Public’s perception of government workers in jurisdiction
Full Question Text
In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)?
| % Statewide | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Very positive | 32% |
| Somewhat positive | 43% | |
| Neither positive nor negative | 14% | |
| Somewhat negative | 5% | |
| Very negative | 1% | |
| Don't know | 5% | |
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Very positive | 19% | 35% | 28% | 29% | 32% |
| Somewhat positive | 45% | 40% | 53% | 44% | 43% | |
| Neither positive nor negative | 27% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 14% | |
| Somewhat negative | 10% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 5% | |
| Very negative | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | |
| Don't know | 0% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 5% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Very positive | 29% | 34% | 30% | 34% | 33% | 32% |
| Somewhat positive | 39% | 44% | 54% | 46% | 40% | 43% | |
| Neither positive nor negative | 17% | 13% | 8% | 9% | 22% | 14% | |
| Somewhat negative | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 5% | |
| Very negative | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| Don't know | 9% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 5% | |
| % 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 | |||
| In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Very positive | 34% | 30% | 30% | 28% | 36% | 35% | 32% |
| Somewhat positive | 40% | 42% | 44% | 41% | 45% | 45% | 43% | |
| Neither positive nor negative | 12% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 9% | 11% | 14% | |
| Somewhat negative | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | |
| Very negative | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Don't know | 7% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 5% | |
| % within Urban/Rural Self Identification | |||||||
| Urban/Rural Self Identification | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | |||
| In general, would you say the residents of your community have a positive or negative view of your jurisdiction's government employees (not including elected officials)? (Among jurisdictions that have any paid employees other than elected officials) | Very positive | 33% | 30% | 31% | 43% | 33% | 32% |
| Somewhat positive | 39% | 46% | 56% | 33% | 50% | 43% | |
| Neither positive nor negative | 16% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 0% | 14% | |
| Somewhat negative | 4% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 5% | |
| Very negative | 1% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 1% | |
| Don't know | 6% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 9% | 5% | |