Lieutenant Governor Trial Ballot (June 2018)

Lieutenant Governor Trial Ballot (June 2018)

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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"

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Dan Patrick37%
Mike Collier31%
Kerry McKennon4%
Someone else5%
No opinion23%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick3%25%73%
Mike Collier67%16%3%
Kerry McKennon3%8%3%
Someone else4%13%2%
No opinion23%38%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick5%3%2%
Mike Collier63%57%73%
Kerry McKennon5%4%2%
Someone else6%6%2%
No opinion21%30%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick74%58%80%
Mike Collier2%5%3%
Kerry McKennon5%5%2%
Someone else2%2%3%
No opinion16%30%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick3%16%71%
Mike Collier72%27%7%
Kerry McKennon4%7%3%
Someone else4%9%3%
No opinion17%41%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick2%3%5%
Mike Collier73%70%73%
Kerry McKennon4%6%1%
Someone else4%3%6%
No opinion18%19%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick61%65%83%
Mike Collier8%6%7%
Kerry McKennon4%4%1%
Someone else1%5%1%
No opinion27%21%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick3%73%75%
Mike Collier70%4%5%
Kerry McKennon3%5%6%
Someone else5%3%7%
No opinion19%15%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Dan Patrick47%3%31%
Mike Collier28%55%26%
Kerry McKennon5%3%3%
Someone else4%4%6%
No opinion16%36%34%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Dan Patrick42%32%
Mike Collier31%32%
Kerry McKennon5%3%
Someone else7%3%
No opinion15%30%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    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
Dan Patrick23%42%47%
Mike Collier39%30%21%
Kerry McKennon6%3%3%
Someone else6%4%5%
No opinion26%21%24%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Dan Patrick24%25%40%54%
Mike Collier35%31%31%30%
Kerry McKennon3%6%4%3%
Someone else4%8%4%3%
No opinion33%30%22%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Dan Patrick24%37%41%37%41%27%
Mike Collier6%24%35%31%34%47%
Kerry McKennon7%2%3%5%5%7%
Someone else8%6%3%7%3%5%
No opinion55%31%18%20%18%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Dan Patrick47%34%34%18%
Mike Collier23%29%30%56%
Kerry McKennon3%5%5%4%
Someone else5%4%3%6%
No opinion22%27%29%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "If the 2018 general election for Lieutenant Governor were held today, would you vote for the Republican Dan Patrick, the Democrat Mike Collier, the Libertarian Kerry McKennon, someone else, of haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" 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
Dan Patrick48%42%17%
Mike Collier19%29%54%
Kerry McKennon4%5%4%
Someone else4%4%5%
No opinion25%21%20%

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