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MIRS/EPIC _ MRA State Capitol Survey

This State Capitol Leadership Survey is sponsored jointly by Michigan Information & Research Service (MIRS newsletter), Inc., and EPIC _ MRA, a Lansing based survey research firm. Questionnaires have been sent to lobbyists, lawmakers, department directors and others. Results will be tabulated by EPIC _ MRA.

The survey is designed to seek the opinions of a limited number of key participants involved in state government and the legislative process about the effectiveness of current state government and legislative leaders, other legislators, reporters, news organizations, lobbying and public relations organizations.

Please take a few moments to complete the survey which is designed to guarantee that only one survey that was received per office is returned.

Results are tabulated in the aggregate only.

First of all, please indicate whether you would offer a positive rating of excellent or pretty good, or a negative rating of only fair or poor, for the job that each of the following state leaders is doing in their current position. [PLEASE CIRCLE ONLY ONE RESPONSE PER QUESTION] Excel Total Total DK/ lent Pos Neg Poor Undec

_01. Jennifer Granholm as Governor……. 3% 16% 82% 56% 2%

_02. John Cherry as Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate..…………….. 6% 42% 51% 15% 7%

_03. Andy Dillon as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives..……. 7% 43% 53% 13% 4%

_04. Kevin Elsenheimer as Minority Leader of the Michigan House of Representatives. 8% 51% 41% 8% 8%

_05. Mike Bishop as Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate……………………… 5% 28% 68% 34% 4%

_06. Mike Prusi as Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate……………………… 6% 42% 42% 5% 16%

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__07. The state has worked under term limits now for approximately a decade. Is the Michigan public policy process: [CIRCLE ONLY ONE]

45% Beginning to pay a price under term limits 51% Hampered to the point where compromise solutions cannot be found 1% Improved by term limits 2% Unaffected by term limits 1% Refused to answer

__08. Going into the 2010 gubernatorial election, which of the following Republicans do you think would stand the greatest chance of winning the GOP gubernatorial nomination? [CIRCLE ONE]

24% Attorney General Mike Cox 17% Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson 17% Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land 16% U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra 14% U.S. Rep. Candice Miller 2% State Senator Tom George 2% None of the above 4% Undecided/Don’t know 4% Other (Please specify): ______1.3% Mike Rogers 1.0% Rick Snyder 0.6% Michael Bouchard 0.3% Jack Hoogendyk 0.3% Wayne Kuipers 0.3% Roger Penske 0.3% Bill Schuette

__09. Going into the 2010 gubernatorial election, which of the following Democrats do you think would stand the greatest chance of winning the Democratic gubernatorial nomination? [CIRCLE ONE]

80% Lt. Gov. John Cherry 11% House Speaker Andy Dillon 2% Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano 1% State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith 1% Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel 0.3% MSU Board Trustee George Perles 1% None of the above 3% Undecided/Don’t Know 0.3% Other (Please specify): ______0.3% Virgil Bernero

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What grade would you give to each of the following leaders for their handling, thus far, of the state’s current structural budget deficit and management of the state’s overall tax system?

A B C D F DK 10. Governor Jennifer Granholm 4% 10% 15% 24% 45% 2% 11. House Speaker Andy Dillon 4% 16% 29% 30% 18% 3% 12. Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop 1% 10% 27% 34% 24% 3%

__13. Thinking about Lansing's membership organizations or associations, which one organization do you think does the most effective lobbying job? [WRITE IN NAME]:

33% Michigan Chamber 1% BCBSM 10% MEA 1% Cable Telcom 5% MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers 1% County Road Assn. 3% Auto Dealers 1% Farm Bureau 3% MI Assoc of Counties 1% Licensed Beverages 3% MI Restaurant Assn. 1% MDVA 3% Right-to-Life 1% MI Electrical Co-op 2% Detroit Regional Chamber 1% MI Manufacturers Assn. 2% GCSI 1% MI Retailers Assn. 2% Health & Hospital Assn. 1% MI Townships Assn. 2% MAR 1% NFIB 2% MI Assn of Health Plans 1% None 2% MI Municipal League 1% SBAM 2% MI State Medical Society 1% UAW 1% AARP 8% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 1% AT&T 2% Undecided

__14. Thinking about Lansing's multi-client lobbying organizations, which one organization do you feel is the best and most effective? [WRITE IN NAME]:

37% GCSI 2% Warner Norcross & Judd 18% Muchmore, Harrington Smalley 2% Wiener 7% PAA 1% Clark Hill 6% Kelley Cawthorne 1% Farhat Group 4% Capitol Services 1% Kindsvatter 4% Karoub Associates 1% Midwest Strategies 2% Fraser Consulting 1% None 2% McCalvey Merchant 6% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 2% MI Legislative Consultants 3% Undecided

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__14a. Thinking about Lansing's multi-client lobbying organizations, which one organization do you feel is the most concerned about avoiding conflicts of interest between and among its clients? [WRITE IN NAME]:

18% GCSI 2% Clark Hill 16% Muchmore, Harrington, Smalley 2% Cusmano Kandler 8% Kelley Cawthorne 2% Michigan Legislative Consultants 7% Capitol Services 2% Warner Norcross & Judd 5% Karoub Associates 1% Farhat Group 5% None 1% Kindsvatter 5% PAA 1% Midwest Strategies 5% Wiener 6% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 4% Dykema Gossett 6% Undecided 4% McAlvey Merchant

__14b. Thinking about Lansing's multi-client lobbying organizations, which one organization do you feel is the least concerned about avoiding conflicts of interest between and among its clients? [WRITE IN NAME]:

48% GCSI 1% Clark Hill 14% PAA 1% Dykema Gossett 8% Karoub Associates 1% Farhat Group 4% All/None of them 1% Kheder Associates 4% Kelley Cawthorne 1% Truscott Group 4% Muchmore, Harrington Smalley 1% Wiener 2% Scofes 10% Undecided

__15. Out of the following list, please identify the most effective public relations consulting firm [CIRCLE ONE ANSWER OR WRITE IN UNDER OTHER]:

26% The Rossman Group 1% Kolt Communications 15% Marketing Resource Group 1% Pace and Partners 13% Byrum Fisk Advocacy 0.3% Forsberg, Golenda & Associates 13% Martin & Waymire Advocacy 9% Undecided/Don’t know 9% The John Truscott Group 2% Other (Please Specify): ______4% John Bailey & Associates 0.3% Communication & Research 4% The Sterling Corporation 0.3% Mitchell Communication 2% DeWitt Communications 0.3% Research Strategies 1% Edge Partnerships 0.3% Serkaian Associates

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__16. What one public affairs professional working in Lansing is the most effective at his or her job? [WRITE IN NAME]

21% Rossman, Kelly 1% Kuhnmuench, Nell 13% Truscott, John 1% Ladd, David 8% Waymire, David 1% Marr, Brett 6% Fisk, Mark 1% Muchmore, Deb 5% Byrum, Diane 1% Murray, Jim 3% DeCook, Denise 1% Ray, Scott 3% Martin, Roger 1% Resch, Matt 3% Shields, Tom 1% Roberts, Doug 2% Palsrock, Emily 1% Young, Steve 1% Doyle, David 20% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 1% Hoisington, Tom 4% Undecided 1% Kolt, Robert

__17. What one public affairs professional working in Lansing is the second most effective at his or her job? [WRITE IN NAME]

20% Rossman, Kelly 1% Doss, Jean 7% Truscott, John 1% Doyle, David 5% Byrum, Diane 1% Fisk, Mark 5% Palsrock, Emily 1% Lamoine, Mark 5% Waymire, David 1% None 4% Kolt, Robert 1% Nowlin, Mike 4% Linder, Steve 1% Roberts, Doug 4% Resch, Matt 1% Serkaian, Steve 3% Martin, Roger 1% Shields, Tom 3% Muchmore, Deb 1% Stibitz, Brom 2% De Witt, Chris 1% Vanderveen, Jody 2% Kuhnmuench, Nell 1% Wilbur, Cathy 2% Pischea, Mark 1% Wortz, Lori 1% Berryman, Kurt 1% Young, Steve 1% DeCook, Denise 13% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 1% Deloney, Andy 4% Undecided

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__18. Please write in the name of the one individual lobbyist who works for a multi- client firm who you feel is most effective [WRITE IN NAME]:

14% Young, Steve 1% Bechler, Rebecca 13% Kuhmuench, Nell 1% Cole, Ken 6% Hoisington, Tom 1% Crawford, Jim 4% Harrington, Pat 1% Doss, Jean 4% Hawks, Mike 1% Farhat, Dan 4% Marr, Bret 1% Hingst, Erik 3% Lewis, Sandy 1% Johnson, Rick 3% Smalley, John 1% Johnson, Stephanie 3% Yutzey, Melissa 1% Khoury, Ron 2% Cavanagh, Jim 1% Knight, Mickey 2% Cazal, Adrian 1% McKinney, Kevin 2% Ladd, David 1% Nystrom, Nicole 2% McAlvey, Jeff 1% Ringlever, Brendan 2% Profit, Kirk 1% Schick, Jack 2% Ruddell, Peter 1% Zois, Evie 2% Smith, Noah 11% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 2% Ward, Tim 3% Undecided 1% Ashley, Bruce

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__19. Please write in the name of the one individual lobbyist who works for a multi- client firm who you feel is the second most effective [WRITE IN NAME]:

8% Kuhnmuench, Nell 1% Burke, Bill 7% Hoisington, Tom 1% Cole, Ken 6% Young, Steve 1% Comment, Brad 5% Marr, Bret 1% Cummings, Troy 4% Zaagman, Bill 1% Curran, Jim 3% Hawks, Mike 1% Fancher, Dusty 3% Lewis, Sandy 1% Gregory, David 3% Yutzey, Melissa 1% Hingst, Erik 2% Bechler, Rebecca 1% Japing, Steve 2% Cazal, Adrian 1% Johnson, Stephanie 2% Doss, Jean 1% Julian, Larry 2% Harrington, Pat 1% Kandler, Bill 2% Ladd, David 1% Lentine, Manny 2% Mechant, Rusty 1% McAlvey, Jeff 2% Smalley, John 1% Profit, Kirk 2% Smith, Noah 1% Ringlever, Brendan 2% Vanderveen, Jody 1% Ryan, Jim 2% Wortz, Bill 1% Vanderveen, Terry 1% Anderson, Wendy 1% Ward, Tim 1% Ashley, Bruce 1% Zois, Evie 1% Benson, Fritz 14% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 1% Breslin, Scott 3% Undecided

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__20. Please name the individual lobbyist who works for a single-issue lobbying organization (association) that you consider to be most effective [WRITE IN NAME]:

7% Berryman, Kurt 1% Infante, Nick 7% Murray, Jim 1% LaBrant, Bob 7% Studley, Rich 1% Lashbrook, Mike 3% Hickson, Tom 1% Minnick, Summer 3% Holcomb, Jim 1% Mitchell, Chris 3% Hubbard, Sarah 1% Moody, Nancy 3% Kuhnmuench, Pete 1% Muchmore, Dennis 2% Block, Wendy 1% Murdock, Rick 2% Bodkin, Ben 1% Noyola, Ed 2% Ford, Colin 1% Pelleran, K. P. 2% Groen, Matt 1% Reber, Polly 2% Nystrom, Mike 1% Roberts, Doug 1% Boulus, Mike 1% Sarpolus, Ed 1% Campau, Robert 1% Smego, Matt 1% Finkbeiner, Dave 1% Somalski, Louise 1% Fowler, Rob 1% Terreano, Gail 1% Gallinger, Kurt 1% Wasson, Felicia 1% Gehle, Sean 1% Wilbur, Cathy 1% Greenberg, Jennifer 27% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 1% Griffin, Mark 3% Undecided 1% Guyeskey, Phil

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__21. Please name the individual lobbyist who works for a single-issue lobbying organization (association) that you consider to be the second most effective [WRITE IN NAME]:

4% Berryman, Kurt 1% Groen, Matt 3% Block, Wendy 1% Guyeskey, Phil 3% Ford, Colin 1% Hickson, Tom 3% Holcomb, Jim 1% Hubbard, Sarah 3% Roberts, Doug 1% Hummell, Scott 3% Sarpolus, Ed 1% Kinley, Tricia 2% Binoniemi, Lance 1% Kuhnmuench, Pete 2% Boulus, Mike 1% Lewellyn, John 2% Finkbeiner, Dave 1% Mitchell, Chris 2% Lashbrook, Mike 1% Noyola, Ed 2% Murray, Jim 1% Nystrom, Mike 2% Rivet, Ed 1% Reber, Polly 2% Studley, Rich 1% Rule, Eric 1% Biladeau, Brad 1% Somalski, Louise 1% Bodkin, Ben 1% Ward, Brad 1% Brown, John 1% Worthams, David 1% Demand, Jack 40% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 1% Flourhy, Bill 5% Undecided 1% Gehle, Sean

__22. Thinking about the following news organizations and others that may not be listed that cover the state capitol, which one news organization do you think is most effective in covering the Capitol? [CIRCLE ONE ANSWER OR WRITE IN UNDER OTHER]

2% Associated Press 3% The Detroit Free Press 1% The Detroit News __% The Lansing State Journal 5% Michigan Public Radio 1% Booth Newspapers 1% Inside Michigan Politics 63% MIRS 18% Gongwer News Service 0.3% WILX, TV 10 __% WLNS, TV 6 __% WXYZ, TV 7 __% WDIV, TV 4 0.3% WOOD, TV 8 5% Undecided/Don’t know 0.6% Other (Please specify): ______0.3% Capitol News Service 0.3% Tim Skubick

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__23. Which news organization would be your second choice? [CIRCLE ONE ANSWER DIFFERENT THAN ABOVE OR WRITE IN UNDER OTHER]

6% Associated Press 3% The Detroit Free Press 2% The Detroit News 1% The Lansing State Journal 6% Michigan Public Radio 1% Booth Newspapers 10% Inside Michigan Politics 21% MIRS 47% Gongwer News Service 1% WILX, TV 10 0.3% WLNS, TV 6 __% WXYZ, TV 7 __% WDIV, TV 4 1% WOOD, TV 8 __% Undecided/Don’t know 0.9% Other (Please specify): ______0.3% Crain’s Detroit Business 0.3% The Dome 0.3% AM 1240 – M.P. Shields

__24. Among the reporters in the Lansing Press Corp, which one reporter do you believe is the most effective at his or her job? [WRITE IN NAME]

33% Skubick, Tim 2% Lane, Amy 15% Melinn, Kyle 2% Reurink, John 10% Bell, Dawson 1% Albin, Rick 8% Pluta, Rick 1% Cain, Charlie 7% Luke, Peter 1% Eggert, Dave 4% Christoff, Chris 1% Lee, Larry 4% Spencer, Jack 1% Lindstrom, John 3% Barks-Hoffman, Kathy 3% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 2% Cepak, Stephanie 2% Undecided

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__25. Among the reporters in the Lansing Press Corp., which one reporter do you believe is the second most effect at his or her job? [WRITE IN NAME]

12% Skubick, Tim 1% Eggert, Dave 15% Pluta, Rick 2% Hornbeck, Mark 15% Melinn, Kyle 5% Barks-Hoffman, Kathy 5% Bell, Dawson 2% Martin, Tim 8% Luke, Peter 2% Cain, Charlie 1% Albin, Rick 3% Lee, Larry 5% Spencer, Jack 4% Ballenger, Bill 1% Reurink, John 1% Cepak, Stephanie 8% Christoff, Chris 4% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 3% Lane, Amy 3% Undecided

__26. What one reporter do you consider to be the most credible reporter?

18% Skubick, Tim 2% Ruerink, John 12% Bell, Dawson 1% All of them 12% Luke, Peter 1% Cepak, Stephanie 11% Melinn, Kyle 1% Eggert, Dave 11% Pluta, Rick 1% Gorchow, Zachary 7% Christoff, Chris 1% Lee, Larry 3% Albin, Rick 1% Lindstrom, John 3% Barks-Hoffman, Kathy 1% None of them 3% Spencer, Jack 5% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 2% Cain, Charlie 2% Undecided 2% Lane, Amy

__27. Who is the most effective Michigan House partisan staff member?

25% Miller-Allen, Suzanne 2% Mills, Brian 14% Cunningham, Peter 2% Shor, Erin 12% Garbarino, Gary 1% Brown, Mike 5% Stibitz, Brom 1% Detloff, Jen 3% Schmidt, Stephanie 1% Hendges, Jeremy 3% Timmons, Bruce 1% None 2% Beckwith, Chrissy 1% Rivers, Griffin 2% Farough, Dan 1% Roberts, John 2% Griffin, Jason 1% Shoaf, Brian 2% Harkins, Chris 12% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 2% Mahoney, Dan 5% Undecided

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__28. Who is the most effective Michigan Senate partisan staff member?

19% Peruchietti, Cindy 2% Lang, Michelle 12% Miner, Matt 2% Lazet, John 7% Hanley, Matt 2% Mardsen, Matt 4% Clover Adams, Jamie 2% Ryan, Howard 3% Roberts, Carmel 2% Saari, Norm 3% Vreibel, Nancy 1% Ackerman, Darin 3% Wilson, Bob 1% Bartlett, Kelly 3% Young, Kris 1% Everett, Kendra 2% Basso, Gabe 1% Green, Nancy 2% Bean, Scott 1% Lenard, Tom 2% Breslin, Matt 1% Pendell, Cami 2% Burton, Mark 1% Sweeney, Matt 2% Clement, Beth 1% Wing, Chad 2% Dorr, Andy 7% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 2% Durfee, Sally 5% Undecided 2% Hall, Fred

__29. Who is the most effective Michigan House non-partisan staff member?

39% Bean, Mitch 1% Gielczyk, Ben 8% Hamilton, Bill 1% Haueter, Sherry 7% Randall, Gary 1% Hunault, Joan 4% Bowlin, Tim 1% Hunter, Cathy 3% McBryde, Jim 1% Johnston, Jamie 2% Jen, Kyle 1% Jones, Christie 2% Sydney Hawthorn, Page 1% Peterson, Marilyn 2% Wicksall, Bethany 1% Roberts, John 1% Bollman, John 1% Simon, Doug 1% Brown, Rick 1% Stump, Dan 1% Carl, Cris 1% Thornhill, Nay 1% Cleary, Mary Anne 1% Timmons, Bruce 1% Davey, Sherrie 1% Williams, Ben 1% Davis, Emily 2% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 1% Doherty, Fred 10% Undecided 1% Fairgrieve, Bill

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__30. Who is the most effective Michigan Senate non-partisan staff member?

43% Olson, Gary 1% Hollon, Deb 11% Viventi, Carol 1% Jordon, Marc 10% Jeffries, Ellen 1% Miller, Kim 3% None 1% Runnels, Jessica 2% Angicotti, Steve 1% Van Wiggen, Tim 1% Blakenhorn, Anne 1% Wicksall, Bethany 1% Bollman, John 1% Wilson, Bob 1% Boman, Kim 1% Wortley, Jay 1% Bowerman, Bill 1% Yu, Stephanie 1% Ferland, Mike 1% Zin, Dave 1% Fransted, Sue 14% Undecided 1% Hollander, Lindsay

__31. Who is the overall most effective legislative staffer?

18% Miller-Allen, Suzanne 2% Wing, Chad 7% Peruchietti, Cindy 1% Adams, Jamie 6% Cunningham, Peter 1% Bartlett, Kelly 6% Garborino, Gary 1% Bean, Mitch 5% Hanely, Matt 1% Beckwith, Crissy 5% Miner, Matt 1% DeVooght, Rebecca 3% Durfee, Sally 1% Jeffries, Ellen 3% Young, Kris 1% Mills, Brian 2% Ackerman, Darin 1% Salogar, Mark 2% Harkins, Chris 1% Sofia, Sherry 2% Hendges, Jeremy 1% Timmons, Bruce 2% Lazet, John 18% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 2% Schor, Erin 5% Undecided 2% Stibitz, Brom

__32. Who is the most effective member of the Michigan House?

22% Dillon 2% Byrnes 13% Angerer 2% Clemente 7% Elsenheimer 2% Johnson, B. 5% Cushingberry 2% Jones, R. 5% Mayes 1% Amash 4% Coulouris 1% Calley 4% Hildenbrand 1% Corrieau 4% Meadows 1% McDowell 4% Melton 1% Opsommer 3% Byrum 1% Wheeler Smith 3% Hammell 6% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 3% Warren 3% Undecided

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__33. Who is the least effective member of the Michigan House?

11% Agema 1% Corrieau 8% Cook Scott, B. 1% Cushingberry 6% McMillin 1% Dean 5% Rocca 1% Donigan 5% Valentine 1% Ebli 4% Griffin 1% Haines 4% Leland 1% Hansen 4% Young, C. 1% Hildenbrand 3% Amash 1% Huckleberry 3% Green 1% Jackson 3% Lemmons 1% Jones, R. 2% All of them 1% Knollenberg 2% Angerer 1% Meadows 2% Dillon 1% Meekhoff 2% Melton 1% Meltzer 2% Sheltrown 1% Moss 1% Ball 1% Schmidt 1% Barnett 1% Scott, P. 1% Bauer 1% Spade 1% Bledsoe 1% Switalski 1% Byrum 1% Wheeler Smith 1% Calley 6% Undecided 1% Caul

__34. Who is the most effective member of the Michigan Senate?

14% Jansen 2% Brown, C. 12% Bishop 2% Prusi 12% Richardville 2% Sanborn 7% Birkholz 2% Switalski 5% Allen 1% Barcia 5% Cropsey 1% Garcia 5% George 1% Kahn 5% Kuipers 1% McManus 5% Whitmer 1% Pappageorge 4% Gilbert 1% Patterson 3% Jelinek 3% Scattered “Other” @ 0.4% or < 3% Thomas 3% Undecided

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__35. Who is the least effective member of the Michigan Senate?

14% Bishop 2% Kahn 10% C assis 2% Kuipers 8% Patterson 2% Olshove 8% Scott, M. 2% Sanborn 7% Brater 2% Thomas 6% Clark Coleman 1% Cherry 3% Allen 1% Clarke 3% Anderson 1% Cropsey 3% Basham 1% Gilbert 3% Garcia 1% Pappageorge 3% Gleason 1% Van Woerkom 3% McManus 3% Scattered “Other” @ 0.5% or < 3% Whitmer 7% Undecided

__36. Do you think Michigan voters will opt to have a 2010 Constitutional Convention?

18% Yes 73% No 9% Undecided

__37. Do you believe there is a need for a constitutional convention?

35% Yes 55% No 10% Undecided

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