public opinion
57/34 public opposition to NJ Governor's tollroads plan - PublicMind poll
Posted Tue, 2008-01-22 12:09
Governor Jon Corzine is not close to winning public support for his radical public toll concession plan, according to a new opinion poll. The poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind opinion polling outfit was conducted by telephone from Jan 14 thru 21 using a random sample of 927 registered voters. The poll has a sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.240 words read more »
Privatizing Penn Pike less unpopular than tolling I-80 - poll
Posted Wed, 2007-11-07 12:38
A new poll shows opposition among Pennsylvania voters to tolling I-80 is 62% to 28% in favor. This is a considerably greater margin of opposition than to privatizing the Turnpike with a longterm lease/concession (50/37).
When asked if they had to choose between tolling I-80 and leasing the Turnpike to a private company 41% choose the private lease concession, while 36% prefer tolls on I-80 to privatization.
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New Jersey public just as much opposed to monetization of Turnpike as to privatization
Posted Tue, 2007-09-25 13:37
An opinion poll released today shows Governor Jon Corzine faces almost as much public skepticism about "monetization" of the New Jersey Turnpike as about privatization in the form of a longterm lease/concession. 349 words read more »
Why privatization failed in Pennsylvania - COMMENTARY
Posted Wed, 2007-08-22 21:56An opinion survey just out shows the Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell as having a public approval rating 53% favorable to 37% unfavorable, a slippage from the 61% to 30% support in February and from the 57% to 33% in late March. Rendell has been heavily involved in advocacy of Turnpike privatization – the principal political issue before the Pennsylvania public this year.
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Ask dumb questions, you get dumb answers - Penn Pike concession poll
Posted Tue, 2007-06-12 20:07
In an earlier review of opinion surveys about privatization of the Pennsylvania Turnpike we called a Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) "bogus" based on the fact that it was publicized solely on the basis of a press release. The PMTA and the survey company Susquehanna Polling and Research (SP&R) both failed to post the detailed survey to their websites and refused our requests for a copy. 1416 words read more »
Pennsylvanians rather evenly divided on privatization of Turnpike
Posted Wed, 2007-05-30 18:24
If you believe the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) then the people of the state are overwhelmingly on their side in opposing the end of the Commission as a public toll authority and their replacement by a private concessionaire. The poll on the Commission's website (http://www.paturnpike.com/ppp/) shows 91.5% No to only 7.8% Yes to the Governor being given the authority to seek bids for the lease/sale of the Turnpike.
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