NORTHERN KENTUCKY SURVEY

Interview Schedule
February 19-22, 2015
Project: 15092
N=500 Registered Voters
Margin of Error: +4.4%
Generally speaking, would you say that things in this area are going in the right direction, or have they
pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?
58%
36%
5%
1%

RIGHT DIRECTION
WRONG TRACK
DON'T KNOW
REFUSED

Do you approve or disapprove of the job that Steve Beshear is doing as Governor?
17%
49%
14%
10%
8%
1%
67%
24%

STRONGLY APPROVE
SOMEWHAT APPROVE
SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE
STRONGLY DISAPPROVE
DON'T KNOW
REFUSED
TOTAL APPROVE
TOTAL DISAPPROVE

And, do you approve or disapprove of the job the State Legislature is doing?
6%
48%
24%
10%

STRONGLY APPROVE
SOMEWHAT APPROVE
SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE
STRONGLY DISAPPROVE

11%
1%

DON'T KNOW
REFUSED

54%
34%

TOTAL APPROVE
TOTAL DISAPPROVE

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And, which ONE of the following issues do you believe should be the top priorities for the Governor and
the Kentucky State Legislature?
24%
21%
15%
14%
12%
7%
6%
1%
*

Bringing jobs and business to the state

Fighting heroin abuse
Improving K-12 public education
Improving roads, bridges and highways
Controlling the cost of health care and prescription drugs
Cutting taxes
Holding down the growth of state spending
DONT KNOW
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How would you rate the condition of the Brent Spence Bridge? Would you say it is...
*
11%
34%
53%
3%

11%
87%

EXCELLENT
GOOD
ONLY FAIR
...OR...
POOR?
DONT KNOW
REFUSED
TOTAL EXCELLENT/GOOD
TOTAL FAIR/POOR

And, in the past few years, do you believe the quality of the Brent Spence Bridge has...
2%
57%
41%
1%

GOTTEN BETTER
GOTTEN WORSE
...or...
STAYED ABOUT THE SAME?
DON'T KNOW
REFUSED

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Now, as you may know, there is a plan for building a new bridge for I-75 traffic next to the current Brent
Spence Bridge. As part of this plan, eight miles of the highway would be widened, and the current bridge
would be improved for safety purposes and then remain for I-71 travel, costing $2.7 billion which could
be paid for through a combination of federal and local revenues, including tolls.
Generally speaking, would you support or oppose this plan?
31%
28%
15%
25%
1%

59%
40%

STRONGLY SUPPORT
SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
STRONGLY OPPOSE
DONT KNOW
REFUSED
TOTAL SUPPORT
TOTAL OPPOSE

And, if you learned that your State Legislator voted to build a new bridge next to the current Brent
Spence Bridge with the funding coming from a combination of federal and local revenues including tolls,
would you be more likely to support them in the next election, less likely, or would it make no difference
in your vote?
11%
15%
12%
17%

MUCH MORE LIKELY

SOMEWHAT MORE LIKELY
SOMEWHAT LESS LIKELY
MUCH LESS LIKELY

44%

NO DIFFERENCE

*
*

UNSURE/DONT KNOW
REFUSED

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Now, Id like to read you a few funding alternatives that could be done to pay for this new bridge plan,
rather than having tolls. After you hear each alternative, please tell me whether you would support or
oppose that approach rather than having tolls.

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

DONT
KNOW

REF

A gas tax increase for Kenton, Boone and Campbell county residents.
14%
85%
1%

A local sales tax increase in Kenton, Boone and Campbell counties.

23%
76%
1%

A property tax increase on homeowners in Kenton, Boone and Campbell counties.

12%
87%
1%

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Now, I have just a few questions for statistical purposes only...

First, in what year were you born?
1%
11%
32%
13%
24%
19%
1%

18 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 AND ABOVE
REFUSED

No matter how you feel today, are you registered to vote as...
a Republican,
a Democrat,
an Independent, or something else?
30%
18%
3%
7%
1%
16%
23%
2%
48%
39%
11%

STRONG REPUBLICAN
NOT-SO-STRONG REPUBLICAN
LEAN REPUBLICAN
SOMETHING ELSE/INDEPENDENT
LEAN DEMOCRAT
NOT-SO-STRONG DEMOCRAT
STRONG DEMOCRAT
REFUSED
TOTAL REPUBLICAN
TOTAL DEMOCRAT
TOTAL LEAN/INDEPENDENT

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And, thinking a little about your political attitudes... Do you consider yourself to be...
Conservative,
Moderate,
...OR...
Liberal
... on most issues?
21%
24%

VERY CONSERVATIVE
SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE

8%
23%
6%

LEAN MORE CONSERVATIVE

MODERATE
LEAN MORE LIBERAL

10%
7%

SOMEWHAT LIBERAL
VERY LIBERAL

1%
45%
17%
37%

REFUSED
TOTAL CONSERVATIVE
TOTAL LIBERAL
TOTAL MODERATE

And, what is your main racial or ethnic heritage? Is it...

93%
2%
1%

*
*
3%

CAUCASIAN OR WHITE
AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK
HISPANIC OR LATINO
NATIVE AMERICAN
ASIAN
OTHER
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And, how often would you say you drive across the Brent Spence Bridge? Is it...
27%
14%
4%
27%
22%
6%
*
42%
31%
28%

MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK

WEEKLY
ALMOST EVERY WEEK
ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH
A FEW TIMES A YEAR
NEVER
DK/REFUSED
FREQUENTLY
OCCASIONALLY
RARELY/NEVER

Do you consider yourself a supporter of the Tea Party Movement?

28%
67%
2%
3%

YES
NO
DEPENDS
NOT SURE

Gender. Are you employed outside of the home, are you a homemaker, or are you retired?
36%
*
10%
1%

MALE/EMPLOYED
MALE/HOMEMAKER
MALE/RETIRED
MALE/NOT IN LABOR FORCE

31%
7%
12%
1%

FEMALE/EMPLOYED
FEMALE/HOMEMAKER
FEMALE/RETIRED
FEMALE/NOT IN LABOR FORCE

48%
52%

TOTAL MALE
TOTAL FEMALE

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