December 27, 2010 Do you think the next session of Congress, with all the new members, will do a much better job than the last Congress did? |
Much better (21.43%) |
Somewhat better (18.25%) |
About the same (23.02%) |
Worse (15.87%) |
Much worse (16.67%) |
Don't know (4.76%) |
126 total votes |
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December 7, 2010 Do you think Congress should extend the Bush era tax cuts? |
Yes (63.24%) |
No (34.31%) |
Maybe (1.47%) |
Don't care (0.98%) |
204 total votes |
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December 7, 2010 Approximately how many Sun Advocate articles per day do you view or read online? |
More than 10 (13.22%) |
About 5-10 (24.94%) |
About 2-4 (25.06%) |
One (19.52%) |
None (17.25%) |
794 total votes |
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November 12, 2010 Do you think "Obamacare" should be repealed or changed?
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It should be repealed (54.25%) |
It should be kept, but some provisions changed (11.76%) |
Leave it alone because we haven’t even seen what it can do yet (32.03%) |
Don't know (1.96%) |
No opinion (0%) |
306 total votes |
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November 1, 2010 How do you feel about the fact that Price City has removed Kokopelli from the intersection of 100 West and Main Street? |
Glad to see it is gone (63.97%) |
Should have kept it where it was (13.97%) |
Should have kept it in place but found a traffic solution (17.65%) |
No opinion (4.41%) |
272 total votes |
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October 18, 2010 What are your feelings about a new county courthouse/offices being constructed and where it is located? |
No opinion (5.81%) |
They shouldn't build one at all and make do with what they have (45.35%) |
It should be built somewhere in the unincorporated county (15.12%) |
It should be built in another location in Price (13.95%) |
It should be built basically in the same place where the present one now stands (19.77%) |
86 total votes |
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October 5, 2010 How do you think the local economy is doing in terms of recovery from the plunge of 2009? |
Much improved (3.92%) |
Improved a little (15.69%) |
About the same (41.18%) |
Worse than 2009 (19.61%) |
Much worse than 2009 (14.71%) |
Don’t know (4.9%) |
102 total votes |
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September 27, 2010 Do you subscribe to our "Digital Paperboy Edition" and why or why not? |
Yes, I want content exclusive to the paper (2.52%) |
Yes, I prefer its user interface (0%) |
Yes, for faster delivery (1.68%) |
Yes, for the high availability (0.56%) |
Yes, for unspecified reasons (0.84%) |
No, the cost is too high (23.81%) |
No, I don't like the user interface (1.96%) |
No, I've had technical problems with it (3.08%) |
No, for unspecified reasons (17.93%) |
What is the "Digital Paperboy Edition"? (47.62%) |
357 total votes |
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September 13, 2010 When you have first time out of town visitors who stay for a few days, where do you take them and what do you show them pertaining to the local area? |
San Rafael Swell (30.26%) |
CEU Prehistoric Museum (21.93%) |
Nine Mile Canyon (14.04%) |
Wasatch Plateau (3.51%) |
Spring Canyon (5.7%) |
State parks (2.19%) |
I don't take them anywhere (13.6%) |
Other (8.77%) |
228 total votes |
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August 23, 2010 A sour economy is making many people reconsider their present level of education. Are you planning on going back to school in the next year to upgrade or advance your abilities, get a degree or change professions entirely? |
Upgrade abilities (6.62%) |
Get a degree (11.76%) |
Change professions (6.62%) |
No plans to attend school (69.85%) |
Not sure (5.15%) |
136 total votes |
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August 9, 2010 Everyone who has driven Highway 6 has had some kind of problem with out-of-state drivers at one time or another. Which state seems to have the most aggressive and worst drivers (high speeds, bad passing, tailgating, etc.)? |
California (29.02%) |
Colorado (34.38%) |
New Mexico (8.04%) |
Texas (5.8%) |
Other (22.77%) |
224 total votes |
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July 26, 2010 What do you think the most important issues facing our country are? |
The economy (59.17%) |
Immigration (25.23%) |
The war in Afghanistan (7.34%) |
The energy crisis (1.83%) |
Global warming (1.83%) |
Other (4.59%) |
218 total votes |
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July 26, 2010 Do you browse websites or send email via your cell phone? |
Yes, all the time (25.46%) |
Yes, sometimes (15.64%) |
No, but I'd like to (7.98%) |
No, not interested (50.46%) |
Uncertain (0.46%) |
652 total votes |
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July 12, 2010 How to you feel British Petroleums response to the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has been? |
Extremely good (8.15%) |
Good (15.56%) |
Fair (15.56%) |
Poor (25.19%) |
Horrible (34.07%) |
No opinion or unsure (1.48%) |
135 total votes |
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June 25, 2010 Which season of the year in Carbon County do you like the best? |
Spring (20.79%) |
Summer (19.66%) |
Fall (42.7%) |
Winter (2.81%) |
Like them all (10.67%) |
Like none of them (3.37%) |
No opinion (0%) |
178 total votes |
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June 7, 2010 What did you think of the No Graves Unadorned project that took place during the week leading up to Memorial Day? |
Tremendous (69.61%) |
Good (16.18%) |
No opinion (4.41%) |
Of no value (3.92%) |
It was a stupid idea (3.43%) |
Don't know (2.45%) |
204 total votes |
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May 24, 2010 While politics are at the forefront of the news these days, it seems to many groups with a small number of members are controlling what is going on, including the far left and far right.
In terms of your place in the political spectrum, where do you feel you fall? |
Far right (6.6%) |
Conservative (41.62%) |
Moderate (29.44%) |
Liberal (17.77%) |
Far left (4.57%) |
197 total votes |
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May 10, 2010 During the Republican convention Senator Bob Bennett was ousted for two more conservative candidates. Do you think this was a good move or a mistake to do this? |
Mistake (22.8%) |
Good move (57.6%) |
Neutral (4.8%) |
Don't know (5.2%) |
Don't care (9.6%) |
250 total votes |
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May 10, 2010 Which of these age groups are you a part of? |
Under 18 (2.93%) |
18-30 (17.96%) |
31-40 (13.61%) |
41-50 (17.41%) |
51-59 (19.3%) |
60 or over (28.8%) |
1264 total votes |
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April 26, 2010 Do you think keeping the Gooseberry Narrows project from happening is in the interests of Carbon County citizens, or do you think that the project should just be allowed to proceed? |
Proceed (17.2%) |
Halted (58.6%) |
Revaluated (9.55%) |
Don't know (4.46%) |
Don't care (10.19%) |
157 total votes |
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April 15, 2010 Now that the legislature has acted and Utah State University will be merging with the College of Eastern Utah, how do you feel about this upcoming combination that will take place on July 1, 2010? |
Don't care (6.25%) |
Don't know (5%) |
Very negative (8.75%) |
Somewhat negative (6.25%) |
Neutral (11.88%) |
Somewhat positive (32.5%) |
Very positive (29.38%) |
160 total votes |
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March 26, 2010 Have you purchased - or are you considering the purchase of - an electronic book reader like Amazon Kindle or Barnes and Noble Nook? |
Yes, already purchased one (10.78%) |
Yes, considering it (19.49%) |
No, not interested (53.41%) |
What is an ebook reader? (7.45%) |
I don't care (8.87%) |
631 total votes |
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March 22, 2010 What do you think of the health care bill that passed through congress on Sunday March 21?
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Like (31.84%) |
Don't like (58.45%) |
Don't care (1.55%) |
Not sure (8.16%) |
515 total votes |
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March 8, 2010 Do you think the Utah State Legislature spends too much time on "message" or "moral" legislation and not enough time on other aspects of lawmaking and running the state government? |
Just about right amount (7.26%) |
Too little time (18.55%) |
Don't care (6.45%) |
Don't know (5.65%) |
Too much time (62.1%) |
124 total votes |
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February 15, 2010 Do you think U.S. Highway 6 between Spanish Fork and Green River is better to travel on today than it was 10 years ago? |
Uncertain (4.95%) |
No (17.86%) |
Yes (77.2%) |
364 total votes |
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February 1, 2010 How big a problem is crime in Carbon county and the surrounding area? |
A big problem (32.78%) |
Moderate (35.56%) |
Slight (18.89%) |
Don't care (5.56%) |
Don't know (7.22%) |
180 total votes |
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January 19, 2010 What additional feature does this website need the most? |
Community calendar (27.99%) |
Article comments (16.99%) |
Improved page layout (5.74%) |
Social networking integration (4.31%) |
More content (27.51%) |
Better site search (4.78%) |
Other (9.57%) |
Text message (SMS) updates (3.11%) |
418 total votes |
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January 18, 2010 Considering the big push for renewable energy, and legislation that is being considered to limit emmissions, what do you see as the future of the coal industry?
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Thriving/growing (8.89%) |
Stable (35.56%) |
Fair (18.89%) |
Poor (23.33%) |
Coal energy is a thing of the past (13.33%) |
180 total votes |
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January 4, 2010 President Obama has been in office for almost a year now. How to you rate his performance so far? |
Excellent (13.32%) |
Good (14.4%) |
Fair (11.68%) |
Poor (60.6%) |
368 total votes |
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January 4, 2010 Of the following, which do you think are over-reported by the Sun Advocate? |
Community events (4.46%) |
Crime (10.4%) |
School, education (3.96%) |
Sports (8.42%) |
Disasters, accidents (3.96%) |
Recreation (3.96%) |
Labor, economy, business (4.95%) |
Government (5.94%) |
None of the above (53.96%) |
202 total votes |
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