Category archive for ‘Public Opinion Polling’ rss

  • New Quinnipiac Poll shows Ohioans unimpressed by Kasich’s budget

    Results from a new Quinnipiac poll of Ohio voters shows that most disapprove of the Governor’s handling of the budget and believe it is not fair to people like them.

    7/20/11 • (0)

  • Quinnipiac: Ohio voters disapprove of handling of state budget

    Quinnipiac University released its latest poll of registered Ohio voters today. Respondents were asked about the Governor’s handling of the state budget and the majority disapproved. Similarly large majorities prefer a different approach to the budget than the GOP has pursued, but don’t expect that to change.

    5/18/11 • (0)

  • New Poll finds Ohioans Opposed Kasich Budget Proposals

    Today saw the release of a new Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio voters. In addition to questions about the Governor’s approval ratings (30% approve, 46% disapprove), several questions focused on attitudes about proposals contained in the Governor’s budget. Bottom line: Ohioans are a strangely fatalistic bunch when it comes to state budgets and the inevitability of increased taxes. They believe the budget situation is bad and, with few exceptions, dislike Kasich’s ideas for solving it.

    3/23/11 • (0)

  • New Poll: Ohioans prefer balanced approach to balance budget

    A new Ohio poll was released today, showing that Governor Kasich has a 40% approval rating and 47% disapproval. But the more interesting finding was that, when asked about their preferred approach to balancing the state budget, a majority – 53% – indicated they would like to see a balanced approach combining spending cuts and tax increases to one that uses only tax increases or cuts alone.

    3/14/11 • (0)

  • Will Ohio voters support a slash-and-burn, cuts-only approach to budgeting?

    Are drastic government spending cuts what the public wants? Maybe that was the message some took from the November election, but apparently it’s not that simple. Three national polls released this week suggest that voters prefer an approach that looks at a balance of new revenue and spending cuts.

    3/03/11 • (2)

  • Budget Press Clips: February 28

    In today’s clips, we have coverage of the potential for economic calamity as a result of dramatic budget cuts at the federal level, a new poll on Americans attitudes about unions and how state budgets should be balanced, analysis of the Governor’s estimates about savings from SB5 and more.

    2/28/11 • (0)