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5TH ANNUAL PA STRAW POLL.1,353 ballots collected over 5 years!

The 2015Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Straw Poll Key Points

323 Ballots collected from Friday morning through Saturday at 9:30 AM

Each attendee had a random unique voter ID 42 PA Counties Represented 6 States Represented (Pennsylvania, Maryland,

Delaware, New York, Ohio and Virginia)

Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing?

Approve Disapprove

Demographic Questions

What is your registration type?

What is your age group?Under 17 18-25 26-40 41-64 65 +

What is your gender?Male Female

Top 5 Counties Represented

Honorable Mentions: Allegheny, Northampton, and Bucks Counties

How would you classify your political ideology?

Traditionalist

Fiscal Conservative

Social Conservative

Paleoconservative

Neoconservative

Moderate

Libertarian

Liberal

0 45 90 135 1800

5116814

109171

72

250

21104

91127

742014 2015

Choose all that apply.

How many times have you attended the PLC?

4%5%

53%

38%

First Time Two - Five Six - Ten More Than Ten

Commonwealth Results

Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove with the direction Pennsylvania is going?

2014

53% 47%

Approve Disapprove2015

90%

10%

Do you feel that Attorney General Kathleen Kane should be impeached?

Yes No Undecided

Does Pennsylvania do enough to protect and encourage whistleblowers to speak up?

Yes No Unsure

Cannabis (Marijuana) should be:

2014

7%

46%

29%

18%

Legal Medical Use Only Illegal Undecided

2015

5%33%

44%

19%

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

influential on the National Scale?

YesNoUnsure

The largest concern facing Pennsylvania’s Education System?

Common Core

Finances

Pensions

Quality of Education

Standardized Testing

0 30 60 90 120

9

46

113

20

100

Choose all that apply.

In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?

Education Reform

Marcellus Shale Drilling

Pension Reform

Privatizing of Alcohol Sales

School Property Tax Reform

Voter ID

Welfare Reform

0 40 80 120 160

1429

489

1511625

Choose all that apply.

Write-Ins

In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?

Abortion ControlLabor Reform

Passing a Good BudgetRight to Work

Mandates and RegulationProperty Tax Elimination

Federal Results

In your opinion, what is the most important issue facing the United States in 2015?

20142015

Write Ins:

Important Issues facing the US in 2015:

All of the AboveEnergy Policy

Unfunded MandatesReligious Freedom

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

15%

56%

29%

Approve Disapprove Undecided

Second Choice for Republican Nominee for President

Jeb BushBen Carson

Chris ChristieTed Cruz

Carly FiorinaBobby JindalSarah PalinRand PaulRick Perry

Marco RubioRick SantorumDonald Trump

Scott Walker

0 18 35 53 70

551

3148

320

415

1261

729

10

Top 5

Early Favorite for Republican Nominee for President

Ben Carson (#5)Rand Paul (#4)

Rick Santorum (#3)

Scott WalkerTed Cruz (#2)

First Choice for Republican Nominee for President

First

Jeb BushBen Carson

Chris ChristieTed Cruz

Carly FiorinaBobby JindalSarah PalinRand PaulRick Perry

Marco RubioRick SantorumDonald Trump

Scott Walker

0 25 50 75 100

910

5618

133

147

584

204

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The 2015 Pennsylvania Straw Poll was designed, conducted and calculated by Scott R. Davis.

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