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1,353 ballots collected over 5 years!

The 2015
Pennsylvania
Straw Poll
Results

Pennsylvania Straw Poll Key Points

323 Ballots collected from Friday morning
through Saturday at 9:30 AM
Each attendee had a random unique voter ID
42 PA Counties Represented
6 States Represented (Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, New York, Ohio and Virginia)

Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of

the job Barack Obama is doing?
Approve

Disapprove

Demographic
Questions

What is your registration type?

What is your age group?

Under 17

18-25

26-40

41-64

65 +

What is your gender?

Male

Female

Top 5 Counties Represented

Honorable Mentions: Allegheny, Northampton, and Bucks Counties

How would you classify your

political ideology?
2014

74
72

Traditionalist
Fiscal Conservative
Social Conservative
Paleoconservative
Neoconservative
Moderate
Libertarian
Liberal

127
91

4
14
10
8
21
16
2
0
0

Choose all that apply.

2015

171

109

50
51
45

90

135

180

How many times have you

attended the PLC?
First Time

Two - Five

Six - Ten

More Than Ten

5% 4%
38%

53%

Commonwealth
Results

Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove with

the direction Pennsylvania is going?
Approve

Disapprove

2015

2014

10%

53%

47%

90%

Do you feel that Attorney General Kathleen Kane

should be impeached?
Yes

No

Undecided

Does Pennsylvania do enough to protect and

encourage whistleblowers to speak up?
Yes

No

Unsure

Cannabis (Marijuana) should be:

Legal

Medical Use Only

Illegal

Undecided

2015

2014

5%

7%
18%

33%

19%

46%
29%
44%

Would you support moving Pennsylvanias Primary

Election date to make the Keystone State more
influential on the National Scale?
Yes
No
Unsure

The largest concern facing Pennsylvanias Education System?

100

Common Core

20

Finances

113

Pensions

46

Quality of Education

Standardized Testing
0

Choose all that apply.

30

60

90

120

In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for

the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?
Education Reform
Marcellus Shale Drilling

25
16
151

Pension Reform
Privatizing of Alcohol Sales

9
48

School Property Tax Reform

Voter ID
Welfare Reform

29
14
0

Choose all that apply.

40

80

120

160

In your opinion, which current issue is most critical for

the Pennsylvania Legislators to address in 2015?

Write-Ins
Abortion Control
Labor Reform
Passing a Good Budget
Right to Work
Mandates and Regulation
Property Tax Elimination

Federal Results

In your opinion, what is the most important issue facing the United States in 2015?

2014
2015

Important Issues facing the US in 2015:

Write Ins:
All of the Above
Energy Policy
Unfunded Mandates
Religious Freedom

Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of

the job Republicans in Congress are doing?
Approve

Disapprove

Undecided

15%

29%

56%

Second Choice for

Republican Nominee for President
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Bobby Jindal
Sarah Palin
Rand Paul
Rick Perry
Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum
Donald Trump
Scott Walker

10

29

4
3

61

12
15
20
31

1
0

48
55

18

35

53

70

Early Favorite for

Republican Nominee for President

Top 5
Ben Carson (#5)
Rand Paul (#4)
Rick Santorum (#3)
Ted Cruz (#2)

Scott Walker

First Choice for

Republican Nominee for President
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Bobby Jindal
Sarah Palin
Rand Paul
Rick Perry
Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum
Donald Trump
Scott Walker

4
4

20
58

7
4
1
1

33
18

56

0
0

91
25

50
First

75

100

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The 2015 Pennsylvania Straw Poll was designed,
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Scott R. Davis
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