McClintock releases survey results from congressional district
To the community,
Support for the Auburn Dam, concern about record spending by the federal government and a desire for more local control highlight the results of a constituent survey conducted by my staff.
This district-wide survey’s results echo what I have heard in 20 town hall meetings and from countless letters, emails and phone calls over the last year and a half. Simply put, many Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country and with excessive government growth.
Tom McClintock
Highlights from the survey include:
70 percent say taxes are too high;
81 percent are opposed to more federal government bailouts;
67 percent believe the government takeover of health care will lead to higher prices and shortages;
16 percent support an energy tax to combat global warming;
85 percent believe illegal immigration is an urgent problem;
77 percent believe the country is on the wrong track.
Full survey results can be read at www.mcclintock.house.gov.
Methodology:
This survey was conducted through U.S. mail, with survey forms being mailed to 147,066 voting constituent households. The survey was mailed on March 10 and responses were accepted through April 23, resulting in 14,124 responses. It is important to note that this survey was not designed to function as a public opinion poll, but rather as an accurate depiction of the policy preferences and concerns of voting constituents in the Fourth Congressional District. As such, methodological measures were not employed to offset word and question ordering effects, nor have results been weighted to reflect regional population or demographic quotas. Nonetheless, received responses were generally in line with the geographic distribution of the district’s population, with a deviation of approximately 5 percent or less.
Rep. Tom McClintock
Tommy boy’s 14,124 Highlighte responses read like Fox Teabagger Fools.
Most polls are designed to elicit the respones the sponsors desire.
This poll was mailed to every constituents address. The questions were straight forward and honest.
Just because 90% of the voters elected to not reply doesn’t mean they are fools or morons, just not interested in providing their opinions.
Maybe Alex’s boys shouldn’t be so lazy and send their respones in.
Is there a possibility that Alex is a supporter of Preident Obama? Just a wild guess.
Teabagger is an insulting and rude word which should be banned from the comments section. Everyone knows it comes from a sexual phrase and is used to insult people. It’s as bad as any racial epithet and should not be tolerated.
Were the surveys all mailed to republicans? It only says “constituents” which doesn’t say all partys.
Or if not, were most of the people who responded republicans? If so, the results make sense since those are traditional republican sentiments.
Most all politicians (any party) will preach to the choir to get results that support thier views. Townhall meetings (again, any party) are usually anything but real, open dialogues on issues.
Read the poll questions, Alex, and stop just looking for the “boogeyman” behind everything any Republican does. Have you listened in on McClintock’s town hall phone conferences? He doesn’t just have Repubs on there. I know a lot of Dems and Libs that aren’t happy either.