Saturday, April 23, 2011

What's Public Opinion on City Council?

Thanks to a friend for alerting me to this.

It appears like people's opinion of City Council is not that positive.

Institute of Political Leadership:

Question 3 (read): “Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Wilmington City Council is doing its job?”

Wilmington City Council Spring 2011
(N=313)

Approve 33.2%
Disapprove 27.8
Both Approve & Disapprove [Volunteered] 8.3
Neither Approve Nor Disapprove [Volunteered] 15.7
Not Sure/NA 15.0

Question 10 (read): “ Since the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County have turned over the responsibilityand formed the Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority do you approve or disapprove of how they are handling their new responsibilities?
Spring, 2011
(N=313)
Approve 23.0%
Disapprove 51.4
Both Approve & Disapprove [Volunteered] 2.6
Neither Approve Nor Disapprove [Volunteered] 7.0
Not Sure/NA 16.0

Question 12 ( read): Regardless of how you are registered to vote, do you think of yourself more as a:
Republican, Democrat or Independent?
Fall 09 Spring 2010 Fall 2010 Spring, 2011
Self-Perceptions (N=289) (N=368) (N=405) (N=313)
Republican …………………………………… 32% 30.7% 24% 27.5%
Democrat ……………………………………… 25 21.5 24 26.5
Independent (Unaffiliated)…………………… . 41 44.0 43 36.4
Won’t Say/Not Sure …………………………… 1 1.5 2 6.4
Other…………………………………………… 1 2.3 7 3.2

[Note: Democrats actually outnumber Republicans 37% to 34%.  It's interesting to see how perceptions differ from reality.]

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