Results of the quarterly Omnibus Maine public opinion poll. Most Mainers get th

Shirley Jacks

Source

Biz

Date

5-1-1997

Pages

1, 2, 6, 10, 14, 28, 42-43

Abstract

Results of the quarterly Omnibus Maine public opinion poll. Most Mainers get their news from local sources and television; consider the media to be fair; are optimistic about their economic future; see education and economic incentives as the most important job-creation measures; suppport state assistance to modernize Bath Iron Works; and favor repealing the temporary one-percent sales tax increase enacted six years ago. They also favor turnpike widening, oppose a gas tax to fund an east-west highway in Maine; think there is something wrong with American health care and especially with Blue Cross/Blue Shield; believe able-bodiued women and, especially, men should be forced to work in lieu of welfare; favor mandatory after-school classes for failing students; oppose new state liquor stores; favor the death penalty; oppose intrastate secession; and want hospitals to notify police when potentially violent mental patients are released.

Subjects

Public opinion polls

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