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poll results
Florida Survey
600 sample; +/-4.0% margin of error
October, 1999
1. Currently 18% of the land in the United States' National forests is permanently protected from logging and other development. Do you think the US has too much permanently protected area in national forests, not enough permanently protected area in national forests, or the right amount of permanently protected area in the national forests, or aren't you sure about that?
Too much permanently protected area 6
Not enough permanently protected area 53
Right amount of permanently protected area 34
Not Sure 7
2. Would you favor or oppose a proposal that permanently protects all roadless areas of 1,000 acres and larger on all National Forest lands, from road building, off-road vehicles, mining, oil drilling, and other development - or are you undecided? [FOLLOW UP: Is that strongly or somewhat (favor/ oppose)]?
Strongly Favor 46 (72)
Somewhat Favor 25
Somewhat Oppose 9
Strongly Oppose 5 (14)
Undecided 14
Now, I am going to read you some specific provisions of the proposal I just described. Please tell me whether you favor or oppose each one. Here's the first one:
Do you STRONGLY favor, SOMEWHAT favor, somewhat OPPOSE, or STRONGLY oppose this proposal?
__3. This proposal would block development in
all National forest roadless areas of 1,000 acres or
more that have not yet been developed
strong favor 47
smwt favor 32
smwt oppose 10
strong oppose 4
don't know 5
__4. This proposal would prohibit off-road vehicle use,
including four-by-fours, motorcycles, and snowmobiling in
all national forest roadless areas of 1,000 acres or
more that have not yet been developed
strong favor 42
smwt favor 30
smwt oppose 14
strong oppose 8
don't know 5
__5. This proposal would prohibit commercial logging
in all national forest roadless areas of 1,000 acres or more
that have not yet been developed
strong favor 51
smwt favor 30
smwt oppose 9
strong oppose 5
don't know 4
__6. This proposal would prohibit oil drilling and
exploration in all national forest roadless areas of
1,000 acres or more that have not yet been developed
strong favor 54
smwt favor 24
smwt oppose 13
strong oppose 5
don't know 4
Thinking of the proposals you just heard, please tell me whether you favor or oppose the following statement.
[IF FAVOR/OPPOSE: Is that strongly or somewhat?]
SPLIT SAMPLE A
__7. That these protections would affect roadless areas
across the country and no region would be allowed to
exempt their national forests from the program.
strong favor 43
smwt favor 29
smwt oppose 11
strong oppose 10
don't know 7
SPLIT SAMPLE B
__8. That these protections would not apply to some regions,
notably coastal rainforests in Alaska and the ancient
rainforests of the Pacific Northwest.
strong favor 18
smwt favor 17
smwt oppose 25
strong oppose 27
don't know 13
Finally, I would like to ask you a few questions for statistical purposes only.
9. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a REPUBLICAN, a DEMOCRAT, an INDEPENDENT, or something else?
strong Republican 19 (36)
not so strong Republican 13
indep. - leans Republican 4
independent 26
indep. - leans Democratic 7
not so strong Democrat 11
strong 16 (34)
(don't know/other) 4
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