Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #12214

Geography Surveyed: King Snohomish Pierce
Data Collected: 05/31/2007
Release Date: 05/31/2007 11:35 PM ET
Sponsor: KING-TV Seattle

1
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 3.6 percentage points.

When spending money on roads and transit, which objective is more important to you? Shortening the time it takes people to commute to work? Or shortening the time it takes people to make other, non-commuting trips?

80% Shortening Commutes
17% Shortening Other Trips
4% Not Sure

2
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

Which do you think would do more to ease traffic problems and congestion? Spending more money on roads? Spending more money on transit, such as light rail? Or doing something else?

35% Spending More Money On Roads
51% Spending More Money On Transit
14% Doing Something Else
1% Not Sure

3
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

Is your opinion of Sound Transit favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or are you unfamiliar with Sound Transit?

36% Favorable
20% Unfavorable
33% Neutral
12% Unfamiliar

4
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

What is your opinion of the Washington State Department of Transportation?

24% Favorable
33% Unfavorable
34% Neutral
9% Unfamiliar

5
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

Would you support? Or would you oppose? Raising the sales tax by six-tenths of a percent in order to pay for transportation projects?

38% Support
50% Oppose
12% Not Sure

6
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.3 percentage points.

Would you support? Or would you oppose? Creating a car license tab excise tax of $80 on every $10,000 of a car's value, in order to pay for transportation projects?

30% Support
62% Oppose
8% Not Sure

7
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

A proposed transportation package would fund a combination of road, highway, and mass transit improvements in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. It would raise the sales tax by six-tenths of a percent, as well as create a car license tab tax of $80 on every $10,000 of a car's value. Would you support? Or would you oppose this package?

25% Support
66% Oppose
9% Not Sure

8
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

If voters do approve the package, how would you like to see the money divided? Should more money be spent on roads than on mass transit? Should there be an even split between roads and mass transit? Or should more money be spent on mass transit than on roads?

33% More Money Should Be Spent On Roads
36% There Should Be An Even Split
30% More Money Should Be Spent On Mass Transit
1% Not Sure

9
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

The package being considered would spend roughly 60% of the money on mass transit and 40% on roads and highways. Do you think that split gives too much to mass transit? Too much to roads? Or is it about right?

44% Too Much To Mass Transit
14% Too Much To Roads
39% About Right
3% Not Sure

10
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.4 percentage points.

Sound Transit is building a light rail system from downtown Seattle, south through the Rainier Valley, to Sea-Tac Airport. How often do you anticipate using this light rail system?

5% Once a Week
7% Couple Of Times a Month
21% Few Times a Year
62% Less Often
5% Not Sure

11
   Asked of 500 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.5 percentage points.

Sound Transit is proposing building a light rail extension across I-90 to Bellevue and Redmond, as well as an extension north to Everett. If this system were built, how often would you anticipate using it?

15% Once a Week
11% Couple Of Times a Month
19% Few Times a Year
48% Less Often
6% Not Sure

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