Effectiveness of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings
Full Question Text
How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings)
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) | Very Effective | 24% | 21% | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Somewhat Effective | 56% | 57% | 51% | 51% | 55% | |
| Neither Effective nor Ineffective | 13% | 12% | 6% | 20% | 11% | |
| Somewhat Ineffective | 0% | 7% | 7% | 0% | 6% | |
| Very Ineffective | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | |
| Don't Know | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) | Very Effective | 28% | 24% | 28% | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| Somewhat Effective | 49% | 58% | 66% | 59% | 47% | 55% | |
| Neither Effective nor Ineffective | 10% | 12% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 11% | |
| Somewhat Ineffective | 10% | 2% | 0% | 8% | 9% | 6% | |
| Very Ineffective | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| How would you rate the overall effectiveness (whatever "effectiveness" means to you) of community-wide "Town Hall" meetings for engaging citizens in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations? (Among jurisdictions that reported using community-wide "Town Hall" meetings) | Very Effective | 22% | 27% | 31% | 22% | 16% | 29% | 26% |
| Somewhat Effective | 57% | 50% | 47% | 53% | 67% | 55% | 55% | |
| Neither Effective nor Ineffective | 7% | 13% | 8% | 17% | 14% | 10% | 11% | |
| Somewhat Ineffective | 11% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 0% | 4% | 6% | |
| Very Ineffective | 3% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | |