Woodstock Republican Town Committee

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EXIT SURVEY

CONDUCTED NOVEMBER 3, 2009

William Sowka

WRTC Secretary

*registered voters = 5049

  *ballots cast = 1489 (29%)

                                                   *voters polled = 332

Please Circle Only One Answer

1. What quality of your first choice Board of Finance (full seat) candidate best determined your decision to vote for him?

      326 people answered this question.

a)      Experience/knowledge  30%

b)      Fairness and integrity    40%

c)      Party Affiliation            20%

d)      Clarity of message         5%

e)      Time for a change          5%

2.  Which of the two newspapers/flyers do you access most in reading political ads?   284 people answered this question.

a)      Shopper’s Guide 43%

b)      The Villager       57%

3. Do campaign yard signs effect your decision to vote? 

      332 people answered

a)      Yes   13%

b)      No     87%

4. Have you read any of the local Woodstock blogs in the last 2 weeks?

313 people answered

a)      Yes  27%

b)      No   73%

5. What means of campaigning do you find most influential?

332 people answered

a)      Newspaper advertisements  28%

b)      Editorials                              37%

c)      Blogs/websites                      9%

d)      WINY radio interviews        18%

e)      Personal phone call               8%

6. What do you see as being the most important issue facing Woodstock today?

332 people answered

a)      Educational  funding    36%

b)      Planning and Zoning    14%

c)      Relieving tax burden    21%

d)      Preserving our dairy farms and open space  29%