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Public Opinion and Issues in Anne Arundel County: Leadership Anne Arundel Presentation – NLA

Public Opinion and Issues in Anne Arundel County: Leadership Anne Arundel Presentation – NLA Feb. 28, 2009 Dan Nataf, PhD Director, Center for the Study of Local Issues Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012 (410) 777-2733

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Public Opinion and Issues in Anne Arundel County: Leadership Anne Arundel Presentation – NLA

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  1. Public Opinion and Issues in Anne Arundel County: Leadership Anne Arundel Presentation – NLA Feb. 28, 2009 Dan Nataf, PhD Director, Center for the Study of Local Issues Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012 (410) 777-2733 (410) 777-4733 fax ddnataf@aacc.edu www.aacc.edu/csli

  2. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009The Center for the Study of Local Issues: Overview • CSLI – Part of Sarbanes Center for Public and Community Service • 1978-79 – 30th Anniversary • Mission: Provide students opportunities for engaged learning, community outreach • Main activity: Public interest and client surveys/research each semester

  3. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  The Center for the Study of Local Issues: Overview • Surveys: Respondents randomly chosen from universe of listed telephone numbers combined with computer generated numbers • Typical sample size: 400-900 respondents; students used as interviewers • Topics: Each survey includes demographic and attitude/behavior questions, including such themes as: • Economic conditions • Growth/Development • Transportation • Economic conditions • Education • Tax and spending preferences • Policy preferences • Visit CSLI’s web site for previous surveys (www.aacc.edu/csli)

  4. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Main Issues for Today • County - Right/Wrong direction • Economic conditions • Confidence in government • Housing • Growth • Crime • Education • Immigration • Tax and spending preferences

  5. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009County – Right/Wrong Direction

  6. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns – Most Important Problem

  7. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Perceptions of the Local and National Economies 2002-2008 “Thinking about our county's economy, how would you rate economic conditions in Anne Arundel County today -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor?” (Total percentage saying excellent and good) County National

  8. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Perceptions of the Local Economy Fall 2008 by Income Groups “Thinking about our county's economy, how would you rate economic conditions in Anne Arundel County today -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor?”

  9. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Applicability of Specific Conditions Spring/Fall 2008

  10. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Applicability of Specific Conditions Fall 2008by Income Groupings and Gap (Poor-Rich)

  11. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Applicability of Specific Conditions Fall 2008by Age Group

  12. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: Applicability of Specific Conditions Fall 2008by Race and Gender

  13. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009Economic Concerns: What will the Future bring - 2004 looking to 2010and 2008 looking at 2018

  14. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Confidence in/Perceived Preparedness ofLocal Authoritiesto Meet Challenges of Terrorist Strike/Natural Disasters (Fall 2005 and Fall 2008)

  15. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  How Prepared are Local Authorities in Event of Terrorist Strike – 2001-2006 Katrina

  16. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Housing - What is “Affordable Housing?”(asked Fall 2002) Is the lack of affordable housing in Anne Arundel County a problem? Yes 54% No 34% Don’t know 12%

  17. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Main Economic Challenge for the Next Decade(Fall 2005)Transition to Managing Growth

  18. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Economy and Growth: Effectiveness of County Growth Policies (Fall 2004)

  19. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Economy and Growth: County Growth Choices – New Roads or Mass Transit (Spring 2001) To solve the transportation congestion issues that affect you the most, is it more important to fund new mass transit projects or build new roads and improve existing ones?

  20. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  Approaches for Managing Growth/Transportation (Fall 1998)

  21. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009  How well has County Performed? (Fall 1999)Transition to Crime I am going to read you a list of problems facing the County. Please tell me  how well you think the County has dealt with these problems over the  last year. Has the problem gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?

  22. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009 Crime Problem 1999-2008

  23. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009 Crime: Safety and Security in County and Neighborhood (1997-2008)

  24. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009 Crime: Been a Victim of Crime over Last Year? (1997-2008)

  25. LAA Presentation – Feb. 28, 2009 Crime: “Been a Victim of Crime over Last Year” (2008) by Age

  26. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Crime: Improve Safety (2008) One Thing to Most Improve Safety

  27. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Education – Perceived Value to Taxpayers?Spend More, Same or Less on Public Services? (Spring 2004)

  28. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Would Proposals Help, Hurt or have no Effect on the Quality of Public Schools (Spring 1996)

  29. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Immigration Questions – Various (Spring 2008)

  30. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Legal and Illegal Immigrants (Spring 2008)

  31. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Personally Benefitting from Illegal Immigrants(Spring 2008) Do you think that you personally have benefited from the services of illegal immigrants for example in landscaping, construction, restaurants or janitorial services?

  32. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Personally Benefitting from Illegal Immigrants(Spring 2008)By Political Party

  33. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Immigration Enforcement vs. Other Issues (Spring 2008)

  34. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Funding Government – cut programs or cut spending?(Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2007)

  35. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Funding Government – Various Approaches(Fall 2003)

  36. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Funding Government – % Favoring Raising Income Tax? (Fall 2003)

  37. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009Funding Government – % Favoring Sales Tax? (Fall 2003)

  38. LAA Presentation: Feb. 28, 2009 Expenditure reduction – Identify ways to cut govt. spending (open-ended) (Spring 2003)

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