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The 2015 Pennsylvania Straw Poll, from the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on April 17-18, 2015.TRANSCRIPT
THANK YOU!FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE
5TH ANNUAL PA STRAW POLL.1,353 ballots collected over 5 years!
The 2015Pennsylvania
Straw PollResults
Pennsylvania Straw Poll Key Points
323 Ballots collected from Friday morning through Saturday at 9:30 AM
Each attendee had a random unique voter ID 42 PA Counties Represented 6 States Represented (Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, New York, Ohio and Virginia)
Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing?
Approve Disapprove
Demographic Questions
What is your registration type?
What is your age group?Under 17 18-25 26-40 41-64 65 +
What is your gender?Male Female
Top 5 Counties Represented
Honorable Mentions: Allegheny, Northampton, and Bucks Counties
How would you classify your political ideology?
Traditionalist
Fiscal Conservative
Social Conservative
Paleoconservative
Neoconservative
Moderate
Libertarian
Liberal
0 45 90 135 1800
5116814
109171
72
250
21104
91127
742014 2015
Choose all that apply.
How many times have you attended the PLC?
4%5%
53%
38%
First Time Two - Five Six - Ten More Than Ten
Commonwealth Results
Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove with the direction Pennsylvania is going?
2014
53% 47%
Approve Disapprove2015
90%
10%
Do you feel that Attorney General Kathleen Kane should be impeached?
Yes No Undecided
Does Pennsylvania do enough to protect and encourage whistleblowers to speak up?
Yes No Unsure
Cannabis (Marijuana) should be:
2014
7%
46%
29%
18%
Legal Medical Use Only Illegal Undecided
2015
5%33%
44%
19%
Would you support moving Pennsylvania’s Primary Election date to make the Keystone State more
influential on the National Scale?
YesNoUnsure
The largest concern facing Pennsylvania’s Education System?
Common Core
Finances
Pensions
Quality of Education
Standardized Testing
0 30 60 90 120
9
46
113
20
100
Choose all that apply.
In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?
Education Reform
Marcellus Shale Drilling
Pension Reform
Privatizing of Alcohol Sales
School Property Tax Reform
Voter ID
Welfare Reform
0 40 80 120 160
1429
489
1511625
Choose all that apply.
Write-Ins
In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?
Abortion ControlLabor Reform
Passing a Good BudgetRight to Work
Mandates and RegulationProperty Tax Elimination
Federal Results
In your opinion, what is the most important issue facing the United States in 2015?
20142015
Write Ins:
Important Issues facing the US in 2015:
All of the AboveEnergy Policy
Unfunded MandatesReligious Freedom
Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of the job Republicans in Congress are doing?
15%
56%
29%
Approve Disapprove Undecided
Second Choice for Republican Nominee for President
Jeb BushBen Carson
Chris ChristieTed Cruz
Carly FiorinaBobby JindalSarah PalinRand PaulRick Perry
Marco RubioRick SantorumDonald Trump
Scott Walker
0 18 35 53 70
551
3148
320
415
1261
729
10
Top 5
Early Favorite for Republican Nominee for President
Ben Carson (#5)Rand Paul (#4)
Rick Santorum (#3)
Scott WalkerTed Cruz (#2)
First Choice for Republican Nominee for President
First
Jeb BushBen Carson
Chris ChristieTed Cruz
Carly FiorinaBobby JindalSarah PalinRand PaulRick Perry
Marco RubioRick SantorumDonald Trump
Scott Walker
0 25 50 75 100
910
5618
133
147
584
204
THANK YOU!
The 2015 Pennsylvania Straw Poll was designed, conducted and calculated by Scott R. Davis.
Scott R. Davis 717/884-9030 | @scottrdavis