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Greater Severna Park Council Presentation of Fall 2015 Survey Findings – Anne Arundel County
Dan Nataf, Ph.D.Director, Center for the Study of Local
IssuesAnne Arundel Community College
November 10, 2015
www2.aacc.edu/csli
Semi-annual Survey: Overview
• Survey conducted in October and March
• Contents devised by director and advisory board
• Many benchmark questions
• Demographic questions
• Changing middle part – policy, attitudes, behaviors
• Administration: Telephone (by students) and online
• Fall completions: 589
Benchmark Questions
• Most important problem facing residents
• Right/wrong direction – county, state and country
• Economic conditions – excellent, good, fair, poor
• Economic experiences/expectations
County: Most Important Question? Fall ‘07 to Fall ‘15
Fall '07 Spring '08
Fall '08 Spring '09
Fall '09 Spring '10
Fall '10 Spring '11
Fall '11 Spring '12
Fall '12 Spring '13
Fall '13 Spring '14
Fall '14 Spring '15
Fall '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
8
23
38
48
3336 36 35
48
3027
23
16 1618
12 1212 1210
8 7 8 9 10
57 8 8
6
12 119 910
64
68
6 6 68
4
75
9 86
1315
17 16
1210
12 1113
119
17 1719 19
22
28
25
14
Economy EducationCrime/drugsHigh taxes
Economy
Taxes
Crime
Education
County: Right or Wrong Direction? Fall ‘00 to Fall ‘15
F '00 S '01 F '01 S '02 F '02 S '03 F '03 S '04 F '04 S '05 F '05 S '06 F '06 S '07 F '07 S '08 F '08 S ‘09 F ‘09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '13 F '13 S '14 F '14 S '15 F '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
55
6266
60 61 62
51
58 58
5357
5551 52 51 50
52
47
52 5249 50
4743
50 49 50 50 49
58
51
24
1519
26
2125
3431
24
2927 26
2927
33 32 3128 27 28 28 28
32
41
3633
3533
38
2522
2023
15 1418
1315
12
19 1816
1820 21
16 17 17
2521 20
23 22 22
1614
1816 17
1317
27
County Right/Wrong Direction Fall 2000 to Fall 2015
Right Wrong Unsure/NA
Right/Wrong Direction – County, State, Nation: Fall ‘12 to Fall ‘15
Fall '12 Spring '13 Fall '13 Spring '14 Fall '14 Spring '15 Fall '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
36
24
10
2723
27
21
36 35 3531
27
475150 49 50 50 49
58
51
Nation State County
Economic Conditions: ( excellent+good)County vs. Maryland and USA
Sp '09 Fa '09 Sp '10 Fa '10 Sp '11 Fa ‘11 Sp '12 Fa '12 Sp '13 Fa '13 Sp '14 Fa '14 Sp ‘15 Fa '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
46 4844 45
49 4851
48 4953
5044
57
64
2730 31 32
35 3338
3330
40 40
28
4145
511 11 11 11 9
1316
12 14
2116
2721
County, State and Country - Economic Conditions Excellent+Good Spring 2009-Fall 2015
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
USA
Economic indicators, Fall 2008-Fall 2015
F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '13 F '13 S '14 F '14 S '15 F '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
58 59 5963
6063
5963 63 62
66 65
74
6662
5855 55 56 56
6358
66
59 59 6057
6357
54
30 2933 32 34 35
32 3227
3229
26
40 3833
26
3531
34
27
3633
3734
15
24 2419 21 20 21
1714
19 17 16 1712 1214 16
1114 16 14 12 11 13
4541 39
Economic Indicators
Taxes Wages Health care Salary Inc.Unemply. BetterJob Food Education
Economic indicators, Fall 2015Condition Under
$75,000
$75,000+
Under $75k-Over 75K
Signif
Hard to afford cost of food and groceries
41 18 23 .01
Health care insurance is unavailable, too expensive or inadequate
39 28 11 .01
Taxes are too high in relation to the government services provided
63 58 5 .10
Wages or salaries are not rising as fast as the cost of living
56 52 4 .01
Facing the possibility of unemployment
14 11 3 .09
Found a new or better job recently
12 13 -1 .70
Hard to afford the cost of education
36 41 -5 .01
Received a salary increase or other increase in income recently
25 43 -18 .01
Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months Bette
rSame Worse Unsure/
NATotal
Economic growth 28 52 12 7 100Unemployment 28 48 18 7 100
Inflation 9 42 43 7 100Your personal financial
situation22 60 13 5 100
Growth Unemployment Inflation Personal Sit.
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
-3
-9
-43
-2
22
9
-46
6
2622
-38
14
7
-13
-43
23
1
-17
-52
3
15
5
-42
12118
-38
7
29
21
-26
1216
10
-34
9
Four Economic Indicators Better Minus Worse
F11 S12 F12 S13 F13 S14 F14 S15 F15
Policy Questions
• Merger of services: AAC and Annapolis
• Teachers’ salaries
• Federal auction of C02 credits
• Placement of group homes
• Is Annapolis doing enough about sea level rise/flooding
• Ideal size of high schools
• Medical marijuana
• How well has County dealt with various challenges over last year
Public Policy Agreement Agree Disagree
Can’t decide
No answe
r
Anne Arundel County and Annapolis are reviewing ways to combine government services. Do you agree or disagree with these efforts?
70 18 9 4
County Executive Steve Schuh has proposed to prohibit the planting, processing and sale of medical marijuana in Anne Arundel County. Some members of the County Council have proposed allowing these activities, but with a set of restrictions that limit where these activities can occur. Which position do you favor – total prohibition, or allowing with restrictions?
69 27 4 1
County teachers and the Board of Education are at impasse over contract talks. Teachers believe that they should be awarded salary increases even if it means cuts in other areas of school spending. Do you agree or disagree with the teachers?
51 33 13 2
Do you agree or disagree with the idea that the federal government establish a cap on carbon emissions, auction carbon permits to energy companies, and return all auction proceeds to citizens as a dividend?
51 30 14 5
Currently the County imposes no limits over the location of group homes for unrelated individuals with health concerns. Some have advocated restrictions on group homes’ locations. Do you agree or disagree?
45 35 15 5
Do you agree or disagree that Annapolis is doing enough to deal with flooding due to storm surges and sea level rise?
29 33 27 12
County Executive Steve Schuh has favored high schools with 1200 students; the Board of Education commissioned a study which recommended 1600 as the target high school size. Do you agree or disagree with the Board’s larger size?
25 59 12 4
Public Policy and Partisanship
0102030405060708090 84 77
6456
3828 28
5473
43 5160
2538
75 7356 52
4025 31
Percent Agreeing
Democrat Republican Unaffiliated
How well has County dealt with challenges during the last year?
Problem Better-Worse
Gotten better
About the
same
Gotten worse
Unsure/No
answer
Improving the local economy 10 20 63 10 7
Improving the overall quality of life in our County
5 20 57 15 7
Improving the water quality of the Bay
0 21 45 21 14
Planning growth and development
-17 18 36 35 12
Reducing the backlog in school maintenance and repair
-17 12 27 29 32
Keeping taxes low -18 14 46 32 8
Controlling crime -27 9 49 36 6
Reducing poverty and homelessness
-28 4 50 32 14
How well has County dealt with challenges by party
Keeping taxe
s low
Controllin
g crim
e
Impro
ving the lo
cal e
conomy
Impro
ving the overall q
uality of li
fe in our C
ounty
Impro
ving the w
ater quality
of the Bay
Planning growth and development
Reducing th
e backlog in
school m
aintenance and re
pair
Reducing poverty
and homelessness
0102030405060708090
100
69 64
90 8374
5848 53
68 63
90 85 8265 65
7557 56
8879 73
5161 64
County dealing with Challenges: Party Percentages saying Better or Same
Democrat Republican Unaffiliated
Various Politics Questions
• Trust in political parties
• Job approval – county executive, governor, president
• Presidential voting intentions
• Correlations between “major factor shaping your preference” and actual candidate choices
Trust in Party by Registration
Sp '08 Fa '08 Sp '09 Fa '09 Sp '10 Fa '10 Sp '11 Fa ‘11 Sp '12 Fa '12 Sp '13 Fa '13 Sp '14 Fa '14 Sp ‘15 Fall '1515
20
25
30
35
40
45
42
37
3334
37 37
34
31
37 37 37
34
32
34
3233
30
28
31
37
34
38
32
30
34
38
32
23
31
39
36
33
20
27
31
21 21
17
29
32
21
17
26
37
29
21
23
26
Trust in Political Parties: Spring 2008 to Fall 2015
Democrats Republicans Neither
Job approval, Spring 2014/Spring 2015
Sp '14 Fa '14 Sp '15 Fa '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
5450
45 43
3327
56
71
3932
37 38
Percentage Saying Approve - County Executive, Governor and President
County Executive Neuman/Schuh Governor O’Malley/Hogan President Barack Obama
O'Malley
Hogan
Neuman
Schuh
NASchuh 35Hogan 15Obama 10
Presidential Job ApprovalFall 2007 to Fall 2015
F '07 S '08 F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '13 F '13 S '14 F '14 S '15 F '150
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
35
30
25
52
47 47
42
47
37
4244 44
40 39
32
37 38
32
28 24
61
54
47
43
4740
4550
49 43 45
40
49
46
Presidential Job Approval - CSLI and Gallup
CSLI Gallup
Presidential Preferences
Hillar
y Clin
ton
Mar
tin O
’Mal
ley
Berni
e San
ders
Repub
lican
s
Jeb
Bush
Ben C
arso
n
Ted
Cruz
Carly F
iorin
a
John
Kas
ich
Mar
co R
ubio
Donal
d Tr
ump
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
2018
2
17
1
18
1
4 46
15
Leaning in Favor of a Candidate
Presidential Preferences by Party/Ideology
Dem-Lib Dem-Mod Dem-Cons Rep-Lib Rep-Mod Rep-Cons Unaffil-Lib Unaffil-Mod Unaffil-Cons0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
35
38
17
1 1
14
18
13
45
23
0 0
32
36
21
54 4
37
0
26
34
7
12
23
02
4
0
1314
5
8
00
5
31
0
19
25
21
5
32
Clinton Sanders Carson Rubio Trump
Democrats Republicans Unaffiliated36
49 2 12 49 21 12
49 24 47
Candidates and Age Groups: Above/Below Overall Vote
18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
-8
12
-5
0
6
-2
30
-4
5
-6 -6
0
-5 -4 -4
5
-2
2
7
-3 -3
3
-4
3
-4 -4
2
-1 -1
2
Clinton Sanders Carson Trump Rubio
Candidates and Issues
Candidates and Issues Clinton Sanders Carson Trump Rubio
Economy 13.0 14.9 4.6 12.5 8.8 Foreign policy 14.4 2.6 6.0 4.0 37.4 Inequality 3.2 12.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 Immigration 3.9 0.0 3.9 7.0 0.0 Spending, debt 0.0 3.0 3.9 5.5 2.2 Constitution 0.0 1.1 6.7 0.0 4.4 Liberal 4.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 Taxes, lower 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0
Health Care 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 Business pro 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 0.0 Womens issues 6.0 3.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 Party 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.0 0.0 Crime/safety 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Education 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Environment 1.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Smaller govt, less regs. 0.0 1.9 0.7 0.0 2.2 Guns 1.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anti-corporate 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Abortion - anti 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.5 0.0 Conservative 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 Military 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.0 0.0 Religion - pro 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 Other 2.8 9.3 4.2 4.0 3.3
Total 49.8 72.5 47.4 49.0 58.2
Candidates and Traits
Clinton Sanders Carson Trump RubioLeadership, competence 11.6 4.8 7.4 13.5 9.9 Honest, trustworthy, independent 5.3 5.6 9.5 3.5 8.8 Consensus builder 4.2 1.9 9.1 5.5 3.3
Fresh face, change 0.7 1.9 11.9 10.5 3.3 Experience 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 America first 0.0 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.4 Hard truths, frankness 0.0 1.1 3.5 9.5 0.0
Working people, cares 4.6 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Middle class 0.0 1.9 0.0 3.0 0.0 Ethical 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 4.4 Character 0.0 1.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 Electable 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0
Intelligence 6.0 1.1 1.1 1.5 7.7 Total 50.2 27.5 52.6 51.0 41.8
Attitudes about MD/AAC, Spring 2015Included for reference only
Democrat
Republican
Dem-Rep
Unaffiliated
Signif. Level
Maryland has a welfare system that is too generous and often abused 55 81 -26 46 .01
Maryland imposes too many regulations on businesses. 40 75 -35 57 .01
Maryland’s regulation of the environment is too weak. 55 32 23 38 .01
Maryland is a good place in which to retire. 36 15 21 18 .01
By providing free access to materials and programs, the public library plays an important role in giving everyone a chance to succeed.
94 86 8 88 .02
Maryland has a very effective transportation system. 34 42 -8 54 .06
The Chesapeake Bay is too polluted to swim in. 63 64 -1 54 .2
Anne Arundel County has done an excellent job maintaining its roads. 33 31 2 34 .6
Anne Arundel Community College provides excellent education at low cost to county residents. 76 79 -3 70 .7