Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

Q21. Have the union(s) that represent your employees been an asset, a liability, or neither, to your jurisdiction’s overall performance in the last 12 months? (Among jurisdiction which report having employees in public sector labor unions)

Q22. How would you describe, overall, the relationship between your jurisdiction’s employee union(s) and your jurisdiction’s administration? (Among jurisdiction which report having employees in public sector labor unions)

Q23a. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on Michigan’s economy?

Q23b. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on the ability of your community to attract and/or retain businesses?

Q23c. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on the fiscal health of your local government?

Q23d. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on the ability of your local government to attract and/or retain desired employees?

Q23e. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on the relationship between your jurisdiction’s administration and its union(s) overall (if applicable)?

Q24. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?

Q25. Do you feel things in the state of Michigan are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?

Q26. How would you rate the way Gretchen Whitmer is performing her job as Michigan’s governor?

Q27. How would you rate the way the Michigan Legislature is performing its job?

Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has been performing the past few years?

Q28b. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of the Attorney General has been performing the past few years?

Q28c. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has been performing the past few years?

Q28d. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Civil Rights has been performing the past few years?

Q28e. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Health and Human Services has been performing the past few years?

Q28f. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has been performing the past few years?

Q28g. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has been performing the past few years?

Q28h. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has been performing the past few years?

Q28i. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has been performing the past few years?

Q28j. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been performing the past few years?

Q28k. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the State Police has been performing the past few years?

Q28l. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Secretary of State’s Office (Dept. of State) has been performing the past few years?

Q28m. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) has been performing the past few years?

Q28n. Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, Thinking about how the State government relates to your jurisdiction in particular, in your role as a local official, how would you rate the way the Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been performing the past few years?