Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Spring 2011, Question 56b

Effectiveness of a local government dashboard for jurisdictions' performance

Full Question Text

How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's performance? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard)

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's performance? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard) Very Effective 2% 5% 4% 2% 4%
Somewhat Effective 30% 19% 20% 16% 19%
Neither Effective nor Ineffective 42% 39% 49% 47% 42%
Somewhat Ineffective 11% 4% 10% 3% 6%
Very Ineffective 15% 9% 13% 11% 11%
Don't Know 0% 24% 4% 21% 18%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%