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

Degree of influence that local property tax revenue 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 property tax revenue 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 property tax revenue 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% 5% 3% 5%
Somewhat Encouraging 35% 26% 20% 28% 27%
Mixed Encouraging and Discouraging 17% 21% 22% 17% 20%
Somewhat Discouraging 8% 4% 5% 3% 4%
Significantly Discouraging 3% 2% 4% 8% 3%
Not a Factor 9% 16% 17% 8% 15%
Don't Know 23% 26% 28% 33% 26%