Effect on Board/Council relationships: willingness of individual elected officials to support final decisions
Full Question Text
To what extent, if at all, would you say overall the willingness of individual elected officials to support final decisions of the Board/Council helps or hurts relationships among the members of your jurisdiction's Board/Council?
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| To what extent, if at all, would you say overall the willingness of individual elected officials to support final decisions of the Board/Council helps or hurts relationships among the members of your jurisdiction's Board/Council? | No Impact on Relationships | 5% | 29% | 13% | 24% | 25% |
| Significantly Help | 52% | 42% | 42% | 39% | 42% | |
| Somewhat Help | 21% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 16% | |
| Somewhat Hurt | 16% | 7% | 16% | 11% | 10% | |
| Significantly Hurt | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | |
| Don't Know | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| To what extent, if at all, would you say overall the willingness of individual elected officials to support final decisions of the Board/Council helps or hurts relationships among the members of your jurisdiction's Board/Council? | No Impact on Relationships | 32% | 25% | 18% | 14% | 8% | 25% |
| Significantly Help | 39% | 46% | 39% | 35% | 49% | 42% | |
| Somewhat Help | 13% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 16% | |
| Somewhat Hurt | 8% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 18% | 10% | |
| Significantly Hurt | 4% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 5% | |
| Don't Know | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 3% | |
| % 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 | |||
| To what extent, if at all, would you say overall the willingness of individual elected officials to support final decisions of the Board/Council helps or hurts relationships among the members of your jurisdiction's Board/Council? | No Impact on Relationships | 23% | 28% | 27% | 30% | 23% | 18% | 25% |
| Significantly Help | 48% | 38% | 43% | 39% | 47% | 39% | 42% | |
| Somewhat Help | 12% | 21% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 19% | 16% | |
| Somewhat Hurt | 7% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 10% | |
| Significantly Hurt | 6% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 5% | |
| Don't Know | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | |