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Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin)
University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll - Texas Statewide Survey, April 2023 · Apr 14–23, 2023 · US: Texas
Methodology
- Pollster
- Texas Politics Project (UT-Austin) academic
- Sponsor
- Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin
- Fielded
- Apr 14–23, 2023
- Population
- registered voters
- Sample size
- 1,200
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Panel
- YouGov panel
- Mode
- online - YouGov opt-in web panel; respondents interviewed then matched down to the final sample on gender, age, race and education, then weighted
- Margin of error
- +/- 2.83% (3.39% adjusted for weighting) unless otherwise noted
- Weighting
- YouGov matched-sample design; matched on gender, age, race and education, then weighted to known characteristics of Texas registered voters
- Geography
- US: Texas
- Base notes
- YouGov interviewed 1,254 Texas registered voters and matched them down to a final sample of 1,200
Sources
Verification note. All wording and toplines read directly from the April 2023 UT/Texas Politics Project topline PDF (pp. 20, 22-23, 25, 29). Party crosstabs not retrieved; the project's own blog post 'Why Transgender Politics are So Irresistible to Republicans in the 88th Texas Legislature' reports partisan splits for these items but was not transcribed here because the underlying crosstab PDF could not be fetched.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (4)
open-ended top legislative priority - transgender children/adults
Now, let's turn to the State of Texas.
As you probably know, the Texas Legislature is currently meeting in Austin for the 140-day legislative session held every other year. What do you think should be the legislature's top priority? [OPEN-ENDED]
Immigration / Border security
22%
Gun Control / Gun safety
11%
Education
7%
Transgender children / adults
0%
Don't know
14%
Wording notes: unaided open-ended; coded into 25 categories
neutral — Unaided open-ended item; no response frame supplied.
requiring K-12 and college athletic participation to be based on biological sex
Next, we'd like you to evaluate some proposals being considered in the Texas Legislature this year.
Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: [GRID WITH RESPONSE OPTIONS "Strongly support", "Somewhat support", "Somewhat oppose", "Strongly oppose", "Don't know/No opinion] [RANDOMIZE A-P] - Requiring athletic participation to be based on biological sex in K-12 and higher education institutions in Texas
Wording notes: uses 'biological sex' | does not name transgender people explicitly | one of 16 randomized proposals in a single grid
loaded_terms — 'Biological sex' is the advocacy term used by the bill's proponents, and the item never names transgender athletes, so respondents evaluate the proponents' framing rather than the policy's target.
limiting teacher discussion of gender identity and/or sexual orientation
Do you think each of the following proposals being considered by the Texas Legislature will improve the public education system in Texas, hurt the public education system in Texas, or have no impact on the public education system in Texas? [GRID WITH RESPONSE OPTIONS: "Will improve public education", "Will hurt public education", "Will have no impact on public education", "Don't know/No opinion] [RANDOMIZE A-H] - Limiting the extent to which public school teachers can talk about gender identity and/or sexual orientation
Will improve public education
46%
Will hurt public education
30%
Will have no impact on public education
13%
Don't know/No opinion
11%
Wording notes: asks about predicted effect on schools rather than support/oppose | bundles gender identity with sexual orientation (double-barreled)
double_barreled — Gender identity and sexual orientation are combined in one item, so a respondent cannot separate them.
whether birth-certificate sex is the only way to define gender
Do you think that the sex listed on a person's original birth certificate should be the only way to define a person's gender?
Wording notes: binary yes/no on a contested definitional claim | no middle option offered
neutral — Plainly stated proposition with an explicit 'Unsure'.