Polls 2009
Welcome Wagon? How should Rappahannock County people welcome urban folks thinking of moving here?
- With a suggestion to rent a place for a year before building a home. (33%)
- With an application to serve in one of the fire and rescue companies. (5%)
- With moats and drawbridges. (21%)
- With open arms and smiles. (21%)
- With required courses on gardening, gun safety, recycling, do-it-yourself skills and how to wave 'howdy' to passing cars. (20%)
Total Votes: 61
Start Date: May 18, 2010 @ 8:44 am
End Date: No Expiry
Should the county Board of Supervisors approve the school budget as a lump sum, or on a category-by-category approach?
- Approve it by categories so the Supervisors get more control of how money is spent. (49%)
- Approve it by lump sum and let the School Board decide how to spend the money. (51%)
Total Votes: 74
Start Date: April 27, 2010 @ 11:22 am
End Date: No Expiry
Tax Time: Which of the following comes closest to how you feel about your Federal Income Tax payments?
- I don't have to pay income taxes because I don't earn enough money to owe anything. (11%)
- I don't mind paying income taxes because the government needs the money. (25%)
- I hate paying income taxes because I think the government wastes the money. (25%)
- I resent paying because so many Americans don't pay any income taxes. (6%)
- I'd prefer a system where everyone paid the same percentage of income in taxes. (33%)
Total Votes: 62
Start Date: April 13, 2010 @ 8:57 am
End Date: No Expiry
Toyota's troubles: What's your reaction to the recalls, investigations and reports of problems with Toyota's cars?
- I have owned Toyotas before, but I would not buy another one now. (4%)
- I own a Toyota now and I wish I didn't. (0%)
- I own a Toyota now and love it and would buy another despite the controversy. (54%)
- I think it's all a plot to ruin Toyota. (18%)
- I've never owned a Toyota, and I never will. (24%)
Total Votes: 50
Start Date: March 19, 2010 @ 11:18 am
End Date: No Expiry
Virginia must cut spending to close a $2 billion budget gap: Which one of these categories would you cut, if forced to make a choice?
- Funding of arts programs (62%)
- Health and human services funding (2%)
- Public safety spending (11%)
- Public school funding (9%)
- Transportation funding (16%)
Total Votes: 47
Start Date: February 26, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
End Date: No Expiry