Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Fall 2013, Question 22a

Degree of influence that local job creation and/or economic development has on the use of fracking

Full Question Text

Whether or not your community currently has any fracking operations, to what degree would you say local job creation and/or economic development has been encouraging or discouraging the use of fracking within your jurisdiction?

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Whether or not your community currently has any fracking operations, to what degree would you say local job creation and/or economic development has been encouraging or discouraging the use of fracking within your jurisdiction? (Excluding jurisdictions which report fracking has not been discussed at all) Significantly Encouraging 5% 5% 2% 7% 4%
Somewhat Encouraging 39% 18% 17% 26% 20%
Mixed Encouraging and Discouraging 28% 23% 27% 10% 23%
Somewhat Discouraging 0% 3% 0% 0% 2%
Significantly Discouraging 0% 3% 5% 13% 3%
Not a Factor 10% 26% 31% 26% 25%
Don't Know 18% 23% 18% 18% 22%