University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll - Texas Statewide Survey, February 2023 · Feb 10–21, 2023 · US: Texas
Verification note. All wording and toplines read directly from the February 2023 UT/Texas Politics Project topline PDF (pp. 25, 31, 33). Party crosstabs not retrieved.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
How much have you heard in the news about each of the following: [RANDOMIZE]
Wording notes: battery item among nine Texas news topics
neutral — Pure attention measure; the item label is descriptive and person-first.
Below is a list of potential priorities for the legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is for the Texas Legislature to address each of the following during the current legislative session? [RANDOMIZE A-K]
Wording notes: battery item among ten K-12 priorities
neutral — Standard importance scale; item label is descriptive.
And which of the following should be the legislature's top priority for the K-12 public education system in Texas? [ONLY PRESENT THOSE RESPONSES FROM Q30A-Q30K SELECTED AS "Extremely important", "Very important", or "Somewhat important"]
Wording notes: conditional follow-up shown only to respondents who rated the item at least somewhat important
neutral — Neutral single-choice priority item; the conditional base inflates rather than deflates niche items.
In your opinion, is Texas becoming more or less accepting of people who are transgender?
Wording notes: perception-of-trend item, not a preference item
neutral — Both directions offered symmetrically with an explicit don't-know.
[ASK IF Q33A==1|2] And in your opinion, is [more/less] acceptance of people who are transgender good, bad, or don't you have an opinion?
Wording notes: piped wording - direction of the stem depends on the respondent's own Q33A answer | results reported separately within each Q33A branch, so neither column is a full-sample total
unclear — The piped stem means the two branches are not asked the same question, so the two columns are not directly comparable; that is a design feature of the item rather than slanted language.
| Group | Good | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Said Texas is becoming MORE accepting (Q33A branch) | 48% | 31% |
| Said Texas is becoming LESS accepting (Q33A branch) | 27% | 61% |
Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?
neutral — Simple factual contact item.
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