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Educational Inequality on Long Island: Public Awareness and Support for Solutions

As part of the Long Island Index 2009, this survey interviewed over 1200 randomly selected Long Islanders, including oversamples of approximately 200 African-American and 200 Latino residents, on their opinions about the equality of the local educational system and attitudes towards proposed reforms. This poll was funded by the Rauch Foundation.

 

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Long Islanders on Climate Change and Conservation

The telephone survey interviewed 853 randomly selected Long Island residents in Spring 2008 to ask about energy conservation behavior, and their perceptions on global warming and climate change. This survey was funded by the Rauch Foundation.

 

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Long Island Looks to the Future: Housing Alternatives and Downtown Development

This survey was conducted by telephone for the Long Island Index 2008 in Fall 2007 and funded by the Rauch Foundation. 815 randomly selected Long Island residents were interviewed, with an oversample of 317 young Long Island residents 18-34 years old. The survey closely examined Long Islanders? views of housing to explore how high housing costs may influence openness to housing alternatives. The survey explored housing experiences, attitudes and preferences within different age groups.

 

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Reducing Property Taxes

In Summer 2007, 810 randomly selected Long Islanders were interviewed by telephone regarding their views of property taxes and proposals for potentially reducing them. This survey was funded by the Rauch Foundation.

 

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In a Tough Spot: Jobs, Taxes and Affordability on Long Island

This survey, commissioned by the Rauch Foundation, was conducted in Fall 2006 for the Long Island Index 2007. Telephone interviews were conducted with 808 randomly selected Long Islanders, and with randomly selected oversamples of 205 African-Americans and 100 Hispanic Long Island residents. The survey is used as a tool to monitor public opinion regarding taxes, housing costs, services and the economy.

 

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At the Breaking Point?  Taxation and Governance on Long Island

This telephone survey for the Long Island Index continues to track the opinions of Long Island residents on important regional issues including taxation and quality of services.  Interviews were conducted over the summer of 2005 with 1215 randomly selected  residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, as well as oversamples of 204 African American and 104 Hispanic residents. The study was funded by the Rauch Foundation.

 

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Where Do We Grow From Here: Land Use on Long Island

This telephone survey of residents of Long Island and the Northern and New Jersey Metropolitan suburbs examined respondents' views on issues and proposals concerning affordable middle class and starter housing and preservation of the area’s remaining open space. Interviews with over 1700 randomly selected respondents were conducted during the Summer of 2004. The survey was conducted for the Long Island Index, and funded by the Rauch Foundation.

 

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 Public Perception Survey of Long Island Sound Watershed Residents

The goal of this telephone survey was to collect information from residents of the watershed areas affecting Long Island Sound in both New York and Connecticut regarding their environmental attitudes, knowledge, and behavior. Over 1200  interviews were conducted in the Spring of 2006 with randomly selected adult residents of the coastal and watershed areas surrounding Long Island Sound.  The survey was funded by a grant from the Long Island Sound Study through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

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Survey of Political Ideology of Long Island Residents

This study gauged the opinions of a random sample of Long Island residents on a variety of political and social issues, as well as subjects' political ideology. A brief follow up study was conducted to examine how opinions change or remain the same over time. The study was conducted in the Spring of 2000 for Dr. Howard Lavine and Susan Tabrizi, a doctoral candidate, both of the Stony Brook University Department of Political Science.

 

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Survey of National Racial Attitudes

This survey examines racial differences in reactions to Hurricane Katrina using data from a national telephone survey of Black and White Americans. The Survey was conducted in three waves between 2003 and 2005 for Dr. Leonie Huddy and Dr. Stanley Feldman of the Department of Politcal Science at Stony Brook University.

 

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Survey of New York State Residents' Racial Attitudes

A public opinion study of a random sample of New York State residents explored attitudes towards race and other social and political issues. The survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 for Dr. Leonie Huddy and Dr. Stanley Feldman of the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook University.

 

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Newsday Series of Public Opinion Surveys of Long Island and Queens Residents

A series of surveys conducted with the residents of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties, assessed respondents’ opinions on a number of timely issues including the economy, consumer confidence, taxes and quality of life issues on Long Island. The surveys were conducted between 2000 and 2001 for Newsday, the Long Island daily newspaper, who published a number of articles based on the findings.

 

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Nationwide Survey of Public Reactions to the Events of September 11

This survey monitored public reactions to the events of September 11 by following nation-wide public opinion on a weekly basis with a rolling cross-section survey design, beginning early October, 2001 through the Spring of 2002. The study, funded by the National Science Foundation, examined how public opinion changes over time on government policies concerning civil liberties, immigration and overseas military intervention along with changes in the perceived threat of terrorism. The study was conducted for Professors Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman, Charles Taber and Gallya Lahav of the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook University, and funded by the National Science Foundation.

 

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Reactions to the Iraq War

This survey was conducted in three phases, the first of which was conducted in the Fall of 2002, and assessed national opinion about possible US military action in Iraq. The survey was based on re-interviews with a sample of nationally representative adults who had been interviewed after 9/11 (as part of the national survey of Public Reactions to the events of September 11 project), and a sample of new individuals. The second and third phases, conducted in the Spring of 2003, consisted of re-interviews with respondents either prior to or after the invasion of Iraq, and assessed national opinion about the developing situation.

The survey, conducted for Professors George Marcus at Williams College, Michael MacKuen at the University of North Carolina, Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman and Charles Taber at Stony Brook University, and funded by the National Science Foundation, was designed to assess how specific feelings and thoughts about terrorism and military action influence support for US national security policy.

 

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Survey of Economic Differences in American Society

This national survey examined people's views on the educational and economic success of different groups in American society and the role of the government in handling these different needs. The survey focuses on how various groups of people are getting along in the current economic climate. The survey was initially conducted in the Fall of 2003, and respondents were re-interviewed in the Spring of 2004. The study was conducted for Professors Leonie Huddy and Stanley Feldman of the Stony Brook University Department of Political Science, and was funded by the National Science Foundation.