News and Information of Interest

NEWS  AND INFORMATION 

News

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/08/09/the_parent_trap_106667.html - interesting information on families. 

 http://www.ctmirror.org/story/5795/deal-and-dance-yields-budget-and-nine-judges

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36726295/ns/politics-health_care_reform

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36726295/ns/politics-health_care_reform

http://www.uselections.com/ct/ct.htm

Local healthcare concerns re: CT

http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p242/a520/r243

http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/Local_2/BCFC-to-host-panel-on-health-care-reform-and-impact-on-CT8023.shtml

Find out what others in Woodstock are thinking. We wanted to know. So, we conducted a survey on election day.

Woodstock Republican Town Committee

www.woodstockrepublicans.com

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

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%

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%

Do campaign yard signs effect your decision to vote?

332 people answered

a) Yes 13%

b) No 87%

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

313 people answered

a) Yes 27%

b) No 73%

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%

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%

Republican Town Commitee
P.O. Box 2
South Woodstock CT 06267

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Last updated on January 14th, 2010

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