The People Speak Poll
Citizen Voices from the Milwaukee Area
The People Speak Poll is a collaborative effort of the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Public Policy Forum, and The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee. These partners have come together to create a public opinion poll for metropolitan Milwaukee that will be administered three to four times a year. The purpose of this polling effort is to gather information from local citizens about their interests in, preferences for, and concerns about public policy. By gathering and reporting out these citizen perspectives, the partners hope to expand the public voice in policy matters affecting the greater Milwaukee area.
June 2010
The People Speak Poll: June 2010
Detailed Tables June 2010
March 2010
The People Speak Poll: March 2010
Detailed Tables March 2010
November 2009
The People Speak Poll: November 2009
Detailed Tables November 2009
Find out how residents in the Milwaukee area fell about local and regional transportation issues, including toll roads, high speed rail,and increasing taxes on gasoline in order to fund transportation improvements.
October 2009
The eople Speak Poll: Citizen Voices from Greater Milwaukee on the Economy
Detailed Tables October 2009
Learn about what citizens of the Milwaukee area think about how the economy is affecting personal decisions about home purchase, buying a car, retirement, and college tuition as well as economic impacts on paying bills and personal finances.
About the Partners
For over 25 years, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for Urban
Initiatives and Research (CUIR) has been providing applied research services
and technical assistance to public and nonprofit organizations to help them
make informed policy choices. CUIR promotes strategic partnerships, across
disciplines and sectors, integrating a dynamic network of expertise to
address urban issues.
Learn more about the Center at
http://www4.uwm.edu/cuir/index.htm
Established in 1913 as a good government watchdog, the nonpartisan Public
Policy Forum currently focuses its policy research on a broad range of
issues affecting southeastern Wisconsin, the state and the nation. They
include education, tax and economic development policy, transportation,
public safety, health, public infrastructure and other quality of life
concerns. The Forum serves the public, businesses, government and other
interested constituencies by spotlighting trends, defining emerging issues
and facilitating productive interaction among local governments and the
private sector to promote sound and innovative policy solutions. Fiercely
independent and widely respected for its unbiased research, the Forum is
a source of accurate information for local, state and national leaders
seeking effective answers to public policy issues.
Learn more about the Public Policy Forum at
http://www.publicpolicyforum.org/
The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee is an award-winning weekly
newspaper that covers business issues throughout southeastern Wisconsin. In
addition, the newspaper's Web site
(www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee)
contains breaking business news and features throughout the day and the
paper hosts many must-attend events throughout the year, including its
popular Power Breakfast series. The newspaper is owned by American City
Business Journals, which operates 40 business newspapers throughout the
United States.