Every year during Town Meeting, Senator Doyle releases a survey/poll to get the pulse of how Vermonters stand on current issues in the news and at the Statehouse. This is not a scientific poll, but it’s helpful to see what the general opinion is of those in our community. Below are the results for Wards 1, 2, and 3 along with Statewide. (NS means not sure)
WARD ONE |
WARD TWO | WARD THREE | STATE | |||||||||
1) SHOULD DRIVERS BE PROHIBITED FROM USING CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING? | YES | NO | NS | YES | NO | NS | YES | NO | NS | YES | NO | NS |
101 | 23 | 10 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 74 | 19 | 7 | |
2) SHOULD VERMONT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA? | 86 | 34 | 14 | 72 | 19 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 45 | 11 |
3) SHOULD WIND TURBINES BE CONSTRUCTED ON VERMONT RIDGE LINES? | 78 | 24 | 30 | 58 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 8 | 33 | 19 |
4) SHOULD VERMONT INCREASE ITS MINIMUM WAGE? | 78 | 24 | 30 | 92 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 20 | 9 |
5) ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASING USE OF OPIATES? | 121 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 5 | 6 |
6) SHOULD WE REDUCE THE VERMONT PRISON POPULATION? | 118 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 17 | 12 |
7) SHOULD FOOD PRODUCTS SOLD IN VERMONT PRODUCED WITH GENETIC ENGINEER | 113 | 13 | 8 | 91 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 15 | 9 |
8) DO YOU BELIEVE THAT VERMONT IS AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE? | 35 | 66 | 31 | 21 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 26 | 60 | 14 |
9) ARE STATEWIDE CELL SERVICE AND BROADBAND IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF VERMONT ECONOMY? | 124 | 2 | 8 | 82 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 8 |
10) SHOULD NATURAL GAS BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF VERMONT’S ECONOMY? | 65 | 24 | 44 | 41 | 27 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 55 | 21 | 24 |
11) SHOULD VERMONT CREATE A STATE BANK? | 46 | 33 | 55 | 55 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 39 |
12) DO YOU BELIEVE THAT VERMONT HEALTH CARE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS? | 98 | 18 | 19 | 76 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 21 |
13) ARE INCREASING COSTS OF EDUCATION AFFORDABLE? | 82 | 34 | 19 | 73 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 18 | 13 |
14) DO YOU BELIEVE THAT OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTS TO MUCH INFORMATION ON THE LIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS? | 88 | 29 | 16 | 84 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 17 | 14 |