Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Salt Lake Tribune Survey done by by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research

The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research called my home last night with survey questions regarding this 2011 Utah legislative session.   (970-568-5208 on the caller ID)  They identified themselves at the beginning of the call, however refused to state what kind of questions they had until after I had agreed to take the survey.
The survey takes about seven minutes and they don’t identify they are calling for the Salt Lake Tribune until the end of the survey.  The survey includes several immigration questions, including in state tuition for illegal immigrants who graduated from high school in Utah, children born in US to illegal immigrants being citizens, citizenship path for illegal immigrants already in United States.
They also asked about increasing liquor licenses to meet the increased demands.
They asked about increasing education funding to meet the increased demand of more students in Utah, and the only choices were:  increase taxes to cover education expenses, keep education funding the same or cut other programs to give more money to education.  They also surveyed making school board races partisan and requiring Superintendents to be elected.

Redistricting questions were also included, relating to boundaries for the four congressional districts, and "Do you favor Putting all of Salt Lake County in one congressional district, or would you want to divide Salt Lake County into all four congressional districts?"  They specifically asked if I thought southern Utah should have their own congressional district.
Obviously, these are not the only questions.  I had finished the survey before I thought about taking notes on the subjects covered.
I always wonder when I see the results of a survey “who” they called.  Now I wonder how they selected the names of the people surveyed and where they live.

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