Should State and Local Governments Offer Economic Incentives to Persuade Businesses to Move to Texas or Expand Their Current Operations Here? (February 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Should | 46% |
Should not | 32% |
Don't know/No opinion | 22% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 43% | 47% | 52% |
Should not | 37% | 26% | 28% |
Don't know/No opinion | 20% | 27% | 20% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 31% | 50% | 43% |
Should not | 55% | 29% | 36% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 20% | 21% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 50% | 52% | 53% |
Should not | 35% | 30% | 25% |
Don't know/No opinion | 15% | 18% | 22% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 35% | 55% | 49% |
Should not | 45% | 23% | 28% |
Don't know/No opinion | 20% | 22% | 22% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 43% | 30% | 35% |
Should not | 44% | 47% | 44% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 22% | 21% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 51% | 48% | 50% |
Should not | 31% | 27% | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 19% | 25% | 21% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 46% | 57% | 45% |
Should not | 35% | 24% | 28% |
Don't know/No opinion | 19% | 18% | 27% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Should | 55% | 39% |
Should not | 29% | 35% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 27% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Should | 53% | 44% | 40% |
Should not | 31% | 32% | 34% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 23% | 26% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Should | 55% | 41% | 46% | 45% |
Should not | 22% | 36% | 33% | 34% |
Don't know/No opinion | 23% | 24% | 20% | 20% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Should | 48% | 45% | 43% | 58% | 47% | 44% |
Should not | 35% | 26% | 36% | 31% | 32% | 38% |
Don't know/No opinion | 17% | 29% | 21% | 11% | 21% | 18% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Should | 56% | 44% | 34% | 37% |
Should not | 24% | 34% | 50% | 36% |
Don't know/No opinion | 20% | 22% | 16% | 27% |
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. |
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Should | 62% | 46% | 32% | 31% |
Should not | 21% | 32% | 48% | 26% |
Don't know/No opinion | 17% | 22% | 20% | 43% |