% | 44% | 45% |
Will have no impact on public education | 10% | 11% | 7% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 21% | 18% | 19% |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Will improve public education | 60% | 49% | 25% | 33% |
Will hurt public education | 13% | 25% | 56% | 13% |
Will have no impact on public education | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 15% | 12% | 48% |