Official's trust in citizens to be responsible participants
Full Question Text
People are often asked on opinion surveys how much trust they have in their government. Now we'd like to ask you, as a local official, about trust you have in your jurisdiction's residents. In terms of engagement in your jurisdiction's policymaking and/or operations, how much of the time do you think you can trust the residents in your community to be responsible participants?
| Statewide Total | |
|---|---|
| Nearly always | 7% |
| Most of the time | 33% |
| Some of the time | 35% |
| Seldom | 16% |
| Almost never | 5% |
| Don't know | 3% |
| County | Township | City | Village | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearly always | 3% | 9% | 4% | 2% | 7% |
| Most of the time | 31% | 34% | 35% | 27% | 33% |
| Some of the time | 42% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| Seldom | 18% | 15% | 20% | 21% | 16% |
| Almost never | 3% | 4% | 6% | 13% | 5% |
| Don't know | 3% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearly always | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 7% |
| Most of the time | 30% | 36% | 30% | 36% | 38% | 33% |
| Some of the time | 37% | 33% | 34% | 37% | 37% | 35% |
| Seldom | 15% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Almost never | 8% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| Don't know | 3% | 3% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearly always | 9% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
| Most of the time | 34% | 39% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 39% | 33% |
| Some of the time | 39% | 37% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Seldom | 12% | 10% | 19% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Almost never | 3% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know | 2% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't know | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearly always | 7% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 7% |
| Most of the time | 31% | 34% | 37% | 45% | 24% | 33% |
| Some of the time | 36% | 37% | 34% | 32% | 14% | 35% |
| Seldom | 18% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 16% |
| Almost never | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Don't know | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 48% | 3% |