Frequency of consensus regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy
Full Question Text
In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy?
| % Statewide | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy? | Nearly always | 43% |
| Most of the time | 41% | |
| Some of the time | 7% | |
| Seldom | 4% | |
| Almost never | 4% | |
| Don't know | 2% | |
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy? | Nearly always | 30% | 44% | 41% | 41% | 43% |
| Most of the time | 59% | 39% | 47% | 41% | 41% | |
| Some of the time | 10% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | |
| Seldom | 0% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 4% | |
| Almost never | 0% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 4% | |
| Don't know | 0% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 2% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy? | Nearly always | 45% | 43% | 40% | 37% | 32% | 43% |
| Most of the time | 36% | 41% | 46% | 51% | 57% | 41% | |
| Some of the time | 7% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 7% | |
| Seldom | 4% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 4% | |
| Almost never | 5% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 4% | |
| Don't know | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy? | Nearly always | 40% | 52% | 39% | 42% | 46% | 37% | 43% |
| Most of the time | 42% | 34% | 45% | 40% | 38% | 48% | 41% | |
| Some of the time | 6% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | |
| Seldom | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | |
| Almost never | 5% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | |
| Don't know | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | |
| % within Urban/Rural Self Identification | |||||||
| Urban/Rural Self Identification | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't know | |||
| In your best estimate, how often is there consensus among Board/Council members regarding votes on budgeting and fiscal policy? | Nearly always | 47% | 39% | 38% | 33% | 31% | 43% |
| Most of the time | 36% | 47% | 50% | 54% | 31% | 41% | |
| Some of the time | 6% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 0% | 7% | |
| Seldom | 4% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | |
| Almost never | 5% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 14% | 4% | |
| Don't know | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 25% | 2% | |