2016 pennsylvania straw poll results

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THANK YOU!FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE

6TH ANNUAL PA STRAW POLL

1,735 ballots collected over 6 years!


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Pennsylvania Straw Poll Key Points

382 Ballots collectedfrom Friday morning through Saturday at9:45 AM

Each attendee had a random unique voter ID45 PA counties represented

11 States Represented(PA, VA, DE, MD, NJ, NY, CT, IN, MI, OR, TX)


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Demographic

Questions


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What is your age group?

16

70

74

70

78

5122

17 and younger 18-25 26-40

41-55 56-65 66-74

75 and older


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What is your gender?

0

50

100

150

200

250

Male Female

232

145

Male Female


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How would you classify yourpolitical ideology? (choose all that apply)

Choose all that apply.

88

204

130

17

7

29

720

0 50 100 150 200 250

Traditionalist

Fiscal Conservative

Social Conservative

Paleoconservative

Neoconservative

Moderate

LibertarianLiberal


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Top 5 Counties Represented

Honorable Mentions: Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, and York Counties

17

22

44

39

20

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Allegheny

Berks

Cumberland

Dauphin

Lebanon


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How many times have youattended the PLC?

190

128

49

14

First Time Two to Five Six to Ten More than 10


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CommonwealthResults


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In your opinion, how long will it take to pass the 2016-2017 Pennsylvania Budget?

13

16

45

99

43

66

89

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

On Time

Within 30 Days

2-3 Months

4-6 Months

7-8 Months

9-10 Months

We won't have a budget


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Cannabis (Marijuana) should be:

68

165

127

16

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Legal for medical and recreational use

Legal only for medical use

Remain illegal

Undecided


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Would you support moving Pennsylvania’s PrimaryElection date to make the Keystone State more

influential on the National Scale?

259

65

55

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Yes

No

Undecided


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The largest concern facing Pennsylvania’s Education System?


133

28

142

49

11

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Common Core

Finances

Pensions

Quality of Education

Standardized Testing


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Write-Ins

The largest concerns facing Pennsylvania’s Education

System?

Unions

School Choice


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In your opinion, which current issue is most critical forthe Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2016?


41

16

182

20

49

20

43

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

Education Reform

Marcellus Shale Drilling

Pension Reform

Privatizing Alcohol Sales

School Property Tax

Voter ID

Welfare Reform


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Write-Ins

In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for

the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2016?

Common Core

Planned Parenthood

Reduction of General Assembly


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Federal Results


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In your opinion, what is the most important issuefacing the United States in 2016?

7

110

55

4

23

99

71

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Federal Reserve Policy

Government Spending

Illegal Immigration

Marriage Rights

Right to Life

Size of Government

War on Terrorism


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Write Ins:

Important Issues facing the US in 2016:

Jobs

Economy

Religious Liberty


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Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove ofthe job Republicans in Congress are doing?

81

226

70

Approve Disapprove Undecided


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Which remaining Presidential Canddiate do you trustthe LEAST?

265

14

9

25

69

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Hillary Clinton

Ted Cruz

John Kasich

Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump


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Have you made your decision on who you will vote forin the Pennsylvania Primary?

251

82

34

14

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Definitely Decided

Leaning

Still Deciding

Undecided


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Write Ins:

If Donald Trump is the GOP candidate in the GeneralElection, who will you vote for in November?

Gary JohnsonTed Cruz

Myself

Third Party Candidate

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If the Primary was today, who would you vote for?

247

16

4

2

52

51

9

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Ted Cruz

Marco Rubio

Ben Carson

Jeb Bush

Donald Trump

John Kasich

I'm writing someone in


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The 2016 Pennsylvania Straw Poll was designed,conducted and calculated by Scott R. Davis.

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