JSU Fall 2014-4 Report

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INFRASTRUCTURE Americans mostly think of roads, streets, bridges, water delivery systems, public school facilities and waste / drainage systems when they think of “infrastructure”. Respondents were asked to report what comes to mind or what they think most about when they hear “infrastructure”. The following table presents the results as collected in declining order of mention by national data. What Comes to Mind When You Hear “Infrastructure” Percent of Americans Percent of Southerners Percent of Mississippians Roads and streets 77.5 75.0 85.1 Bridges 68.3 68.8 74.4 Public school facilities 54.4 46.1 53.7 Water delivery systems 53.2 51.6 58.4 Waste systems 47.2 48.4 52.0 Utility systems – gas, water, 44.8 42.2 49.1 electric, phone, internet Rail systems 43.8 44.5 44.8 Public buildings 39.8 35.2 41.6 Public facilities 36.7 32.8 39.5 Public works equipment 30.4 26.6 33.1 Aviation (air travel facilities and equipment) Maritime (ports/docks/transportation) 24.0 23.4 25.6 22.4 18.0 26.7 Following this question, the following was presented to respondents to help guide them with the scope for this series of questions: “For our purposes today, we’ll define “infrastructure” as the public roads, rail transport, bridges, water delivery systems and drainage, public buildings, waste systems, schools, public works equipment and gas systems that we all use.” Institute of Government Polling Center Page 24
All respondents were asked how closely they follow the issue of infrastructure quality such as aging and repair issues. Just over one-half of all respondents, 58.1%, suggested they follow the issue very (11.9%), or somewhat closely (46.2%). Another 37.3% indicated “not very closely” (31.2%) or “not at all” (6.1%). The results are presented in the following graph. How Closely Do You Follow Infrastructure Issues? 58.1 59.4 53.4 37.3 35.9 41.9 VERY AND SOMEWHAT CLOSELY NOT VERY OR NOT AT ALL CLOSELY USA South MS Institute of Government Polling Center Page 25
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