October 27, 2009
An InsiderAdvantage / Majority Opinion Research poll finds that Georgia residents want decisions about how and when additional revenue should be raised or spent to occur as far down the government chain as possible with city/county most preferred, followed by state and then federal.
Q. Recent news reports show that revenue for local and state government is down substantially. In general, if any additional taxes or funds should be needed to be raised or spent, which group of elected officials would you prefer to decide if, when and how revenue should be raised or spent:
City/County officials: 37%
State officials: 26%
Federal officials: 19%
No opinion: 18%
The poll of 522 Georgia residents was conducted on October 26th and was weighted by age, race, and gender. The poll has a maximum sampling error of +/- 4.2%. |
