JANUARY 1999 CITIZENS' POLL RESULTS

I want to again thank the hundreds of participants in the poll; including the 300+ persons responding from the Martinsburg, Falling Waters, and Eastern Panhandle area who were tallied in the overall percentage results.

YES NO DO YOU FAVOR?
70% 30% 1. Expanding hunting season to reduce local deer population?
92% 8% 2. Electing Supreme Court Justices and Circuit Judges on a non-partisan basis?
89% 11% 3. Reinstating the death penalty for first-degree murder?
91% 9% 4. Stricter requirements for driver's licenses for 15 and 16 year olds?
91% 9% 4a. Raising the age to first get the license from 15 to 15½?
75% 25% 4b. Requiring 16-years olds to have an adult in the front seat?
88% 12% 4c. Restricting driving hours of 16-year-olds to 5 am-10 pm?
76% 24% 5. Right to Work (ending required union membership at any workplace in this state)?
29% 71% 6. Legalizing slot-machine gambling at WV bars & taverns?
85% 15% 7. Requiring public hearings on the licensing of all new bars & taverns?
52% 48% 8. Replacing the personal property tax on vehicles with a comparable tax on services like haircuts & legal services?
15% 85% 9. Allowing attorneys to shop around for more favorable states or countries to file lawsuits; to places where neither the accident occurred nor where the victims, businesses, or individuals are located?
30% 70% 10. Collective bargaining and the increased unionization of state employees and teachers?
26% 74% 11. Allowing partial birth abortions to be performed?
76% 24% 11. Permitting citizens to initiate legislation placed on the general election ballot for a public vote?

97 Poll Results | 98 Poll (Jan) Results | 98 Poll (Fall) Results

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