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Raleigh voters indicate support for a Dorothea Dix Bond

| Tom Jensen

Header-poll-resultsTopline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.

Q1 The city of Raleigh is currently attempting to
buy the Dorothea Dix property from the state
government in order to turn it into a city park.
Would you support or oppose an 80 million
dollar bond referendum to help the city
purchase Dorothea Dix? If support, press 1. If
oppose, press 2. If undecided, press 3.
Support ………………. 58%
Oppose ………………. 33%
Undecided…………… 9%

Q2 How about a 40 million dollar bond to purchase
Dix? If support, press 1. If oppose, press 2. If
undecided, press 3.
Support …………….. 48%
Oppose …………….. 32%
Undecided…………. 20%

Q3 What if there was just a 20 million dollar bond
to purchase Dix, would you support or oppose
it? If support, press 1. If oppose, press 2. If
undecided, press 3.
Support …………….. 55%
Oppose …………….. 29%
Don’t know ………… 16%

Q4 The state government may offer to lease the
city of Raleigh approximately 200 of the 306
acres of Dix land for 99 years on the condition
that Raleigh would spend millions to improve
the land as a park. However, the state offer
would not include the main hill and historic core
of the Dix property. Dix Park advocates claim
that the historic core is crucial to the success of
a future destination park. Should Raleigh
accept or reject such an offer from the state? If
accept, press 1. If reject, press 2. If you don’t
know, press 3.
Accept ………………. 21%
Reject……………….. 53%
Don’t know ………… 25%

Q5 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 53% Men……………………. 47%

Q6 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a
Republican, press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………. 55%
Republican………….. 30%
Other………………….. 14%

Q7 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If other, press 3.
White …………………. 83%
Black………………….. 12%
Other………………….. 5%

Q8 If you are less than 29 years old, press 1. If
you are 30 to 45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3.
If more than 65, press 4.
Less than 29 ……….. 3%
30-45………………….. 18%
46-65………………….. 48%
Older than 65………. 31%

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