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Toplines, July 2123, 2012 BASELICE & ASSOCIATES, INC. Page 1Harris Metro Survey #12843

Base

Positive / Strong

Positive / Somewhat

TOTAL POSITIVE

501

75

168

242

501

15%

33%

48%

Q1 - METRO, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Negative / Somewhat 57 11%

Harris County image Negative / Strong 68 14%

TOTAL NEGATIVE 126 25%

No opinion 89 18%

Never heard of 44 9%

POSITIVE - NEGATIVE 117 23%

Base 501 501

Positive / Strong 142 28%

Positive / Somewhat 115 23%

TOTAL POSITIVE 258 51%

Negative / Somewhat 51 10%

Q2 - Annise Parker image Negative / Strong 87 17%


No opinion 65 13%



Base 501 501





Q3 - Metro Board Chairman Gilbert Garcia image Negative / Strong 40 8%


No opinion 106 21%



Base 501 501





Q4 - Metro C.E.O. George Greanias image Negative / Strong 65 13%


No opinion 76 15%


POSITIVE - NEGATIVE * *

Base 501 501





Q5 - The Houston City Council image Negative / Strong 42 8%TOTAL NEGATIVE 125 25%

No opinion 116 23%




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Base

Positive / Strong

Positive / Somewhat

TOTAL POSITIVE

Negative / Somewhat

50

1

57

14

9

501

11%

30

%

41

Q6 - The Harris County Commissioners Court image Negative / Strong 36 7%


No opinion 145 29%



- One ossible referendum addresses BaseMETRO and the one quarter of one percent of its 501 501

sales tax revenues that it currently dedicates to the For / Strongly 215 43%

General Mobility Program for local street and road For / Somewhat 152 30%

maintenance and improvements. Version X: Would TOTAL FOR 367 73%

you vote for or against this General Mobility Program Against / Somewhat 25 5%

being continued? Version Y: Would you vote for or Against / Strongly 61 12%

against continuing to dedicate one quarter of one TOTAL AGAINST 85 17%

percent of sales tax revenues for local street and road Depends 18 4%

maintenance and improvements? for local street and Unsure / Refused 31 6%

road maintenance and improvements? DEPENDS / UNSURE 49 10%

FOR - AGAINST 282 56%

Base 501 501

_Q8TOT - One possible referendum would authorize For / Strongly 103 20%

METRO to freeze the amount from the one quarter of For / Somewhat 116 23%

one percent sales tax revenues dedicated for local TOTAL FOR 219 44%

street and road maintenance and improvements at an Against / Somewhat 75 15%

amount equal to the 2014 sale tax revenues, and then Against / Strongly 156 31%

using all revenues beyond the frozen amount for rail TOTAL AGAINST 231 46%

(Ver Y: and buses). Would you vote for or against Depends 10 2%

freezing the amount for roads and street maintenance Unsure / Refused 41 8%

and improvements? DEPENDS / UNSURE 51 10%

FOR - AGAINST -13 -3%Base 501 501

For / Strongly 68 14%

_Q9TOT - One possible referendum would be to end For / Somewhat 60 12%

the one quarter of one percent sales tax revenues for TOTAL FOR 128 26%

local street and road maintenance and improvements. Against / Somewhat 83 17%

Would you vote for or against ending the revenues Against / Strongly 236 47%

generated from the one-quarter cent that go to local TOTAL AGAINST 318 64%

streets and roads and using that revenue for rail (Ver Depends 15 3%

Y: and buses)? Unsure / Refused 40 8%

DEPENDS / UNSURE 54 11%

FOR - AGAINST -190 -38%

Base 501 501

Continue 266 53%

Q10 - If you had to choose, what would you prefer to Freeze 82 16%

do with the one quarter of one percent of sales tax Eliminate 40 8%

revenues currently dedicated for local street and road Increase 82 16%

maintenance and improvements? Would you... Other 2 *

None 4 1%

Unsure / Refused 24 5%


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Q11 - Would you vote for or against increasing the

Base

For / Strongly

For / Somewhat

501

126

86

501

25%

17%

percentage such that more than one quarter of the TOTAL FOR 213 42%

A ainst / Somewhat 97 19%one percent sales tax goes to local street and road Against / Strongly 138 28%

maintenance and improvements, thereby reducing the TOTAL AGAINST 235 47%

overall sales tax revenues collected for rail (Ver Y: Depends 11 2%

and buses)? Unsure / Refused 43 9%

DEPENDS / UNSURE 54 11%

FOR - AGAINST -22 -4%

Q12 - If voters were presented with a single choice ofwhether or not to freeze the one quarter of the one

percent sales tax dedicated for local street and roadmaintenance and improvements, then the followingwould happen - - -ONE - - - a vote FOR the freeze

Base

501 501

would eliminate half of the money going to streets and Yes / Definitely 300 60%

roads over the next 20 years, and TWO - - - a vote Yes / Somewhat 88 18%

AGAINST the freeze would eliminate entirely the TOTAL YES 388 77%

money going to streets and roads over the next twenty No / Somewhat 21 4%years. There would be no possible vote to continue No / Definitely 46 9%

METROs current spending for streets and roads. TOTAL NO 66 13%

Would you consider that to be an unfair referendum Depends / Other 5 1%

because the option to continue current spending on Unsure / Refused 42 8%

streets and roads was not presented to the voters? DEPENDS / UNSURE 47 9%

YES - NO 321 64%

Base 501 501

Road and street maintenance and improvements 94 19%

Q13 - If METRO spending had to be reduced in one Rail expansion 276 55%

of the following three areas, would you prefer Bus service 79 16%

spending reductions on... Two or more equally 9 2%

Neither 24 5%



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AGEG3 - Age

Base

18-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Age unknown

50

1

95

13

3

13

501

19%

26

%

27

%

Base 501 501

GENDER - Gender Male 236 47%

Female 265 53%

Base 501 501

Male / under 55 111 22%

Male / 55+ 122 24%

_RR9655 - Age / Gender Female / under 55 117 23%

Female / 55+ 139 28%

Age unknown 12 2%

Base 501 501

Male / Employed 159 32%

Male / Not employed 77 15%

SEX3 - Gender / Employment Male / Unsure - -

Female / Employed 146 29%Female / Not employed 120 24%

Female / Unsure - -

Base 501 501

Less than high school 12 2%

High school grad / Vocational school 86 17%

EDUC - What is the highest level of education you Some college 95 19%

have completed? College graduate 195 39%

Post graduate 112 22%

Unsure - -

Refused 1 *

Base 501 501

D3A - Thinking about past November general Republican 186 37%

elections for a moment -- which party's candidates Democrat 185 37%

have you tended to vote for most often Or do you vote independent of party 116 23%


D3C - Although you vote for the person and not one of Base 116 116The Re ublican candidate 35 31%

the major parties -- when you have had to choose The Democrat candidate 30 26%

between two candidates of whom you knew little Other / Neither 35 30%

about, have you tended to vote for... Unsure / Refused 15 13%

Base 501 501

GOP 186 37%

More GOP than DEM 35 7%

_PARTY - Usual Vote Behavior Independent 50 10%

More DEM than GOP 30 6%DEM 185 37%

Unsure/refused 15 3%

HISP - Do you consider yourself to be of Hispanic or Base 501 501

Yes 84 17%Latino descent, such as Mexican, Puerto Rican, No 407 81%

Cuban, or some other Central or Latin American Unsure 1 *

background? Refused 9 2%


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RACE - And is your race Anglo, African-American,Asian, or some other race?

Base

Anglo / White

African-American / Black

Asian

Hispanic

American Indian

Other

50

1

27

3

10

6

14

50

1

55

%

21

%

3%

Unsure 1 *

Refused 16 3%

Base 501 501

Under $20,000 51 10%

$20,000 but less than $40,000 58 12%

INCOME - We want to classify people into broad $40,000 but less than $60,000 57 11%

$60 000 but less than $80 000 69 14%income groups only. Was your total household $80,000 but less than $100,000 60 12%

income last year before taxes... $100,000 but less than $150,000 82 16%

$150,000 and over 67 13%

Unsure 9 2%

Refused 50 10%

Base 501 501

Drive a car 460 92%Take METRO rail 3 1%

D10 - Which do you currently use most often for Take a METRO bus 32 6%

transportation... Other 6 1%

Neither - -

Unsure / Refused 1 *

Base 501 501

VERXY - Version X/Y Version X 246 49%

Version Y 256 51%

Base 501 501

VERPQ - Version P/Q Version P 262 52%

Version Q 239 48%

Base 501 501

Inside Loop 77 15%

SW Inside City 57 11%

SW Outside City 23 5%

NW Inside City 46 9%

RACZIP - Regions from Zip NW Outside City 126 25%

NE Inside City 38 8%

NE Outside City 32 6%

SE Inside City 40 8%

SE Outside City 27 5%

SC Inside City 35 7%

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