Where jurisdiction should fall on spectrum between making budget changes based on historical precedent or based on current priorities
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When making changes to the budget, there is often a tension between incremental changes based on historical precedent and larger changes based on current priorities. Where do you think your jurisdiction should fall on this spectrum?
| Statewide Total | |
|---|---|
| 1:More based on historical precedent | 3% |
| 2 | 1% |
| 3 | 3% |
| 4 | 3% |
| 5 | 22% |
| 6 | 13% |
| 7 | 15% |
| 8 | 13% |
| 9 | 6% |
| 10:More based on current priorities | 9% |
| Don't know | 11% |
| County | Township | City | Village | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:More based on historical precedent | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| 2 | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| 3 | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| 4 | 1% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| 5 | 17% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| 6 | 18% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% |
| 7 | 14% | 13% | 21% | 19% | 15% |
| 8 | 20% | 12% | 18% | 14% | 13% |
| 9 | 8% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| 10:More based on current priorities | 11% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 9% |
| Don't know | 5% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 11% |
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:More based on historical precedent | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| 2 | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| 3 | 3% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| 4 | 2% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| 5 | 24% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| 6 | 12% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 19% | 13% |
| 7 | 14% | 15% | 17% | 13% | 17% | 15% |
| 8 | 10% | 13% | 16% | 22% | 20% | 13% |
| 9 | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| 10:More based on current priorities | 9% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 9% |
| Don't know | 13% | 12% | 15% | 7% | 5% | 11% |
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:More based on historical precedent | 1% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| 2 | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| 3 | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| 4 | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| 5 | 25% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| 6 | 14% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 13% |
| 7 | 18% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 15% |
| 8 | 12% | 12% | 18% | 9% | 13% | 16% | 13% |
| 9 | 4% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| 10:More based on current priorities | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% |
| Don't know | 11% | 13% | 9% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't know | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:More based on historical precedent | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| 2 | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 3 | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 3% |
| 4 | 4% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| 5 | 21% | 25% | 20% | 28% | 10% | 22% |
| 6 | 10% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 9% | 13% |
| 7 | 15% | 13% | 26% | 14% | 0% | 15% |
| 8 | 13% | 15% | 18% | 20% | 0% | 13% |
| 9 | 8% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| 10:More based on current priorities | 9% | 8% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 9% |
| Don't know | 12% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 68% | 11% |