Automated/Live Survey
N = 400
Margin of Error = +/- 4.9%
*Due to rounding, some figures may be higher or lower by less than 1⁄2 of one percent.
Hello, this is ______________ with_______________, a public opinion research firm. We are interested in your opinions about voter attitudes. We are not selling anything, and your answers are completely confidential… (DO NOT PAUSE).
- Are you registered to vote in the county where you live?
YES 100%
NO 0% –
- Is there anyone else in your household who is registered to vote in your county?
YES May I speak with that person? GO TO INTRO
NO Thank and close call.
MACRO ISSUE BATTERY
- Now, thinking about some of the issues facing ARKANSAS, what would you say is the most important problem facing ARKANSAS today; — the one you, yourself, are most concerned about? (DO NOT READ)
Economy 18%
Education 10%
Taxes 3%
Health Care 7%
Family Values 3%
State/Local Gvt. 4%
Homeland Security/War on Terror 2%
Transportation 0%
Crime 2%
Environment 1%
Immigration 2%
Other (Specify) 39%
Don’t Know/Refused 9%
OTHER:
- Do you currently have any children under the age of 18 living at home?YES 28%
NO (TO Q9) 71%
DON’T KNOW (TO Q9)
- Are any children currently enrolled in high school? (N = 114)
YES 40%
NO 60%
DON’T KNOW / REFUSED
- Are any children currently enrolled in middle school – grades 6 through 8?
YES 33%
NO 66%
DON’T KNOW/ REFUSED 1%
- Are any children currently enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade?
YES 44%
NO 55%
DON’T KNOW / REFUSED 1%
- Thinking for a moment about where your children attend school… Do they attend . . .
Traditional Public School 66%
Public Charter School 13%
Private School 7%
Home School 6%
Other 7%
Refused/Don’t know 1%
EDUCATION VS. RESIDENCE
- How important is the quality of public schools in determining where you choose to live? (N=400)
Extremely Important 36% ^68%
Very Important 32%
Somewhat Important 12% ^31%
Not at all Important 19%
Don’t Know 1%
STATE OF EDUCATION
Thinking for just a moment about Arkansas’ K-12 education system….
- Do you feel that things in K-12 education in Arkansas are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?
Right Direction 35%
Wrong Track 51%
Unsure/Don’t Know 14%
- If you had to give your local public school district a grade on how well it is educating children, would you give it an . . .
A 23%
B 33%
C 29%
D 8%
F 6%
- Regardless of how you feel about the general direction of Arkansas’ public education system, what is the one thing that you believe would make Arkansas’ education system better? (Verbatim)
- Who should have primary control over decisions regarding educational curriculum in public schools in Arkansas?
National government 9%
State government 29%
Local School District 56%
Don’t know 6%
- Open enrollment charter schools are public schools that are not run by the local school district and where students from any school district may attend. Knowing this, do you support or oppose the continued expansion of open enrollment charter schools in Arkansas? And is that strongly support/oppose or just somewhat support/oppose?
Strongly Support 36% ^66%
Somewhat Support 30%
Somewhat Oppose 10% ^21%
Strongly Oppose 11%
Don’t Know 13%
- Thinking for just a moment about education policy in general terms, do you support or oppose the concept of states working together to create, adopt, and implement clear and concise educational standards that detail what K-12 students should know at the end of each grade? And is that strongly support/oppose or just somewhat support/oppose?
Strongly Support 39% ^74%
Somewhat Support 35%
Somewhat Oppose 9% ^18%
Strongly Oppose 9%
Don’t Know 7%
- What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “Common Core?” (Verbatims)
- Would you support or oppose using tax dollars to make sure high quality pre-school programs are available for every child in Arkansas. And is that strongly support/oppose or just somewhat support/oppose?
Strongly Support 54% ^79%
Somewhat Support 25%
Somewhat Oppose 10% ^19%
Strongly Oppose 9%
Don’t Know 2%
- What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “Lake View Decision?”
- The Arkansas General Assembly recently passed legislation allowing the State Board of Education to waive the requirement that a school district with fewer than 350 students automatically consolidate with another district as long as the small district is not in academic, fiscal or facilities distress. This alters policy created in 2003 as a result of the Lake View educational adequacy lawsuit.Do you agree or disagree with the new law to allow smaller school districts to remain open in such circumstances?
Strongly Agree 44% ^68%
Somewhat Agree 24%
Somewhat Disagree 12% ^23%
Strongly Disagree 11%
Don’t Know 2%
Name Identification of Elected Officials
Now, I would like to read you some names of different people and organizations active in Arkansas politics and/or government, For each name, please tell me if you have heard of that person or organization or not. If you have heard of them, please tell me whether your impression of that person or organization is strongly favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or strongly unfavorable (RANDOMIZE).
- Asa Hutchinson
Heard Of 88%
Strongly Favorable 25% ^63%
Somewhat Favorable 38%
Somewhat Unfavorable 9% ^22%
Strongly Unfavorable 13%
No Opinon 3%
- Barack Obama
Heard Of 97%
Strongly Favorable 23% ^38%
Somewhat Favorable 15%
Somewhat Unfavorable 11% ^58%
Strongly Unfavorable 47%
No Opinon 1%
- Tom Cotton
Heard Of 92%
Strongly Favorable 32% ^50%
Somewhat Favorable 18%
Somewhat Unfavorable 11% ^39%
Strongly Unfavorable 28%
No Opinon 3%
- John Boozman
Heard Of 74%
Strongly Favorable 16% ^46%
Somewhat Favorable 30%
Somewhat Unfavorable 14% ^20%
Strongly Unfavorable 6%
No Opinon 8%
Now, I have just a few questions for statistical purposes only… and please keep in mind that this survey is for scientific research purposes only and that all individual responses will remain strictly confidential.
- Do you consider yourself to be (ROTATE BEGINNING LIBERAL & CONSERVATIVE) very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative in your political beliefs?
VERY LIBERAL 9% ^30%
SOMEWHAT LIBERAL 21%
MODERATE 7%
SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE 32% ^58%
VERY CONSERVATIVE 26%
NO OPINION / DON’T KNOW 6%
- Do you consider yourself a Democrat, an Independent, or Republican? Would you call yourself a STRONG (Republican/Democrat) or NOT-SO-STRONG (Republican/Democrat)? (ROTATE BEGINNING DEMOCRAT & REPUBLICAN)
STRONG REPUBLICAN 22% ^33%
NOT SO STRONG REPUBLICAN 11%
INDEPENDENT 34%
NOT SO STRONG DEMOCRAT 9% ^28%
STRONG DEMOCRAT 19%
DON’T KNOW/REFUSE 5%
- Please stop me when I read the correct category for your age group.
Under the age of 30 12%
30-44 24%
45-64 39%
65+ 25%
- What would you say your total yearly household income is. . . .
$0 – $25k 20%
$26 – $50k 25%
$51k – $75k 16%
$76k – $100k 13%
$100k+ 15%
Don’t know/refused 11%
- Other than being an American, would you describe your ethnic or racial heritage as mainly (READ CHOICES – ACCEPT ONLY ONE RESPONSE):
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK 12%
WHITE 84%
HISPANIC AMERICAN OR LATINO 2%
OTHER (DO NOT READ) 1%
REFUSED/ DON’T KNOW (DO NOT READ) 1%
- What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
Less than High School 5%
High School Graduate 25%
Some College 28%
College Graduate or More 41%
Refused/ Don’t Know 1%
- Would you describe where you live as urban, suburban, or rural?
Urban 19%
Suburban 29%
Rural 50%
Refused / Don’t Know 3%
- Gender (by observation)
MALE 49%
FEMALE 51%
- Congressional District (by observation from the file–CD)
CD-1 25%
CD-2 25%
CD-3 25%
CD-4 25%
- Perfect Voter Grade
0 of 5 8%
1 of 5 13%
2 of 5 6%
3 of 5 12%
4 of 5 15%
5 of 5 41%
New 5%
- Media Market
El Dorado, AR 5%
Fort Smith, AR 25%
Jonesboro, AR 5%
Little Rock, AR 45%
Memphis, TN 5%
Shreveport, LA 6%
Springfield, MO 9%
- Phone
Cell 25%
Landline75%
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