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Eugeneans think Eugene is doing a better job managing its finances than Lane County is (see earlier post). However, there isn’t that much of a difference.

QUESTION How would you rate the job the City of Eugene is doing managing its finances: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Lane County is doing better with its roads than its finances, but not that much better. Of particular note is that the “Good” percentage is greater than the “Poor” percentage.

QUESTION How would you rate the job Lane County is doing maintaining its roads: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Eugeneans don’t think the county is doing such a good job managing its finances. Zero percent rate it excellent.

These figures are equivalent to a 13 percent approval and 75 percent disapproval.

QUESTION How would you rate the job Lane County is doing managing its finances: excellent, good, fair, poor?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

There was a big increase in name familiarity among city councilors in this survey. There has often been an increase in the February survey, but this was larger than most and affected more councilors. Of course, now that Pat Farr has been promoted to the county commission, Betty Taylor has the clear lead in name familiarity.

QUESTION Now, I am going to read the names of some people. Please tell me whether you have heard of each. RANDOMIZE ORDER 1. Alan Zelenka 2. Betty Taylor 3. Chris Pryor 4. Claire Syrett 5. George Brown 6. George Poling 7. Greg Evans 8. Mike Clark

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

There is narrow approval for divestiture. However, first, the total approval is well under 50 percent: there is no solid majority. Second, the undecided is well over 20 percent: respondents have very little information about this.

QUESTION Do you approve or disapprove of the City of Eugene divesting from fossil fuel companies?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

There is moderate approval of making mandatory the currently voluntary carbon emissions goals.

QUESTION Do you approve or disapprove of the City of Eugene making mandatory the now voluntary goals to reduce carbon emissions?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2013. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

This should be no great surprise. There is a high approval level for increasing glass recycling.

QUESTION Do you approve or disapprove of the City of Eugene increasing glass recycling?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2013. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

There is strong net disapproval of the City of Eugene allowing Whoville to stay on Broadway.

QUESTION Do you approve or disapprove of the City of Eugene allowing the Whoville homeless camp to stay on Broadway?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2013. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

The SLEEPS group continues to get net negative favorability ratings.

QUESTION Please tell me whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the SLEEPS homeless protest group?

METHODOLOGY Random sample of 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2014 General Election voters conducted February 11 through 14, 2014. Margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

Mayor Piercy’s approval is up to slightly worse than a year ago. The question now is whether this is a temporary uptick or the reversal of the 2013 pattern.

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

METHODOLOGY 200 live telephone interviews of a random sample of likely 2014 City of Eugene General Election voters were conducted each of January 23-24, 2013, June 10-11, 2013, September 23-24, 2013, December 4-5, 2013, and February 11-14, 2014. The margin of error at the sample median is 7 percent.

“Approve” percentage = “Excellent” + “Good” percentages and “Disapprove” percentage = “Fair” + “Poor” percentages.