Texans Want Slower Growth, Limited Immigration - Demographics
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A Survey of 1,020 Texas Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conducted March 8, 2023 by Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
1020 | 500 | 520 | 296 | 459 | 265 | 632 | 122 | 214 | 51 | 306 | 418 | 296 | 571 | 229 | 197 | 23 | 441 | 579 | 343 | 263 | 300 | 86 | 362 | 299 | 295 | 104 | 159 | 145 | 613 | 681 | 339 | 568 | 400 | 52 | 280 | 351 | 164 | 71 | 143 | 245 | 191 | 99 | 470 | ||
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
President Approval | Strongly approve | 24% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 22% | 31% | 28% | 17% | 52% | 10% | 15% | 13% | 30% | 49% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 19% | 33% | 34% | 25% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 27% | 24% | 21% | 45% | 29% | 26% | 22% | 18% | 16% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Somewhat approve | 19% | 18% | 20% | 31% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 34% | 19% | 24% | 29% | 8% | 24% | 9% | 27% | 37% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 35% | 22% | 24% | 12% | 31% | 28% | 22% | 13% | 16% | 24% | 17% | 22% | 19% | 23% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
Somewhat disapprove | 10% | 9% | 11% | 19% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 16% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 17% | 10% | 18% | 11% | 9% | 3% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 17% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
Strongly disapprove | 46% | 48% | 44% | 25% | 53% | 58% | 55% | 23% | 33% | 51% | 7% | 72% | 49% | 70% | 27% | 2% | 20% | 45% | 47% | 59% | 44% | 39% | 28% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 21% | 28% | 48% | 55% | 48% | 42% | 46% | 49% | 19% | 34% | 47% | 50% | 49% | 61% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
Not sure | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 21% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Has Texas developed its open land into cities, housing, and highways too much, too little, for about as much as it should? | Too much | 36% | 35% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 31% | 35% | 30% | 42% | 33% | 43% | 32% | 34% | 32% | 41% | 41% | 35% | 38% | 34% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 34% | 40% | 30% | 39% | 27% | 34% | 40% | 37% | 39% | 29% | 38% | 32% | 42% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 34% | 50% | 42% | 35% | 31% | 34% |
Too little | 12% | 13% | 11% | 20% | 11% | 4% | 7% | 27% | 17% | 18% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 22% | 22% | 14% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 23% | 7% | |
About right | 42% | 45% | 40% | 38% | 41% | 50% | 48% | 31% | 34% | 37% | 35% | 47% | 44% | 47% | 40% | 32% | 36% | 37% | 46% | 50% | 43% | 37% | 34% | 35% | 49% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 38% | 44% | 39% | 48% | 40% | 46% | 36% | 42% | 47% | 41% | 42% | 32% | 36% | 37% | 39% | 48% | |
Not sure | 10% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 5% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 11% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Government data show that the United States now has about one-third less cropland for each American than it did 30 years ago. How important is it to protect U.S. farmland from development so the United States is able to produce enough food to feed its own human population in the future? | Very important | 74% | 71% | 77% | 62% | 77% | 83% | 76% | 70% | 72% | 69% | 77% | 73% | 73% | 77% | 71% | 71% | 60% | 76% | 72% | 78% | 68% | 75% | 73% | 79% | 74% | 68% | 57% | 63% | 76% | 79% | 76% | 69% | 76% | 73% | 56% | 72% | 70% | 77% | 88% | 80% | 76% | 66% | 55% | 80% |
Somewhat important | 19% | 22% | 17% | 31% | 16% | 12% | 18% | 19% | 24% | 20% | 15% | 23% | 18% | 17% | 25% | 16% | 35% | 17% | 21% | 16% | 26% | 18% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 24% | 33% | 29% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 22% | 19% | 19% | 26% | 20% | 24% | 16% | 8% | 14% | 15% | 21% | 42% | 16% | |
Not very important | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 2% | |
Not at all important | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
Not sure | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
If recent migration and fertility trends continue, Texas demographers project that the state's population of 30 million will reach about 44 million by 2060. Do you find the prospect of adding another 14 million residents to be more positive or more negative? | More positive | 30% | 34% | 25% | 41% | 30% | 18% | 25% | 36% | 43% | 25% | 42% | 24% | 26% | 27% | 37% | 30% | 19% | 27% | 32% | 29% | 35% | 27% | 29% | 32% | 28% | 33% | 56% | 42% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 19% | 26% | 57% | 31% | 37% | 14% |
More negative | 55% | 52% | 58% | 45% | 55% | 67% | 61% | 46% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 67% | 55% | 62% | 49% | 46% | 38% | 57% | 54% | 60% | 49% | 56% | 51% | 56% | 54% | 54% | 31% | 45% | 61% | 61% | 58% | 50% | 56% | 56% | 32% | 52% | 52% | 58% | 64% | 65% | 27% | 48% | 49% | 74% | |
Not sure | 15% | 13% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 12% | 32% | 19% | 9% | 19% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 43% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 16% | 17% | 21% | 12% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 35% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 18% | 9% | 17% | 21% | 14% | 11% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
If Texas adds another 14 million residents, do you expect traffic to become much worse or would the state Department of Transportation be able to build enough extra road capacity to accommodate the extra residents without more congestion? | Traffic will become much worse | 73% | 73% | 73% | 66% | 74% | 79% | 76% | 66% | 69% | 72% | 67% | 77% | 73% | 75% | 71% | 71% | 65% | 75% | 71% | 76% | 70% | 73% | 71% | 74% | 72% | 74% | 63% | 71% | 72% | 75% | 75% | 69% | 75% | 70% | 72% | 71% | 74% | 70% | 81% | 78% | 61% | 72% | 73% | 80% |
The DoT could accommodate the extra residents without more congestion | 21% | 22% | 19% | 29% | 20% | 14% | 17% | 30% | 27% | 24% | 26% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 25% | 20% | 13% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 31% | 26% | 25% | 17% | 19% | 25% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 19% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 33% | 22% | 25% | 13% | |
Not sure | 6% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 22% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 0% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 6% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Texas ranks third in the U.S. in agricultural acres irrigated, and irrigation is crucial to food production in the state. Texas cities compete for scarce water with agriculture. Should water used to irrigate farmland be diverted to support additional human population growth in Texas? | Water should be diverted to residents | 25% | 29% | 22% | 48% | 21% | 8% | 17% | 42% | 39% | 26% | 36% | 23% | 17% | 23% | 31% | 27% | 13% | 26% | 24% | 15% | 35% | 25% | 30% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 51% | 43% | 23% | 17% | 25% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 43% | 30% | 29% | 23% | 12% | 18% | 37% | 38% | 42% | 11% |
Water should not be diverted to residents | 57% | 59% | 55% | 41% | 60% | 71% | 65% | 40% | 47% | 51% | 41% | 66% | 62% | 65% | 52% | 44% | 37% | 56% | 58% | 67% | 50% | 57% | 52% | 55% | 57% | 58% | 30% | 45% | 62% | 64% | 59% | 54% | 55% | 62% | 41% | 48% | 55% | 59% | 74% | 70% | 40% | 41% | 44% | 76% | |
Not sure | 18% | 12% | 23% | 11% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 14% | 23% | 23% | 11% | 21% | 13% | 17% | 28% | 50% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 12% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 16% | 22% | 16% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 23% | 22% | 15% | 13% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Texas has limited water flows in its undammed streams and rivers. Is it more important for the remaining amount of water in free-flowing streams and rivers to be used to support forested wildlife habitat, fish and birds, or is it more important to use the remaining water in Texas streams to support the projected increase of residents in the state? | Water kept in streams | 69% | 68% | 69% | 71% | 71% | 63% | 69% | 69% | 70% | 58% | 72% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 68% | 70% | 69% | 68% | 69% | 66% | 72% | 70% | 68% | 71% | 67% | 70% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 68% | 69% | 67% | 70% | 67% | 68% | 66% | 69% | 63% | 74% | 77% | 72% | 70% | 64% | 68% |
Streams used to support residents | 20% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 23% | 21% | 17% | 23% | 18% | 22% | 19% | 17% | 2% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 28% | 19% | |
Not sure | 11% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 10% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 21% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 29% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 16% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 13% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
From an environmental standpoint, how important is it to preserve Texas’ woodlands, natural wetlands, rivers, grasslands, and mountains? | Very important | 67% | 64% | 70% | 62% | 69% | 69% | 70% | 61% | 66% | 48% | 70% | 65% | 67% | 63% | 71% | 76% | 47% | 66% | 68% | 67% | 66% | 66% | 73% | 69% | 68% | 65% | 46% | 63% | 68% | 72% | 69% | 63% | 69% | 64% | 74% | 67% | 67% | 63% | 68% | 73% | 78% | 66% | 56% | 65% |
Somewhat important | 25% | 28% | 23% | 27% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 24% | 41% | 23% | 28% | 24% | 29% | 23% | 16% | 30% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 29% | 26% | 15% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 40% | 29% | 27% | 21% | 23% | 31% | 23% | 30% | 16% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 29% | 33% | 27% | |
Not very important | 5% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | |
Not at all important | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | |
Not sure | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 23% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
How important is it to you that you can easily get to Natural Areas and Open Space? | Very important | 54% | 51% | 56% | 52% | 56% | 52% | 57% | 50% | 49% | 45% | 57% | 54% | 51% | 55% | 51% | 54% | 53% | 52% | 55% | 57% | 53% | 53% | 44% | 55% | 50% | 58% | 46% | 41% | 52% | 59% | 59% | 43% | 60% | 45% | 49% | 52% | 51% | 46% | 69% | 67% | 64% | 43% | 43% | 56% |
Somewhat important | 34% | 36% | 32% | 32% | 34% | 36% | 34% | 31% | 34% | 43% | 31% | 36% | 34% | 33% | 38% | 34% | 14% | 34% | 34% | 31% | 37% | 34% | 37% | 30% | 39% | 33% | 35% | 45% | 32% | 31% | 30% | 42% | 29% | 41% | 35% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 23% | 21% | 27% | 43% | 41% | 33% | |
Not very important | 8% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 13% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 8% | |
Not at all important | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | |
Not sure | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 25% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
A study of government data found that 70% of the loss of Texas’s Open Space, natural habitat, and farmland in recent decades was related to the state's rapid population growth. Would continuing this level of population growth into the future make Texas better, worse or not much different? | Better | 15% | 18% | 13% | 28% | 12% | 6% | 11% | 21% | 25% | 13% | 23% | 13% | 9% | 17% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 18% | 12% | 12% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 16% | 14% | 18% | 33% | 28% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 10% | 24% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 30% | 17% | 15% | 6% |
Worse | 58% | 55% | 62% | 53% | 59% | 63% | 63% | 47% | 50% | 64% | 44% | 65% | 63% | 61% | 53% | 56% | 53% | 61% | 56% | 58% | 55% | 62% | 53% | 62% | 58% | 52% | 40% | 49% | 66% | 62% | 61% | 52% | 59% | 58% | 55% | 56% | 58% | 56% | 66% | 66% | 31% | 56% | 62% | 73% | |
Not much different | 19% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 16% | 22% | 17% | 19% | 15% | 27% | 23% | 2% | 13% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 18% | 9% | 15% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 20% | 17% | 23% | 17% | 23% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 24% | 14% | 31% | 21% | 15% | 14% | |
Not sure | 8% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 14% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 37% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 1% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
In recent years, have you sensed that Texas’s cities, parks, neighborhoods, schools, and roads have become much more crowded, somewhat more crowded, somewhat less crowded, or much less crowded? | Much more crowded | 54% | 50% | 57% | 42% | 57% | 61% | 59% | 41% | 47% | 42% | 46% | 58% | 55% | 59% | 44% | 52% | 15% | 57% | 51% | 63% | 49% | 52% | 37% | 57% | 48% | 54% | 41% | 38% | 51% | 60% | 54% | 52% | 54% | 55% | 38% | 56% | 47% | 57% | 56% | 62% | 47% | 46% | 35% | 64% |
Somewhat more crowded | 36% | 40% | 33% | 42% | 34% | 34% | 34% | 43% | 38% | 39% | 41% | 34% | 35% | 32% | 47% | 37% | 23% | 33% | 39% | 34% | 40% | 34% | 46% | 34% | 45% | 34% | 41% | 50% | 38% | 32% | 35% | 39% | 36% | 35% | 45% | 31% | 45% | 33% | 39% | 29% | 40% | 44% | 52% | 29% | |
Somewhat less crowded | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 7% | 15% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 20% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 3% | |
Much less crowded | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
Not sure | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 34% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 4% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
The population of Texas has more than doubled since 1980. Would you prefer that the Texas population continue to rapidly grow, that it grow more slowly, that it stay about the same size, or that it become smaller? | Continue to grow rapidly | 13% | 14% | 12% | 23% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 12% | 25% | 7% | 19% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 19% | 9% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 28% | 19% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 16% | 8% | 21% | 18% | 12% | 15% | 4% | 11% | 26% | 12% | 20% | 6% |
Grow more slowly | 46% | 49% | 44% | 34% | 48% | 57% | 51% | 39% | 38% | 44% | 42% | 50% | 46% | 48% | 47% | 43% | 12% | 41% | 50% | 51% | 43% | 48% | 34% | 41% | 48% | 48% | 43% | 42% | 45% | 48% | 42% | 55% | 42% | 53% | 42% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 49% | 36% | 49% | 48% | 34% | 48% | |
Stay about the same | 24% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 26% | 23% | 33% | 19% | 29% | 24% | 22% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 25% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 21% | 19% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 27% | 17% | 25% | 28% | 26% | |
Become smaller | 13% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 6% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 20% | 21% | 6% | 11% | 13% | 17% | |
Not sure | 3% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 34% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly favor | Somewhat favor | Somewhat oppose | Strongly disapprove | ||
A major source of Texas population growth is people moving in from other states, especially places like California. Should local and state governments in Texas make it more difficult for people to move to Texas from other states by restricting development? | Yes | 46% | 48% | 44% | 56% | 45% | 37% | 43% | 46% | 55% | 44% | 42% | 52% | 41% | 54% | 41% | 30% | 24% | 49% | 44% | 47% | 49% | 45% | 37% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 40% | 53% | 51% | 44% | 50% | 38% | 49% | 43% | 36% | 41% | 44% | 50% | 47% | 57% | 39% | 33% | 52% | 54% |
No | 37% | 41% | 34% | 30% | 40% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 30% | 36% | 42% | 33% | 39% | 31% | 43% | 49% | 34% | 33% | 41% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 42% | 33% | 38% | 43% | 47% | 36% | 35% | 37% | 33% | 47% | 33% | 42% | 50% | 43% | 39% | 33% | 35% | 29% | 48% | 47% | 37% | 29% | |
Not sure | 17% | 11% | 22% | 13% | 15% | 22% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 20% | 15% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 16% | 21% | 42% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 20% | 17% | 15% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 14% | 13% | 20% | 12% | 17% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly favor | Somewhat favor | Somewhat oppose | Strongly disapprove | ||
Another major source of Texas population growth is immigration from other countries. Should the federal government reduce annual immigration to slow down Texas population growth, keep immigration and population growth at the current level, or increase annual immigration and population growth? | Reduce annual immigration | 57% | 60% | 54% | 39% | 63% | 66% | 63% | 38% | 48% | 66% | 31% | 73% | 62% | 75% | 45% | 21% | 26% | 58% | 57% | 68% | 60% | 51% | 29% | 56% | 56% | 57% | 40% | 48% | 53% | 63% | 60% | 52% | 58% | 59% | 34% | 51% | 52% | 62% | 59% | 77% | 27% | 32% | 50% | 85% |
Keep immigration at current level | 28% | 32% | 25% | 43% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 36% | 39% | 27% | 44% | 19% | 25% | 17% | 42% | 48% | 6% | 27% | 29% | 23% | 25% | 34% | 43% | 30% | 30% | 28% | 42% | 39% | 29% | 23% | 27% | 31% | 28% | 28% | 39% | 32% | 36% | 23% | 21% | 13% | 45% | 42% | 38% | 12% | |
Increase immigration | 8% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 18% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 13% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 13% | 2% | 19% | 12% | 8% | 0% | |
Not sure | 7% | 3% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 19% | 7% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 12% | 59% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 5% | 3% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Currently the federal government adds about one million legal permanent immigrants to the country each year. What annual level would you prefer:increase to two million or more per year, increase to one and a half million, keep it at around one million, reduce it to a half-million, or reduce it to 100,000 or less? | 2 million + | 10% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 16% | 6% | 16% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 7% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 21% | 18% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 22% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 24% | 11% | 6% | 3% |
1.5 million | 13% | 14% | 13% | 22% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 23% | 17% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 19% | 13% | 16% | 9% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 16% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 14% | 10% | 22% | 14% | 18% | 8% | |
1 million | 24% | 28% | 20% | 18% | 23% | 32% | 27% | 17% | 20% | 21% | 26% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 28% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 27% | 30% | 16% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 19% | 25% | 30% | 23% | 22% | 28% | 22% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 28% | 29% | 24% | 14% | 30% | 30% | 23% | 19% | |
Half a million | 20% | 19% | 21% | 15% | 22% | 24% | 20% | 26% | 16% | 25% | 13% | 21% | 27% | 23% | 20% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 12% | 21% | 19% | 22% | 19% | 23% | 18% | 25% | 13% | 18% | 18% | 24% | 35% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 21% | 28% | |
100k or less | 23% | 24% | 22% | 15% | 27% | 26% | 24% | 15% | 25% | 22% | 11% | 30% | 25% | 31% | 16% | 10% | 7% | 25% | 22% | 26% | 24% | 21% | 17% | 28% | 19% | 21% | 9% | 13% | 23% | 28% | 27% | 16% | 25% | 22% | 8% | 20% | 21% | 25% | 18% | 35% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 38% | |
Not sure | 9% | 4% | 14% | 15% | 9% | 4% | 9% | 21% | 7% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 12% | 18% | 47% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 9% | 18% | 14% | 5% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
One way to handle continued population growth without losing as much open space, natural habitat, and farmland in Texas is to change zoning and other regulations to funnel more current and future residents into apartments and condo buildings instead of single-family houses with yards. Do you strongly favor that change, somewhat favor it, somewhat oppose it or strongly oppose it? | Strongly favor | 13% | 15% | 10% | 18% | 12% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 18% | 11% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 20% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 19% | 12% | 20% | 10% | 14% | 10% | 16% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 24% | 13% | 8% | 8% |
Somewhat favor | 29% | 31% | 27% | 39% | 26% | 23% | 26% | 39% | 31% | 35% | 36% | 25% | 27% | 21% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 28% | 30% | 24% | 32% | 31% | 39% | 29% | 34% | 28% | 38% | 45% | 29% | 23% | 28% | 31% | 27% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 31% | 29% | 25% | 27% | 39% | 43% | 38% | 17% | |
Somewhat oppose | 25% | 25% | 25% | 24% | 21% | 33% | 26% | 23% | 22% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 21% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 28% | 16% | 26% | 25% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 20% | 25% | 19% | 22% | 31% | 27% | |
Strongly oppose | 24% | 21% | 27% | 10% | 29% | 31% | 27% | 14% | 21% | 26% | 15% | 29% | 25% | 32% | 16% | 12% | 0% | 23% | 25% | 31% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 23% | 30% | 11% | 12% | 18% | 31% | 25% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 15% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 23% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 38% | |
Not sure | 9% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 35% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 8% | 10% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs? | Yes | 71% | 74% | 68% | 58% | 75% | 78% | 74% | 59% | 65% | 83% | 56% | 82% | 70% | 81% | 72% | 43% | 45% | 70% | 71% | 76% | 80% | 63% | 53% | 69% | 70% | 74% | 56% | 65% | 65% | 76% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 63% | 66% | 74% | 72% | 70% | 78% | 61% | 49% | 69% | 86% |
No | 17% | 20% | 14% | 28% | 14% | 10% | 13% | 22% | 25% | 16% | 25% | 11% | 17% | 13% | 16% | 32% | 6% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 13% | 22% | 27% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 27% | 20% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 13% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 8% | |
Not sure | 12% | 6% | 18% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 19% | 10% | 1% | 18% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 50% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 15% | 20% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 15% | 12% | 17% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 15% | 23% | 10% | 6% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | Major city | 27% | 28% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 19% | 34% | 22% | 28% | 24% | 25% | 39% | 37% | 26% | 28% | 24% | 23% | 33% | 33% | 29% | 31% | 22% | 36% | 25% | 21% | 28% | 25% | 33% | 26% | 27% | 41% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 20% |
Suburbs | 34% | 36% | 32% | 40% | 35% | 27% | 34% | 33% | 34% | 43% | 38% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 41% | 34% | 12% | 31% | 37% | 32% | 45% | 32% | 25% | 25% | 34% | 48% | 39% | 43% | 43% | 29% | 32% | 40% | 30% | 39% | 43% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 33% | 32% | 35% | |
Small city | 16% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 19% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 17% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 17% | |
Town | 7% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 0% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |
Rural | 14% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 9% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 8% | 19% | 22% | 8% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 22% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 16% | 11% | 16% | 17% | 8% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 19% | |
Not sure | 1% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 17% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Where would you prefer to live? | Major city | 17% | 17% | 16% | 27% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 20% | 27% | 9% | 28% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 29% | 6% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 24% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 31% | 24% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 24% | 43% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 28% | 23% | 18% | 8% |
Suburbs | 30% | 34% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 25% | 28% | 40% | 31% | 36% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 34% | 31% | 22% | 27% | 33% | 29% | 30% | 33% | 24% | 26% | 30% | 37% | 40% | 35% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 33% | 27% | 33% | 40% | 27% | 57% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 33% | 36% | 25% | 28% | |
Small city | 20% | 19% | 22% | 16% | 21% | 25% | 22% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 15% | 34% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 19% | 14% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 59% | 10% | 5% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 21% | |
Town | 10% | 6% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 14% | 10% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 17% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 51% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 17% | 11% | |
Rural | 21% | 23% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 23% | 25% | 12% | 15% | 24% | 11% | 24% | 28% | 27% | 17% | 10% | 22% | 27% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 17% | 16% | 25% | 17% | 19% | 3% | 18% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 23% | 19% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 25% | 81% | 9% | 11% | 18% | 32% | |
Not sure | 2% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Childhood | 67% | 65% | 68% | 69% | 67% | 64% | 65% | 67% | 75% | 59% | 65% | 67% | 67% | 69% | 67% | 59% | 88% | 74% | 61% | 63% | 68% | 68% | 68% | 73% | 62% | 65% | 29% | 50% | 58% | 80% | 100% | 0% | 94% | 31% | 44% | 60% | 62% | 69% | 86% | 80% | 63% | 58% | 78% | 69% |
Adult | 33% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 36% | 35% | 33% | 25% | 41% | 35% | 33% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 39% | 37% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 27% | 38% | 35% | 71% | 50% | 42% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 6% | 69% | 56% | 40% | 38% | 31% | 14% | 20% | 37% | 42% | 22% | 31% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | <10 years | 10% | 8% | 12% | 26% | 5% | 1% | 6% | 14% | 17% | 20% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 22% | 6% | 14% | 29% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 5% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 12% | 5% |
10-20 years | 16% | 16% | 15% | 30% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 26% | 24% | 16% | 20% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 16% | 31% | 16% | 20% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 23% | 12% | 21% | 16% | 14% | 20% | 11% | 7% | 18% | 16% | 23% | 27% | 9% | |
20-30 years | 14% | 15% | 13% | 19% | 14% | 10% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 18% | 12% | 14% | 19% | 23% | 11% | 17% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 12% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 9% | 15% | |
>30 years | 60% | 61% | 60% | 26% | 69% | 84% | 68% | 47% | 46% | 54% | 52% | 64% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 47% | 61% | 59% | 61% | 71% | 57% | 53% | 44% | 59% | 58% | 60% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 72% | 37% | 71% | 47% | 38% | 61% | 51% | 65% | 72% | 67% | 56% | 43% | 53% | 71% | |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | Ideology | Education | Marital status | Income | About how long have you lived in Texas, less than 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, or more than 30 years? | Have you lived in Texas since childhood or did you move to Texas as an adult? | Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area? | President Approval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Independent | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | No college degree | College degree | Married, no kids | Married, kids | Not married, no kids | Not married, kids | <$50k | $50k-100k | $100k+ | <10 years | 10-20 years | 20-30 years | >30 years | Childhood | Adult | Texas | Another state | Another country | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | ||
Were you born in Texas, in another state, or another country? | Texas | 56% | 54% | 57% | 61% | 51% | 57% | 54% | 61% | 65% | 25% | 61% | 55% | 51% | 57% | 54% | 52% | 74% | 66% | 48% | 53% | 56% | 58% | 56% | 66% | 51% | 49% | 31% | 42% | 44% | 66% | 79% | 9% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 49% | 55% | 70% | 69% | 56% | 49% | 62% | 56% |
Another state | 39% | 40% | 38% | 32% | 43% | 41% | 43% | 38% | 29% | 42% | 34% | 40% | 44% | 40% | 39% | 40% | 26% | 31% | 46% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 34% | 30% | 43% | 45% | 55% | 53% | 49% | 31% | 18% | 82% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 39% | 45% | 43% | 28% | 29% | 34% | 46% | 29% | 42% | |
Another country | 5% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 33% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 9% | 0% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 14% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 9% | 2% | |
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Gender | Male | 49% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Female | 51% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Age | 18-39 | 29% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40-64 | 45% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65+ | 26% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Race | White | 62% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Black | 12% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 21% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Republican | 41% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Democrat | 30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 29% |