Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the amount of employee pay rates?

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in colleges and universities.

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in local news media.

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in national news media.

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor, etc.).

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in elections in your jurisdiction

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in elections in Michigan

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in elections in other states.

Finally, we are interested in learning more about policy issues according to whether communities are rural, urban, or somewhere in between. How would you characterize your jurisdiction?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding the jurisdiction's number of employees?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding amount of debt?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding employees' share of premiums, deductibles, and/or co-pays on health insurance?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding general government operations spending?

During the next twelve months, do you think your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially?

Would you say that your unit of government is less able or better able to meet its financial needs in this fiscal year compared to the last fiscal year?

Would you say that your unit of government is less able or better able to meet its financial needs in the next fiscal year compared to this fiscal year?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in revenue from property taxes for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in revenue from fees for services, licenses, transfers, etc. for your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in your jurisdiction's amount of debt?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in your jurisdiction's ability to repay its debt?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the amount of federal aid to your jurisdiction?

Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the amount of state aid to your jurisdiction?

Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding human services spending?

Please indicate how much confidence, if any, you have in Congress.

Overall, how would you rate working relationships among elected officials themselves in your jurisdiction?

Overall, how would you rate civic relationships between elected officials and residents in your jurisdiction?

Overall, how would you rate civic relationships among residents themselves in your jurisdiction?

On a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is a total breakdown of democracy and 10 is perfectly functioning democracy, how would you rate the functioning of democracy today in your jurisdiction?

On a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is a total breakdown of democracy and 10 is perfectly functioning democracy, how would you rate the functioning of democracy today in the state of Michigan?

On a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is a total breakdown of democracy and 10 is perfectly functioning democracy, how would you rate the functioning of democracy today in the United States?