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Written by Bob Sprague    Thursday, 04 March 2010 00:00    PDF Print E-mail
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Polls logoYourArlington poll results: Your views

The following are the results of all polls conducted on this Web site -- 35 -- beginning with the one most recently concluded. All are unscientific and are limited by the options available. Despite this, they provide a snapshot of community opinion. If you have ideas for future polls, please let the publisher of this site know.

From Friday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. to  Thursday, March 4, at noon, YourArlington published an unscientific poll asking this question: Do you agree with the three selectmen who voted in favor of naming Selectman John A. Hurd as interim town clerk? Of 317 votes, here are the results:



Yes: 169 (53.3%)

No: 141 (44.5%)

No opinion: 7 (2.2%)

Apart from the number of votes, Google Analytics recorded 1,045 hits on the results link -- by far, the highest number among the 35 polls to date.

For the first few days that the poll was published, opinuion ran 98% against the vote. As the week proceede, the tide turned.

2/3rds would cut recreation, libraries

From 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, YourArlington published an unscientific poll asking what one town service you would cut among six options. Here are the results among 148 voters:

Recreation: 65 (43.9%)

Libraries: 33 (22.3%)

Health Dept.: 19 (12.8%)

Fire Dept.: 13 (8.8%)

Police Dept.: 10 (6.8%)

Dept. of Public Works: 8 (5.4%)

NOTE: The town's Recreation Department is paid for via a self-supporting enterprise fund and is not budgeted out of the general fund or tax base.

49.7% would welcome charter school 

From 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, YourArlington published an unscientific poll asking residents their views should a charter school plan to be established in Arlington. Here are the results among 157 voters:

Welcome the school: 78 (49.7%)

Oppose the school: 63 (40.1%)

No opinion: 15 (9.6%)

Brown beats Coakley by 21 in 3-day poll

In a three-day unscientific poll from 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, YourArlington asked anyone with an Internet connection who they expected to vote for in special election to fill the site left when Sen. Edward Kennedy died last August. Here are the results among 123 voters in Arlington and beyond:

Scott Brown: 70 56.9%

Martha Coakley: 49 39.8%

Joseph L. Kennedy: 4 3.3%

Experience tops poll for new superintendent

From 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, YourArlington published an unscientific poll asking residents to answer this question among seven options: What is the top attribute you want to see in a new school superintendent? Here are the results among 146 voters:

Educational experience (classroom and administration): 46 31.5%

Leadership: 39 26.7%

Skill in working with people: 23 15.8%

Skillfulness in handling finances: 22 15.1%

Creativity: 10 6.8%

Ability to handle controversy: 5 3.4%

Decisiveness: 1 0.7%

Most aim to lose weight

From 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, YourArlington published an unscientific poll asking residents to choose one resolution among seven options. Here are the results among 75 voters:

Lose weight: 33 (44%)

Slow down ("smell the roses"): 11 (14.7%)

Read more; watch TV less: 9 (12%)

Reduce alcohol consumption: 7 (9.3%)

Stop smoking: 5 (6.7%)

Volunteer: 5 (6.7%)

Focus on my family more than my job: 5 (6.7%)



Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 March 2010 07:44 )
 

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