Which of the following do you think was the biggest factor contributing to the negative impacts of the winter storm in Texas? (March 2021)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 23% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 16% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 14% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 11% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 10% |
| Human error | 8% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 6% |
| Climate change | 4% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 22% | 22% | 24% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 6% | 15% | 24% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 24% | 14% | 6% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 2% | 12% | 19% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 16% | 12% | 5% |
| Human error | 5% | 4% | 12% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 10% | 7% | 2% |
| Climate change | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 3% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 26% | 20% | 21% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 0% | 1% | 4% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 16% | 10% | 18% |
| Human error | 3% | 10% | 4% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 16% | 6% | 8% |
| Climate change | 1% | 10% | 6% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% | 5% | 2% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 22% | 30% | 21% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 9% | 6% | 4% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 27% | 9% | 21% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| Human error | 4% | 17% | 13% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Climate change | 2% | 0% | 4% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 0% | 1% | 0% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 6% | 9% | 26% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 22% | 18% | 7% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 3% | 4% | 21% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 18% | 12% | 4% |
| Human error | 2% | 11% | 10% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 11% | 7% | 1% |
| Climate change | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 2% | 1% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 21% | 27% | 13% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 10% | 7% | 2% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 1% | 3% | 4% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Human error | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 12% | 9% | 13% |
| Climate change | 2% | 6% | 12% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 5% | 1% | 1% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 2% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 14% | 26% | 22% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 24% | 28% | 24% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 14% | 6% | 5% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 19% | 15% | 27% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| Human error | 5% | 14% | 8% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Climate change | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 3% | 0% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 21% | 22% | 24% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 21% | 10% | 7% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 12% | 21% | 17% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 13% | 7% | 7% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 9% | 12% | 13% |
| Human error | 7% | 4% | 14% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 6% | 8% | 3% |
| Climate change | 3% | 7% | 4% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 0% | 2% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 20% | 25% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 17% | 14% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 11% | 17% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 15% | 8% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 12% | 9% |
| Human error | 7% | 9% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 5% | 6% |
| Climate change | 3% | 5% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 4% | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% | 2% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 19% | 27% | 17% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 11% | 15% | 24% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Human error | 8% | 7% | 10% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Climate change | 5% | 4% | 2% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 2% | 0% | 0% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 14% | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 13% | 13% | 16% | 20% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 23% | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 6% | 8% | 14% | 13% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 6% | 10% | 11% | 13% |
| Human error | 8% | 5% | 12% | 6% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 8% | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| Climate change | 10% | 6% | 2% | 0% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 0% | 4% | 1% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 30% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 25% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 13% | 13% | 18% | 13% | 19% | 12% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 10% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 4% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 11% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 14% |
| Human error | 35% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 4% | 5% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 1% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 7% |
| Climate change | 3% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 0% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 1% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 0% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization of electricity facilities | 22% | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 21% | 14% | 12% | 10% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 12% | 17% | 13% | 16% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 14% | 9% | 14% | 5% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 9% | 9% | 10% | 15% |
| Human error | 10% | 7% | 8% | 4% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 1% | 6% | 9% | 13% |
| Climate change | 4% | 4% | 2% | 5% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
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| Winterization of electricity facilities | 21% | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| Nature of the winter storm | 17% | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| Texas’s independent electricity grid | 12% | 14% | 14% | 24% |
| Over-reliance on renewable energy | 15% | 12% | 5% | 14% |
| Failures by Texas lawmakers | 10% | 7% | 15% | 14% |
| Human error | 11% | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| Deregulation of the electricity sector | 1% | 5% | 13% | 3% |
| Climate change | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7% |
| Lack of individual preparation | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Winterization of gas production facilities | 2% | 4% | 4% | 1% |
| Not enough regulation of the gas industry | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Over-reliance on fossil fuels | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
