| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #20186 |
| 1 | Hillsborough elementary schools will be using extra law enforcement officers for the rest of the school year and will cost the sheriff's office almost $2 million. Do you think this is an appropriate? Or inappropriate use of tax dollars? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Appropriate | 50% | 51% | 48% | 57% | 47% | 44% | 47% | 51% | 64% | ** | 57% | 44% | 47% | 56% | 53% | 37% |
| Inappropriate | 44% | 43% | 45% | 38% | 43% | 53% | 47% | 47% | 29% | ** | 39% | 49% | 42% | 38% | 44% | 60% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 8% | ** | 3% | 7% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 41% | 27% | 67% | 13% | 17% | 4% | 39% | 38% | 21% | 36% | 35% | 22% |
| 2 | Now that the NHL Lockout is over, how likely is it that you will attend a Tampa Bay Lightning game at the Tampa Bay Times Forum? Very likely? Somewhat likely? Not very likely? Or not at all likely?i |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Very | 13% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 14% | 20% | 11% | ** | 19% | 11% | 10% | 21% | 12% | 6% |
| Somewhat | 14% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 18% | 12% | 15% | 11% | 16% | ** | 16% | 18% | 6% | 14% | 20% | 11% |
| Not Very | 19% | 21% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 23% | 16% | 18% | 26% | ** | 14% | 19% | 28% | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Not At All | 52% | 47% | 57% | 57% | 46% | 55% | 54% | 48% | 47% | ** | 50% | 50% | 55% | 48% | 47% | 60% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | ** | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 41% | 27% | 67% | 13% | 17% | 4% | 39% | 38% | 21% | 36% | 35% | 22% |
| 3 | How likely is it that you will watch a Tampa Bay Lightning game on TV? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Very | 22% | 25% | 18% | 16% | 28% | 19% | 23% | 21% | 12% | ** | 28% | 21% | 13% | 31% | 24% | 11% |
| Somewhat | 20% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 20% | 14% | 16% | 37% | 20% | ** | 16% | 20% | 26% | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| Not Very | 13% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 22% | 12% | 9% | 22% | ** | 10% | 15% | 17% | 9% | 17% | 12% |
| Not At All | 44% | 40% | 48% | 49% | 41% | 43% | 47% | 30% | 46% | ** | 45% | 41% | 43% | 45% | 38% | 57% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | ** | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 41% | 27% | 67% | 13% | 17% | 4% | 39% | 38% | 21% | 36% | 35% | 22% |