2015 District 151 Survey Results
Survey Results are back!
Representative Hubrecht sent a survey
to constituents of the 151st District to determine the standing of
the district on various issues facing Missourians. A total of 678 surveys were returned to the
office. Listed below are the questions
on the survey and the percentages of Yes, No, No Opinion.
1. Does Missouri’s current $26.2 billion in
revenues adequately provide for the various needs of state government?
a.
320
or 47.2% Yes
b.
127
or 18.7% No
c.
65
or 9.5% No Opinion
d.
163
or 24% No Response
2. Should tax credit programs like these
be reined in because they reduce tax revenues available to state government
spending priorities like education, public safety and the disabled?
a.
258
or 38% Yes
b.
215
or 31.7% No
c.
48
or 7% No Opinion
d.
155
or 22.8% No Response
3. Should MO tax laws be changed to
apply the same sales tax rates and requirements to all purchases, for both
MO-based retailers and purchases made over the internet?
a.
254
or 37% Yes
b.
245
or 36.1% No
c.
28
or 4.1% No Opinion
d.
151
or 22.2% No Response
4. Should MO enact public-private
partnerships that would lease certain MO roads and bridges to private entities
to maintain in exchange for the ability of those entities to charge tolls?
a.
105
or 15.4% Yes
b.
388
or 57.2% No
c.
31
or 4.5% No Opinion
d.
150
or 22.1% No Response
5. Should the legislature put before the
voters a proposition that would temporarily increase the current 17-cent per
gallon road tax by a modest amount so that additional revenues could be bonded
to generate additional revenue for road and bridge construction?
a.
228
or 33.6% Yes
b.
288
or 42.4% No
c.
10
or 1.4% No Opinion
d.
151
or 22.2% No Response
6. Does Missouri’s current system for
attracting and retaining quality educators work effectively?
a.
208
or 30.6% Yes
b.
233
or 34.3% No
c.
82
or 12% No Opinion
d.
154
or 22.7% No Response
7. Should MO’s education department stay
out of curriculum development and performance reviews because these are issues
best handled by the local school districts?
a.
412
or 60.7% Yes
b.
82
or 12% No
c.
33%
or 4.8% No Opinion
d.
151
or 22.2% No Response
8. Should the state allow parents the
option of transferring their children to a “virtual school” that meets the
state education standards for children that are more likely to effectively
learn through “online education”?
a.
265
or 39% Yes
b.
196
or 28.9% No
c.
64
or 9.4% No Opinion
d.
152
or 22.4% No Response
9. Should MO accept additional federal
funds for Medicaid expansion if the state can receive the authority to overhaul
the existing Medicaid system into a less cumbersome and more effective health
care delivery system?
a.
279
or 41.1% Yes
b.
204
or 30% No
c.
38
or 5.6% No Opinion
d.
156
or 23% No Response
10. Should MO’s term limit system by less
restrictive by allowing the same 16 years total, without regard to the chamber
in which the member serves?
a.
119
or 17.5% Yes
b.
393
or 57.9% No
c.
15
or 2.2% No Opinion
d.
151
or 22.2% No Response
11. Should MO adopt more restrictive
regulations on abortion service providers to further reduce the number of abortions
occurring in the state?
a.
386
or 56.9% Yes
b.
112
or 16.5% No
c.
31
or 4.5% No Opinion
d.
149
or 21.9% No Response
12. Should MO law be changed to eliminate
the requirement for citizens to obtain a concealed weapons permit before
lawfully carrying a concealed weapon?
a.
177
or 26.1% Yes
b.
344
or 50.7% No
c.
8
or 1.1% No Opinion
d.
149
or 21.9% No Response
13. Should MO law be changed to abolish
use of the death penalty?
a.
48
or 7% Yes
b.
449
or 66.2% No
c.
27
or 3.9% No Opinion
d.
154
or 22.7% No Response
14. Should MO law be changed to allow for
the decriminalization for marijuana only for medicinal use?
a.
221
or 32.6% Yes
b.
276
or 40.7% No
c.
23
or 3.3% No Opinion
d.
158
or 23.3% No Response
A side note about the questions in
the survey:
All representatives are given a list
of 20 questions to choose to use on a district survey. A representative may choose to write his or
her own questions but these are more difficult to obtain the tabulated
responses. This year, Representative
Hubrecht chose to use the “stock” questions choosing 12 that she felt were most
pressing to be included on a survey.
**The No Response answers were
reviewed by Representative Hubrecht and her staff, these unanswered responses
were not all on the same survey. Many
surveys answered only specific questions leaving the remaining questions
unanswered resulting in the No Response category.
