ASAN – Voters in Texas gave the state legislative council bad signs of its general performance during the recently concluded session with the expression of strong support from the two parties for many major priorities, According to a new project for the University of Texas/Texas for the policy that was issued on Wednesday.
The poll found that only 26 % of registered voters agreed to the functional performance of the legislature, while 45 % refused. The approval classification represents a decrease in previous sessions, as 37 % of the voters said that the legislative body made their lives worse compared to 22 % who said their lives are better.
Jim Hinson, director of the Texas Policy Project, said the results reflect continuous concerns about the legislative event.
Despite the decrease in total classifications, voters in Texas showed overwhelming support for many major legislative achievements:
- 84 % support the increase in financing to improve the reliability of water supply in the state
- 74 % is supported by increasing financing for the general education system
- The virtue of 71 % reducing real estate taxes by increasing domestic exemption
- 65 % of the cell use of the cell phone use in public schools K-12 during school hours
The poll revealed a sharp partisan division on some issues, while showing the consensus of the two parties on others. Republicans and Democrats strongly supported water infrastructure investments and reluctance of property tax, but they are largely divided into social issues.
The initiative to choose the Legislative Council obtained schools, which created educational savings accounts, to support by 53 % in general, as 67 % of Republicans support the program, compared to 42 % of Democrats. The governor of the state, Greg Abbott, made the school a top priority after previous failures in passing such legislation.
The most controversial measures received mixed reception. It was a requirement of public schools to display the ten wills in the classroom, which was already signed in the ABBOTT law, supported 44 % and an opposition of 43 %. This procedure was supported by 68 % of Republicans, but they opposed 67 % of Democrats.
Diversity, shares and inclusion programs in K-12 schools have proven deep, as 78 % of Republicans support such a ban while 80 % of Democrats opposed them.
The poll also found divisions between Republicans on cannabis policy. When asked about banning hemp products derived from cannabis, only 31 % of all voters were banned as it was a 53 % exhibitor.
“Between the Republicans, 46 % supported the ban, which was 39 %, but 15 % said they did not know. So, the Republicans are very divided on this,” Hinson said in an interview with Will Will Dupre.
Hinson noted that the divisions reflect wider changes in the republican positions. “If you look at some other data on marijuana, on medical marijuana in particular, we know that over the past decade or decade, Republicans have become more divided with more Republicans more open to canceling criminalization or that you know different types of low -level entertainment and see that in playing here.”
The poll found a traditional decrease in public interest in the legislative session, as only 7 % of the voters follow “very closely” and 40 % yet “somewhat closely”. He said more than half that they did not follow the session closely or at all.
The results indicate that although voters may not agree to the general performance of the legislature, many of the specific policies that were enacted during the session – especially those that focus on infrastructure, financing education and mitigating property tax – are compatible with public preferences through party lines.