A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
By Gordon Black
The following report is based on the second state-wide survey of 1000 Wisconsin residents commissioned by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI). The first survey was conducted in January 1988, and the focus of the survey was on a series of statewide issues of continuing interest to WPRI. These issues included taxes, the state welfare system, public education, and crime and the criminal justice system. One purpose of this first survey was to establish a set of benchmark measures of public attitudes, where changes in these attitudes could be tracked over time.
The second survey, conducted in the first week after schools reopened from summer vacation, returns to a number of questions asked seven months ago, but additional questions were asked on each topic and several new issues dealing with environmental problems were added. Both surveys were conducted by the Gordon S. Black Corporation on behalf of WPRI.
