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Eugeneans appear to be coming downtown at more typical levels than indicated with the sharp  September downtown.

Starting Thursday this blog will begin presenting updated polling on downtown Eugene.

The EWEB Board’s rating has taken an upturn from its September 2017 level.

QUESTION: How would you rate the job the Eugene Water and Electric Board of Directors is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?
METHODOLOGY: 200 live telephone interviews of City of Eugene likely General Election voters were conducted each of February 16-18, 2015, June 1-2, 2015, September 21-22, 2015, December 2-3, 2015, February 22-23, 2016, September 13-15, 2016, November 29-December 1, 2016, April 10-11, 2017, September 11-12, 2017, and February 5-8, 2018. The margin of error at the sample median for each is 7%.

The most important determinant of which group is party.

QUESTION: Now, I am going to read statements from three fictitious people to you about the transient population in downtown Eugene and ask which one comes closest to your view: ROTATE ORDER: READ 1 TO 3 OR READ 3 TO 1
[The transient population in downtown Eugene]
1. Bradshaw:  ___  makes me feel much less safe and less likely to go to businesses there.
2. Philips: ___  makes me feel somewhat less safe and less likely to go to businesses there.
3. Andrews: ___  does not make me feel less safe and has no effect on whether I would go to businesses there.

The LTD Board’s rating has improved among Eugeneans and keeps well above the September 2016 low.

QUESTION: How would you rate the job the Lane Transit District Board of Directors is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?
METHODOLOGY: 200 live telephone interviews of City of Eugene likely General Election voters were conducted each of February 16-18, 2015, June 1-2, 2015, September 21-22, 2015, December 2-3, 2015, February 22-23, 2016, September 13-15, 2016, November 29-December 1, 2016, April 10-11, 2017, September 11-12, 2017, and February 5-8, 2018. The margin of error at the sample median for each is 7%.

As with approving, there is something of a correlation between rating downtown excellent and the frequency of visiting. However, here the drop off from daily to weekly is much steeper.

This post and the previous post show that surveys of downtown workers and visitors are likely to differ significantly from the city as a whole. This may or may not be a good thing – that depends on the objective of the survey. However, the difference is there and is significant and should be mentioned in any research report or evaluation.

After significant improvement in 2017, the Lane Board’s rating in Eugene has taken a dramatic drop.

QUESTION: How would you rate the job the Lane County Board of Commissioners is doing: excellent, good, fair, poor?
METHODOLOGY: 200 live telephone interviews of City of Eugene likely General Election voters were conducted each of February 16-18, 2015, June 1-2, 2015, September 21-22, 2015, December 2-3, 2015, February 22-23, 2016, September 13-15, 2016, November 29-December 1, 2016, April 10-11, 2017, September 11-12, 2017, and February 5-8, 2018. The margin of error at the sample median for each is 7%.