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The May 15 Primary ballots are being mailed today. We thought it might be a good idea to compare voter attitudes about Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg and Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy.

Once again, Springfield voters seem much happier than Eugene voters. Whereas Mayor Piercy supporters roughly equal her opponents, Mayor Lundberg has a better than two-to-one edge.

QUESTIONS
If the election were held today, would you vote to Re-Elect Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy or vote for someone else?

If the election were held today, would you vote to Keep Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg or vote for someone else?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Eugene Primary voters were conducted February 22 through 24, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Lane County Search and Rescue, though a small budget item, is seen as extremely important to keep funding.

QUESTION
As you may be aware, Lane County is at risk of losing services. How important to you is Lane County Search and Rescue, very important, somewhat important, somewhat unimportant, or very unimportant?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of a random sample of Lane County likely 2012 General Election voters were conducted February 29 through March 2, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent. The percentages might not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

The Lane County budget situation continues to get worse and worse. This and series of posts during the next few weeks will present results from a countywide poll we ran in February.

People do understand the importance of Lane County’s budget problems. The question, as always, is how to solve them.

QUESTION
As you may be aware, Lane County is at risk of losing services. How important to you is Lane County Morgue, very important, somewhat important, somewhat unimportant, or very unimportant?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of a random sample of Lane County likely 2012 General Election voters were conducted February 29 through March 2, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent. The percentages might not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

Here is the third post in the series. It’s the same story as the previous two. Springfield voters are a lot happier than Eugene voters.

QUESTIONS
How would you rate the job the Eugene City Council is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

How would you rate the job the Springfield City Council is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Eugene Primary voters were conducted February 22 through 24, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Following common methodology, I have grouped excellent and good together to form the approval and fair and poor together to form the disapproval.

This post compares the mayoral approval ratings among likely primary voters in Eugene and Springfield.

Though it’s tough being an elected official these days, Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg has much better ratings than Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy.

QUESTIONS
How would you rate the job Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

How would you rate the job Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Eugene Primary voters were conducted February 22 through 24, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Following common methodology, I have grouped excellent and good together to form the approval and fair and poor together to form the disapproval.

This post is the first in a series that compare likely voter attitudes in the upcoming Eugene and Springfield primaries.

Here are the results from the ubiquitous “Right Direction/Wrong Track” question. It’s very clear that the Springfield voters are a much happier group than the Eugene voters.

QUESTIONS
In general, do you feel Eugene is heading in the right direction or do you think things have gotten off on the wrong track?

In general, do you feel Springfield is heading in the right direction or do you think things have gotten off on the wrong track?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Eugene Primary voters were conducted February 22 through 24, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Though bankruptcy is seen as unlikely, it would have a significant impact. Were Lane County to go bankrupt, it would have a big impact on Lane County voters.

QUESTION
If Lane County did go bankrupt, how much do you feel it would affect you, a lot, somewhat, or not much, or not at all?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of a random sample of Lane County likely 2012 General Election voters were conducted February 29 through March 2, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent. The percentages might not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

The term “bankruptcy” was used even though it is technically inaccurate. The term seems to convey the sense of the problem in the clearest and most succinct terms. Multiple outside experts reviewed the question and considered it accurate.

This question was asked a little more than a month ago. Events have developed a bit. However, the results still seem interesting and relevant.

Lane County voters generally see bankruptcy as very unlikely.

QUESTION
How likely do you feel it is that the State of Oregon will let Lane County go bankrupt, very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely, or very unlikely?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of a random sample of Lane County likely 2012 General Election voters were conducted February 29 through March 2, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent. The percentages might not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

The term “bankruptcy” was used even though it is technically inaccurate. The term seems to convey the sense of the problem in the clearest and most succinct terms. Multiple outside experts reviewed the question and considered it accurate.

You will note that the Springfield City Council has something very rare for any city council these days … a net positive approval rating.

QUESTION
How would you rate the job the Springfield City Council is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Following common methodology, I have grouped excellent and good together to form the approval and fair and poor together to form the disapproval.

Mayor Lundberg has a solid approval advantage.

QUESTION
How would you rate the job Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY
200 telephone interviews of likely 2012 City of Springfield Primary voters were conducted March 13 and 14, 2012. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Following common methodology, I have grouped excellent and good together to form the approval and fair and poor together to form the disapproval.