JSU Fall 2015 Report

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INTRODUCTION
The Polling Center at the Institute of Government is pleased to present the results of a
national poll of Americans.
The poll was designed to assess public views regarding the 2016 presidential election, data
security, and trust and confidence in the law enforcement and our judicial system.
The research study included survey responses from 1000 respondents nationally
approximately proportional to state population contribution. The poll was conducted
October 13-20, 2015.
The national poll included the following areas for investigation:
‣ First, second and third choices for Republican and Democratic nominees;
‣ Desired characteristics or traits important to poll respondents;
‣ The percentage of those who have been polled on politics and truthfulness of
responses;
‣ Perceptions of security of personal data on the internet;
‣ Perceptions of privacy when browsing or conducting online searches;
‣ Views on requiring public officials to use government vs. private servers;
‣ Impacts of personal information on the internet;
‣ Ratings of law enforcement;
‣ Views on varied policing strategies;
‣ Trust and confidence in police, police departments and judicial systems;
‣ Willingness to pay more in taxes to recruit quality police officers;
‣ Support/opposition to gun control;
‣ Demographics.
Section II of this report discusses the Methodology used in the study, while Section III
includes Highlights derived from an analysis of the quantitative research. Section IV is a
Summary of Findings from the online survey.
Section V is an Appendix to the report containing the composite aggregate data, cross
tabululations and the survey instrument employed.
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