4/11/09 PA Lincoln Institue Businesses Leaders:

Company Sales in last 6 months:
Increased 13.3%
Same 24.3%
Decreased 61.5%

Positives/Negatives of official:
Barack Obama: 26.4%-63.4%
Arlen Specter: 24.4%-60.0%
Robert P. Casey: 13.8%-54.2%
Ed Rendell: 13.8%-75.1%
Attorney General Tom Corbett: 37.9%-12.9%
Auditor General Jack Wagner: 13.8%-13.3%

Positives/Negatives of govt:
US Senate: 9.7%-80.1%
US House: 6.6%-82.7%
PA Senate: 17.7%-57.1%
PA House: 12.0%-62.7%

Favor or oppose ‘Card Check’:
Favor: 3.2%
Oppose: 89.5% (80.8% Strongly)

Position on Auto Bailout:
Favor: 11.4%
Oppose: 86.3% (58% strongly)

Raise taxes or cut spending to close state budget deficit?
Raise Taxes 0.5%
Cut Spending 81.7%
Combination of two 16.1%

Gov Primary Head to Head (R):
Tom Corbett 72.2%
Pat Meehan 10.2%
Jim Gerlach 17.6%

US Senate Primary Head to Head (R):
Arlen Specter 15.3%
Pat Toomey 63.7%
Peg Luksik 4.5%

(Lincoln Institute Analysis on this survey)

2/1/09 PA Lincoln Institute Township Supervisors:

During your tenure, have township’s tax rates increased, decreated or stayed about the same?
Increased: 42.1%
Decreased: 7.7%
Stayed About the Same: 50.3%

Preferred tax to impose or raise (with General Assembly’s OK):
Earned Income Tax: 47.3%
Sales Tax: 36.3%

Percent of township revenue generated from property taxes:
Under 50%: 75.1%
51%-60%: 11.6%

Does PA have too many municipalities?:
Yes: 17.4%
No: 72.1%

Favor increased state or county taxes to provide additional revenue to cities losing population?
Yes: 3.5%
No: 89%

Should state mandate distressed municipalities to merge with another municipality?
Yes: 19.1%
No: 61.8%

Regionalize fire & police services?
Yes: 53.5%
No: 36%

Has your Twp reduced services to keep on budget & avoid raising taxes?:
Yes: 25.7%
No: 74.3%

(Lincoln Institute Analysis on this survey)