Our current question asks: Why is it an issue with
the media and some voters that Barack Obama doesn't wear a US flag
lapel pin, yet neither Hillary Clinton or John McCain wear one?
Polling started on
04-30-08. Vote now
Our 113th question asked: How many games will the
Pirates win this year? Polling stopped on 4-30-08
with 41 respondents -- 36% said More than 90, 31% said 82 to 89, and
31% said
Less than 81 (another loser).
Our 112th question asked: Who do you support in the
Pennsylvania presidential primary? Polling stopped on 4-6-08
with 3,603 respondents -- 87% said Hillary Clinton and 12% said
Barack Obama.
Our 111th question asked: Do you agree with the
current presidential primary calendar or should it be changed? Polling stopped on 03-18-08
with 21 respondents -- 4% said Keep it the same,
47% said Change to national primary, and 47% said Change to regional
primaries.
Our 110th question asked:
What will be the primary consequence of Bush's "Economic Stimulus
Package"? Polling stopped on 03-4-08
with 54 respondents -- 5% said It will jump start the economy with
renewed consumer spending,
24% said People will pay down credit card debt, and 70% said It will
add billions of dollars to the federal budget deficit and add to our
national debt with little visible present benefit.
Our 109th question asked: Why is the Tribune-Review
so slanted against the duly elected leaders of
Westmoreland County? Polling stopped on 01-27-08
with 22 respondents -- 13% said The writers are uninformed dopes,
18% said It is a mouthpiece for its ultra right-wing multi-billion
dollar publisher, 54% said The publisher donated $62,500 last year
to try to defeat the commissioners and they still won, and 13% said
It is hateful and mean-spirited and is a negative influence in the
community.
Our 108th question asked:
If the presidential primary were held today, for whom would you
vote? Polling stopped on 01-21-08 with 199 respondents --
18% said Joe Biden, 42% said Hillary Clinton, 30% said John
Edwards, 5% said Barack Obama, 0% said Bill Richardson and 2% said
Other.
Our 107th question asked: Why did Tribune-Review
publisher Dick Scaife funnel $37,000 through the Republican State
Committee instead of giving it directly to Kim Ward? Polling stopped on
12-17-07 with 56 respondents -- 30% said He was trying to hide it, 3%
said He doesn't support her directly, 48% said He'll do anything to
peddle influence, and 17%
said It doesn't matter. She wouldn't report the donation anyway.
Our 106th question asked:
Why are the Republican Commissioner Candidates ducking debates? Polling stopped on
11-18-07 with 695 respondents -- 51% said Lack of knowledge, 16%
said Poor debate skills, 0% said Fear of crowds, and 32%
said Scheduling conflicts.
Our 105th question asked: Who should resign from
their position as a result of the ongoing Hempfield Municipal
Authority scandal? Polling stopped on 9-28-07 with 457 respondents
-- 47% said Bob Regola Sr., 5% said Brian Melenia, 2% said Kathy
Hopkin, 2% said Bob Davidson, 36% said Supervisor Kim Ward, and 5%
said All of them.
Our 104th question asked:
How much longer should
U.S. troops stay in Iraq? Polling stopped on
8-21-07 with 154 respondents -- 51% said Withdraw immediately, 9%
said 6 months, 1% said 1 year, and 38% said As long as it takes.
Our 103rd question asked:
Which project are you
more looking forward to? Polling stopped on
7-16-07 with 33 respondents -- 42% said Peach Plaza Skate Park and
57% said History Education Center at Hanna's Town.
Our 102nd question asked:
Is the Tribune-Review
totally biased or just inaccurate? Polling stopped on
6-18-07 with 76 respondents -- 26% said Biased, 5% said Inaccurate, and
68% said Both.
Our 101st question asked: If the Democratic
Presidential Primary were held today, for whom would you vote? Polling stopped on
5 -14-07 with 359 respondents -- 6% said Hillary Clinton, 1% said
Barack Obama, 5% said John Edwards, and 86% said Dennis Kucinich.
Our 100th question asked:
Is it good for news coverage in Westmoreland County now that the
Tribune-Review owns nearly all of the county's community newspapers? Polling stopped on
4 -26-07 with 81 respondents -- 7%
said Yes and 92% said No.
Our 99th question asked:
Should Pennsylvania's 2008 Primary be held sooner because
of the year's presidential election? Polling stopped on
3-22-07 with 54 respondents -- 53%
said Yes and 46% said No.
Our 98th question asked:
Why is the County GOP Chairman not supporting commissioner candidate Mike
Reese? Polling stopped on
2-6-07 with 1240 respondents -- 43%
said "Chairman Perry Christopher is arrogant and petty", 13% said "The party is
fractured", and 43% said "Reese is not a good candidate."
Our 97th question asked:
Why did the Republicans lose control of Congress? Polling stopped on
1-17-07 with 39
respondents -- 7% said Arrogance, 2% said Corruption, 2% said
Scandals, 12% said Failed Policies, and 74% said All of the Above.
Our 96th question asked:
How much are you paying per month for your health insurance? Polling stopped on
11-15-2006 with 19
respondents -- 21% said
Nothing, 42% said Less than $100, 26% said $100-$250, and 10% said More than
$250.
Our 95th question asked:
What's the best reason to NOT vote for Rick Santorum? Polling stopped on
10-8-2006 with 53
respondents -- 9% said
His blind loyalty to Bush, 9% said His hypocrisy, 7% said His Virginia
residency, 1% said His rabid right-wing style, and 71% said All of the
above.
Our 94th question asked:
How would you rate your experience with the new electronic
voting machines, compared to the old lever machines? Polling stopped on
8-1-2006 with 53
respondents -- 90% said Better, 3% said Same, and
5%
said Worse.
Our 93rd question asked:
Should President Bush release oil from the country's strategic
reserve to help lower gas prices? Polling stopped on
6-9-2006 with 27
respondents -- 77% said
Yes and
22%
said No.
Our 92nd question asked:
Should municipalities without local police forces pay for State
Police coverage? Polling stopped on
4-25-2006 with 119
respondents -- 51% said
Yes and
48%
said No.
Our 91st question asked:
Should the United States government be permitted to spy on its
citizens without proper court approval? Polling stopped on
2-17-2006 with 52
respondents -- 30% said
Yes and
69%
said No.
Our 90th question asked:
Do you think hospital emergency rooms should offer emergency
contraception to rape victims? Polling stopped on
1-17-2006 with 176
respondents -- 47% said
Yes and
52%
said No.
Our 89th question asked:
Which investigation is/was more driven by partisan politics? Polling stopped on
11-22-2005 with 121
respondents -- 50% said
Delay's election law violation and
49%
said Pres.
Clinton's sex scandal.
Our 88th question asked:
Which action had a more adverse effect on its respective budget -- the
recent pay increase for Pennsylvania legislators or Bush's tax cut for
the wealthiest 1%? Polling stopped on
10-6-2005 with 177
respondents -- 84% said
PA legislator pay increases and
15%
said Bush's tax
cuts for the wealthy.
Our 87th question asked: The
U.S. House recently approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting
desecration of the American flag. Do you support an amendment to our
Constitution banning flag desecration? Polling stopped on
8-18-2005 with 106
respondents -- 60% said "Yes, it's
patriotic" and
40%
said No, "it's anti-free
speech".
Our 86th question asked:
Which county park do you enjoy the most? Polling stopped on
6-29-2005 with 33
respondents -- 15% said Cedar Creek,
15% said Mammoth, 9% said
Northmoreland, and
60%
said Twin Lakes.
Our 85th question asked: Which
newspaper's editorials are the most "fair and balanced?" Polling stopped on
5-12-2005 with 113
respondents -- 33% said
Tribune Review , 60% said Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and
6%
said New York Times.
Our 84th question asked: What
alternative would you like to see to property taxes to finance county
government? Polling stopped on 4-2-2005 with 66
respondents -- 68% said
Sales tax, 7% said Income tax, 12% said Continue with property tax, and 12%
said Combination of all 3.
Our 83rd question asked: Who should
take the blame for the Steelers' loss in the AFC Championship game? Polling stopped on
2-8-2005 with 38
respondents -- 10% said Ben Roethlisberger, 0% said Steelers' Defense, 21% said Bill Cowher, 21% said The Patriots, and 47%
said Annoying Here We Go song.
Our 82nd question asked:
Should the federal government, like states and counties, be required to pass
a balanced budget every year instead of continuing to pass off debt to
future generations? Polling stopped on
1-23-2005 with 45
respondents -- 82% said Yes and
17% said No.
Our 81st question asked:
Who should be the next head football coach at Pitt? Polling stopped on
1-4-2005 with 34
respondents -- 32% said Sal Sunseri, 35%
said Dave Wannstedt, 14% said Tom
Clements, 14% said Bo Pelini, and 2% said Paul Rhoades.
Our 80th question asked: Why did Bob Regola defeat Allen Kukovich
for state senate? Polling stopped on
12-15-2004 with 491
respondents -- 29% said "Kukovich did not get his message out effectively",
35% said "A half-million dollars of negative ads by the Regola campaign", 5%
said "Voters forgot about Kukovich's distinguished career in public
service", and 29% said "A desire for change".
Our 79th question asked: Will
Jeb Bush and his minions try to steal the election in Florida again for his
brother Dubya? Polling stopped on
11-9-2004 with 100
respondents -- 88% said Of course they will, 5% said They'll try but
we're watching, and 5% No even Jeb knows Ws a failure.
Our 78th question asked: What
is a better way to finance Westmoreland County Community College? Polling stopped on
10-21-2004 with 100
respondents -- 89% said Increase tuition and 11% said Increase taxes.
Our 77th question asked: What
do you think will be the most important issue for voters in choosing the
next president? Polling stopped on 9-24-2004 with 46
respondents -- 47% said Economy, 19% said Iraq situation, 13% said
International terrorism, 10% said Health care, and 8% said Personality/character.
Our 76th question asked: With the supposed
transfer of power in Iraq, what do you think are the chances that the new Iraqi government
will truly build a democratic form of government? Polling stopped on 8-5-2004 with 42
respondents -- 33% said 100%, 14% said 50/50, 19% said Slim, and 33% said None
at all.
Our 75th question asked: What grade would
you give George Bush for his handling of the invasion of Iraq and the events that have
followed? Polling stopped on 6-30-2004 with 154 respondents -- 61% said A, 1% said
B, 1% said C, 3% said D, and 33% said F.
Our 74th question asked: Should a person
call him or herself "pro-life" yet support the killing of thousands of Iraqis
and hundreds of American soldiers? Polling stopped on 5-27-2004 with 63 respondents
-- 52% said Yes and 47% said No.
Our 73rd question asked: After going
hunting with Dick Cheney, should Supreme Court Justice Scalia recuse himself from hearing
the case involving a request for Cheney to reveal who helped him shape the nation's energy
policy? Polling stopped on 5-3-2004 with 51 respondents -- 74% said Yes and 26%
said No.
Our 72nd question asked: It appears that
John Kerry will be the Democratic nominee for President. Who would make his best running
mate? Polling stopped on 3-24-2004 with 150 respondents -- 8% said Wesley Clark,
18% said John Edwards, 2% said Howard Dean, and 70% said Hillary Clinton.
Our 71st question asked: 2003 has been a
tough year for Pittsburgh's professional sports teams, which team is the biggest
disappointment? Polling stopped on 2-15-2004 with 36 respondents -- 47% said the
Steelers, 41% said the Pirates, and 11% said the Penguins.
Our 70th question asked: What impact will
outgoing Commissioner Scott Conner's leaving have on county government? Polling
stopped on 12-29-2003 with 250 respondents -- 8% said Positive, 53% said Negative, and
38% said None, he didn't go to work anyway.
Our 69th question asked: The weather was
nicer than anyone could remember on Election Day, yet we only had a 31% turnout. What is
the biggest reason people didn't vote? Polling stopped on 12-10-2003 with 355
respondents -- 34% said Too busy, 61% said Offices not important enough, 0% said Too
inconvenient to go to poll, and 3% said Too lazy/disinterested.
Our 68th question asked: Election day is
November 4, 2003. What do you predict the turnout to be? Polling stopped on 11-11-2003
with 40 respondents -- 62% said 25%, 10% said 30%, 15% said 35%, and 12% said Over
40%.
Our 67th question asked: As a nation, are
we better off now than we were four years ago? Polling stopped on 10-2-2003 with 136
respondents -- 52% said Yes and 47% said No.
Our 66th question asked: Do you support Fox
News' lawsuit to stop the publication of Al Franken's book because he uses the words
"fair and balanced" in the title? Polling stopped on 9-4-2003 with 15
respondents -- 13% said Yes and 86% said No.
Our 65th question asked: Which Democratic
presidential candidate has the best chance of knocking off Bush next year? Polling
stopped on 8-13-2003 with 32 respondents -- 25% said Howard Dean, 18% said John
Edwards, 9% said Richard Gephardt, 3% said Bob Graham, 15% said John Kerry, 0% said Joe
Liebermann, and 28% said General Wesley Clark.
Our 64th question asked: What was the
biggest surprise of the primary election -- Feliciani beating Bononi on the Dem side for
judge, Porterfield beating Marolt, or Martino coming within 900 votes of Tom
Murphy? Polling stopped on 7-2-2003 with 29 respondents -- 31% said Feliciani
beating Bononi, 24% said Porterfield beating Marolt, and 44% said Martino within 900 of
Murphy.
Our 63rd question asked: What two
candidates do you think will win the Republican Primary Election for county
commissioner? Polling stopped on 5-28-2003 with 171 respondents -- 32% said Harry
Smail, 3% said Mike Korns, 11% said Eugene Porterfield, and 53% said Terry Marolt.
Our 62nd question asked: Who should be in
charge of rebuilding and creating a new government in Iraq? Polling stopped on
5-13-2003 with 87 respondents -- 73% said the United States and 26% said the United
Nations.
Our 61st question asked: Who will be Pitt's
next men's basketball coach? Polling stopped on 4-12-2003 with 7 respondents
-- 28% said Jamie Dixon, 28% Bobby Gonzales, 0% said Herb Sendek, 0% said Tom Crean,
and 42% said John Calipari.
Our 60th question asked: In light of our
country's new policy of pre-emptive military strikes against other sovereign nations, who
should be next? Polling stopped on 4-2-2003 with 25 respondents -- 40% said
France who hates us, 16% said Germany who doesn't respect us, 12% said Columbia who
has leftists that export drugs, 16% said North Korea who sells almost as many weapons as
us, and 16% said Iran who is an Islamic terrorist nation.
Our 59th question asked: Do you support the
concept of unilateral first strikes by one sovereign nation's military against another
nation? Polling stopped on 3-12-2003 with 107 respondents -- 41% said Yes and 58% said
No.
Our 58th question asked: President Bush is
proposing another round of tax cuts as the primary tool for his economic stimulus package,
do you believe more tax cuts are the answer and will they help working families more than
the rich? Polling stopped on 2-5-2003 with 105 respondents -- 60% said Yes, it helps
working families and 40% said No, it helps just the rich.
Our 57th question asked: Do you support the
Bush Administration's policy of giving bonuses to political appointees that is a
contradiction to the ban on the practice that was put in place by the Clinton
Administration? Polling stopped on 1-9-2003 with 38 respondents -- 21% said Yes and 78%
said No.
Our 56th question asked: Now that the
Republican Party controls the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate,
what do you expect them to do first? Polling stopped on 12-09-2002 with 32 respondents
-- 21% said Solve economic challenges, 75% said Engage in war, and 3% said Fix health
care/prescriptions.
Our 55th question asked: Now that we know
North Korea has been developing nuclear weapons, should we bomb them too? Polling stopped
on 11-08-2002 with 66 respondents -- 71% said Yes and 28% said No.
Our 54th question asked: If the USA attacks
Iraq because of a suspected weapons of mass destruction build-up, do you feel other
nations would be justified to take such action? Polling stopped on 10-18-2002 with 21
respondents -- 80% said Yes and 19% said No.
Our 53rd question asked: With potential
casualties for US military personnel in the thousands, do you support an invasion of Iraq?
Polling stopped on 09-25-2002 with 28 respondents -- 14% said Yes and 85% said No.
Our 52nd question asked: In light of recent
revelations about GW Bush's inappropriate corporate behavior, should a
"Whitewater-like" investigation be started? Polling stopped on 08-14-2002 with 128
respondents -- 33% said Yes and 67% said No.
Our 51st question asked: With nearly
eighteen months until the next Presidential election begins, who do you believe will be
the Democratic party's nominee in 2004? Polling stopped on 07-16-2002 with 26 respondents
-- 38% said Al Gore - the real winner in 2000, 15% said Joe Liebermann - Senator from
Connecticut, 15% said John Kerry - Senator from Massachusetts, and 31% said John Edwards -
Senator from North Carolina.
Our 50th question asked: What do you think
was the biggest factor in Ed Rendell's win over Bob Casey? Polling stopped on 06-14-2002
with 40 respondents -- 13% said Rendell's experience vs. Casey's lack of, 33% said
Rendell's geographic strength in SE PA, and 55% said Casey turned off voters with negative
ads.
Our 49th question asked: Who do you support
in the democratic primary for governor? Polling stopped on 05-22-2002 with 100 respondents
-- 51% said Bob Casey and 49% said Ed Rendell.
Our 48th question asked: What do you think
the Bush Administration's role should be in developing a peace settlement in the Middle
East? Polling stopped on 05-4-2002 with 27 respondents -- 22% said "Do nothing and
let the Israelis and Palestinians settle their own differences", 41% said
"Support the Saudi plan that recognizes Israel's existence, but puts its borders back
to the pre-1967 war boundaries", 19% said "Support Arafat's exile and Israel's
containment of the Palestinians", and 19% said "Support the Palestinians right
of self-determination".
Our 47th question asked: Southwestern
Pennsylvania has the opportunity to win a $1 billion public investment if the MAGLEV
project is awarded to our region. Do you support our region being awarded this project?
Polling stopped on 04-4-2002 with 106 respondents -- 77% said Yes and 23% said No.
Our 46th question asked: You are
Congressman Frank Mascara. You've just been gerrymandered out of your former district.
Should you run in the newly formed 18th District that only has a modest portion of your
old district or the 12th District that has more of your former district, but you must run
against powerful fellow Democrat Jack Murtha? Polling stopped on 02-21-2002 with 57
respondents -- 68% said 18th District and 32% said 12th District.
Our 45th question asked: Do you think the
proposed Republican plan for congressional re-districting, that reduces John Murtha's
representation of our county and adds a new district for a Republican from Allegheny
County, benefits us? Polling stopped on 01-21-2002 with 92 respondents -- 61% said Yes
and 39% said No.
Our 44th question asked: Would a fair
resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian issue reduce international terrorism in the USA?
Polling stopped on 12-20-2001 with 20 respondents -- 65% said Yes and 35% said No.
Our 43rd question asked: Do you support the
use of a large contingent of US ground troops in Afghanistan? Polling stopped on 12-4-2001
with 22 respondents -- 64% said Yes and 36% said No.
Our 42nd question asked: How much will
eliminating Osama bin Laden reduce the threat of terrorism in the USA? Polling stopped on
11-14-2001 with 41 respondents -- 29% said A Lot, 34% said Somewhat, 29% said A Little,
and 7% said Not at All.
Our 41st question asked: Were too many FBI
resources used to investigate Clinton's sex life instead of to monitor terrorists? Polling
stopped on 10-23-2001 with 41 respondents -- 54% said Yes and 46% said No.
Our 40th question asked: What type of
response do you favor to the terrorist attack on America? Polling stopped on 10-4-2001 with
35 respondents -- 34% said Full military - civilian/terrorist deaths, 43% said
Selective attacks on terrorist camps, and 23% said Legal - extradite and try terrorists.
Our 39th question asked: If county
governments reduced property taxes, what form of taxation should replace the revenue loss?
Polling stopped on 09-17-2001 with 67 respondents -- 57% said sales tax and 43% said
income tax.
Our 38th question asked: Do you believe
Westmoreland County should study the issue of converting to a home rule form of
government? Polling stopped on 08-24-2001 with 660 respondents -- 60% said Yes and 40%
said No.
Our 37th question asked: Do you support the
investment of billions of dollars in GW Bush's missile defense system? Polling stopped on
07-16-2001 with 22 respondents -- 36% said Yes and 64% said No.
Our 36th question asked: Did Senator James
Jeffords of Vermont do the right thing by switching to independent, ultimately shifting
power to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate? Polling stopped on 06-28-2001 with 29 respondents
-- 62% said Yes and 38% said No.
Our 35th question asked: Do you believe the
Bush administration is doing all it can to solve the energy crisis? Polling stopped on
05-29-2001 with 13 respondents -- 31% said Yes and 69% said No.
Our 34th question asked: Who do you believe
is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania? Polling
stopped on 05-16-2001 with 31 respondents -- 74% said Bob Casey and 26% said Ed
Rendell.
Our 33rd question asked: How do you rate GW
Bush's job performance during his first sixty days in office? Polling stopped on 04-18-2001
with 35 respondents -- 49% said Good, 6% said Fair, and 46% said Poor.
Our 32nd question asked: Which Presidential
pardon do you believe was more self-serving? Polling stopped on 03-27-2001 with 29
respondents -- 62% said Daddy Bush's pardon of Casper Weinberger and 38% said Bill
Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich.
Our 31st question asked: What do you
believe the Republican majority in Washington should do? Polling stopped on 03-03-2001 with
19 respondents -- 21% said Continue to investigate Bill Clinton and 79% said Move on
to solve our nation's problems.
Our 30th question asked: Does the media
covering national politics slant their stories to a conservative or liberal view? Polling
stopped on 02-14-2001 with 18 respondents -- 67% said Conservative and 33% said
Liberal.
Our 29th question asked: Do you believe
there will be a new spirit of bi-partisanship in Washington when Bush takes over? Polling
stopped on 01-23-2001 with 20 respondents -- 10% said Yes and 90% said No.
Our 28th question asked: Do you believe a
fair and accurate count of the votes for President has taken place in Florida? Polling
stopped on 01-03-2001 with 23 respondents -- 26% said Yes and 74% said No.
Our 27th question asked: Do you think we
should do away with the Electoral College and elect our President by popular vote only?
Polling stopped on 12-7-2000 with 55 respondents -- 38% said Yes and 62% said No.
Our 26th question asked: What is the most
important issue to you in deciding who to vote for in the Presidential election? Polling
stopped on 11-9-2000 with 18 respondents -- 61% said qualifications, 0% said health
care policy, 17% said gun control policy, 0% said education policy, 6% said taxation
policy.
Our 25th question asked: Who won the third
Presidential debate? Polling stopped on 11-1-2000 with 20 respondents -- 90% said Al
Gore, 10% said George W. Bush.
Our 24th question asked: Who won the second
Presidential debate? Polling stopped on 10-19-2000 with 15 respondents -- 60% said Al
Gore, 40% said George W. Bush.
Our 23rd question asked: Are negative
campaign advertisements effective in causing you to vote against a candidate? Polling
stopped on 10-12-2000 with 22 respondents -- 50% said Yes, 50% said No.
Our 22nd question asked: Who are you voting
for to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate? Polling stopped on 9-25-2000 with 29
respondents -- 17% said Rick Santorum, 83% said Ron Klink.
Our 21st question asked: Do you consider a
vote for a third party Presidential candidate a wasted vote? Polling stopped on 9-7-2000
with 19 respondents -- 84% said Yes, 16% said No.
Our 20th question asked: Does the selection
of Senator Joseph Liebermann help Vice-President Gore's chance of winning the Presidential
election? Polling stopped on 8-22-2000 with 17 respondents -- 76% said Yes, 24% said
No.
Our 19th question asked: Does the addition
of Dick Cheney to the Republican Presidential ticket help George W. Bush? Polling stopped
on 8-9-2000 with 24 respondents -- 21% said Yes, 79% said No.
Our 18th question asked: Was Westmoreland
County Democratic Party Solicitor Terry Jordan wrongfully forced out for representing a
Republican candidate? Polling stopped on 7-26-2000 with 50 respondents -- 84% said Yes,
16% said No.
Our 17th question asked: If Tom Ridge was
George Bush's running mate, would you be more or less likely to vote for Bush? Polling
stopped on 7-12-2000 with 31 respondents -- 42% said More Likely, 58% said Less Likely.
Our 16th question asked: Should Rush
Limbaugh be an announcer on Monday Night Football? Polling stopped on 6-22-2000 with 26
respondents -- 19% said Yes, 81% said No.
Our 15th question asked: Was John McCain's
endorsement of George W. Bush sincere? 91% said No, 9% said Yes.
Our 14th question asked: Should congress
investigate the handling of the Elian Gonzalez case? 82% said No. 18% said Yes.
Our 13th question asked: Though it's early
who do you support for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania? 56% said Ron Klink (22
votes) and 43% said Rick Santorum (15).
Our 12th question asked: In light of the
issue of tax reform having never been implemented in Pennsylvania, if the legislature ever
takes action, do favor: A. Property tax replaced by sales tax. B. Property tax replaced by
wage tax. C. Property tax stay in place but senior citizens exempt. Sixty-two percent said
sales tax, 22% said wage tax and 16% said senior exemption.
Our 11th question asked: If Pat Buchanan is
the Reform Party candidate for president, who will be hurt more? Bush received 12 votes,
Gore, 5 votes.
Our 10th question asked: Which Republican
presidential candidate do you think has more appeal to Independents and Democrats and will
be a tougher opponent in the General Election? John McCain received 15 votes and George W.
Bush 10 votes.
Our 9th question asked: Who do you support
in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate? Ron Klink received 39% of the votes; Bob
Rovner, 29%; Allyson Schwartz, 22%; Tom Foley, 4%; Phil Berg, 3%; and Murray Levin, 2% of
the 81 votes cast.
Our 8th question asked In light of Eugene
Porterfield's change in party affiliation, if the election were held today, who would you
select for Senator in the 39th District, Allen Kukovich or Eugene Porterfield? Porterfield
topped the tally with 128 votes to 50 for Kukovich.
Our 7th question asked If the Presidential
Election was held today who would you vote for between these two matchups we think are
most likely. Four people said they would vote for Al Gore to one vote for George W. Bush.
Ten people said they would vote for Bill Bradley to one for George W. Bush.
Our 6th question asked which proposals
voters would think would do the most to increase turnout at the polls. 41% said mail-in
voting, 33% said Saturday or Sunday election days and 29% said same-day registration with
photo identification.
Our 5th question asked which candidate as
the most political signs up in Westmoreland County. The results were Balya, 28%; Scherer,
20% Ceraso, 15%; Bell, 10%; Marsili, 10%; Keim, 7% and Murphy, 7%.
Our 4th question asked which board of
commissioners -- the incoming or the outgoing -- should be responsible for determining the
financing plan for the 800 MHz radio system.
75% said the incoming board (28)
25% said the current board (9)
Our 3rd question asked who had done more to
hurt the Democratic Party: Ted Simon or Dick Vidmer. We closed the polling on Oct. 18,
1999.
Dick Vidmer received 52% of the vote at 31
Ted Simon received 46% of the vote at 27
Our 2nd question asked which Republican
voters preferred to join Democrats Tom Balya and Tom Ceraso in office.
Scott Conner received 62% of the vote
at 123
Marlyn Davis received 37% of the vote at 73
Our 1st question concerned the race for
judge in Westmoreland County this fall. We stopped the voting at 279.
Al Bell at 47%
Tony Marsilli at 29%
Michelle Bononi at 18%
John Sweeney at 4%
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