Questions - NUSA NC Feb 5-8, 2024

A Survey of 1,109 NC Likely Voters
Conducted February 5-8, 2024

by Rasmussen Reports and Numbers USA

 

1* Biden Approval

 

2* North Carolina’s population has nearly doubled since 1980, adding 5 million residents. If recent migration and fertility trends continue, demographers project the state's population to grow by another 3-point-2 million by 2050 and still be increasing.  Is this level of growth more positive or more negative for North Carolina?

 

3* Federal data show that development has taken about 2,600 square miles of North Carolina’s farmland and natural habitat since 1982. Has North Carolina developed its open lands into cities, housing, and highways too much, too little, or about as much as it should?

 

4* On balance, has recent development in North Carolina made it a better place to live, a worse place to live or did it not have much effect?

 

 

5* Has the government been able to provide the roads and transportation systems to handle the extra population and vehicles in North Carolina fairly well, or has traffic become much worse?

 

6* "According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount of cropland in North Carolina declined by nearly 1-point-7 million acres since 1982, a loss of about 25% of the state’s cropland. Is the ongoing loss of cropland in North Carolina as a major problem, somewhat of a problem, not much of a problem, or not a problem at all?"

 

 

7* How important is it for the United States to have enough farmland to feed its own population into the future, as well as help feed people in other countries?

 

 

8* Which do you agree with more:  That it is unethical to pave over and build on good cropland or that the need for more housing is a legitimate reason to eliminate cropland?

 

9* The government reports that to make room in America for growing cities the last three decades, 19 million acres of surrounding woodlands have been eliminated. How significant a problem is this loss of natural wildlife habitat?

 

 

10* Does the United States have a responsibility to the rest of the world to preserve a certain amount of its natural habitat or is preserving the United States natural habitat not a matter of global concern?

 

11* Would continuous urban development along transportation corridors from Charlotte to Winston-Salem to Greensboro to Durham to Raleigh make this region of North Carolina a better and more exciting place to live, a worse and more congested place to live, or would it not make much difference? 

 

 

12* Do you prefer that North Carolina’s towns and small cities remain separated from each other and keep their own identity or does it not matter too much if they are absorbed by larger cities?

 

13* How concerned are you about the ability to protect farmland from development in North Carolina?

 

 

14* Do you feel an emotional or spiritual uplift from time spent in natural areas like woodlands, wetlands, mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, and the ocean?

 

15* How important is it that you can get to natural areas fairly quickly from where you live?

 

16* Would you prefer that North Carolina’s population continue to grow at the recent rapid rate, that it grow much more slowly, that it stay about the same size as it is now, or that it become smaller?

 

17* Nearly all U.S. population growth is being driven by federal immigration policies. Should the federal government reduce new immigration to slow down North Carolina’s population growth, keep new immigration and population growth at the current rate, or increase annual immigration and population growth?

 

18* In trying to limit population growth by controlling illegal immigration, should Congress mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

19* Should local and state governments in North Carolina make it more difficult for people to move to the region from other states and other countries by restricting development?

 

20* Should governments protect farmland and natural habitats in North Carolina with regulations that funnel residents into higher-density development such as duplexes, apartments and condos which take up less space?

 

21* Which would you prefer as a way to protect farmland and natural habitats in North Carolina?

 

22* Building subdivisions to continuously accommodate new population growth can impose economic costs on the existing residents of municipalities.  Do you favor paying higher property taxes to accommodate population growth in your community?

 

23* One potential way of controlling new growth is by limiting the number of new hook-ups to sewage lines and wastewater treatment plants.  Do you favor using this as a tool to manage or control growth?

 

24* How long have you lived in North Carolina?

 

25* Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area?

 

26* Would you prefer to live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence