bizSearchPast Poll Results
05/21/12
Have you turned on an air conditioner yet?
Yes - 49.5%
No - 46.3%
Almost - 4.2%
Total votes - 283
05/17/12
During the year, I'm in Sussex County
Full time - 64.8%
Part time - 17.4%
Occasionally - 17.8%
Total votes - 281
05/14/12
Should all state agencies hold more public hearings?
Yes - 76.4%
No - 19.4%
Not sure - 4.2%
Total votes, 144
05/10/12
Lewes needs:
Bill Landon - 5.4%
Bonnie Osler - 34.6%
Dennis Reardon - 21.4%
Rob Morgan - 7.9%
Ted Becker - 30.7%
Total votes - 280
05/07/12
Should foreign DE students receive in-state college tuition rates?
Yes - 11%
No - 84.5%
Not sure - 4.5%
Total votes - 309
05/03/12
Does possession of less than a gram of marijuana justify an arrest?
Yes- 36.4%
No- 61.4%
Not sure - 2.2%
Total votes - 324
04/30/12
Have you ever adopted an animal from a shelter?
Yes - 60.8%
No - 33.9%
Not yet - 5.3%
Total votes - 227
04/26/12
Should underwater turbines be installed at IR Inlet?
Yes - 63.8%
No - 25.3%
Not sure - 10.8%
Total votes - 224
04/23/12
I buy lottery tickets:
Regularly - 19%
Occasionally - 50.7%
Never - 30.3%
Total votes - 221
04/19/12
If you felt threatened, would you
Stand your ground - 50.2%
Flee - 24.9%
Not sure - 24.9%
Total votes: 225
04/16/12
Where would you go to shop for a specialty item?
Amazon - 44.2%
eBay - 9.2%
Online store - 9.8%
Search engine - 19.6%
Other - 17.2%
Total votes - 163
04/12/12
How do you keep track of your favorite local stores?
Facebook- 14.5%
Twitter - .9%
Their website - 65.5%
Foursquare - .9%
Email newsletter - 18.2%
Total votes - 110
04/09/12
How are you leaning?
Obama - 42.5%
Romney - 44%
Other - 13.5%
Total votes - 348
04/05/12
We should get out of Afghanistan:
In 2014 - 12.4%
Now - 83.5%
Never - 4%
Total votes - 249
04/02/12
Should digital billboards be allowed in Sussex County?
Yes- 31.6%
No- 65.8%
Not sure - 2.6%
Total votes - 269
03/29/12
Do you understand the Affordable Health Care Act?
Pretty much - 31%
Not really - 58.6%
What is that? - 10.4%
Total votes - 203
03/26/12
I will be:
Buried - 23.7%
Cremated - 64.1%
Not sure - 12.2%
Total votes - 262
03/22/12
Should the U.S.A. be the world's enforcement agent?
Yes - 10.3%
No - 86.6%
Not sure - 3.1%
Total votes - 262
03/19/12
Does Sussex County need a land use planner?
Yes - 64.3%
No - 28.4%
Not sure - 7.3%
Total votes - 109
03/15/12
What percentage of animal shelters should be no-kill?
100 percent - 56.2%
50percent- 20.5%
10 percent- 23.2%
Total votes - 185
03/12/12
Is your health controlled by what you eat?
Yes - 52.5%
Somewhat - 37.5%
Not much - 10%
Total votes - 219
03/08/12
Where were you during the Storm of '62?
Here- 23.4%
Not here - 45.5%
Not born yet- 31.1%
Total votes - 244
03/05/12
Got your taxes done yet?
Yes - 43.8%
No - 46%
In the works - 10.2%
Total votes - 226
03/01/12
Have you been a victim of bullying?
Yes- 48.2%
No - 45.3%
Someone close to me was - 6.5%
Total votes- 170
02/27/12
Should a Lewes library annex be built at Five Points?
Yes - 40.2%
No - 51.2%
Not sure - 8.5%
Total votes - 281
02/23/12
Sandi Minard's actions stopping a school bus were:
Justified - 65.1%
Out of line - 30.7%
Not sure - 4.2%
Total votes - 401
02/20/12
Do you support a Lewes-Rehoboth water taxi?
Yes - 79.9%
No - 15.4%
Not sure - 4.7%
Total votes - 403
02/16/12
What does Valentine's Day cost you?
$20 or less - 54.9%
$20-$100 - 29.3%
$100+ - 15.8%
Total votes - 164
02/14/12
Should Catholic institutions be forced to offer birth control?
Yes - 27%
No - 70.4%
Not sure - 2.6%
Total votes 304
02/09/12
How religious are you?
Very - 21.3%
Moderately - 37.5%
Not much - 41.2%
Total votes - 267
02/06/12
Should Milton borrow $3+ million for public water?
Yes - 41.6%
No - 45.8%
Not sure - 12.7%
Total votes - 166
02/02/12
Sussex County Council represents the Cape Region:
Really well - 14.6%
Sometimes - 31%
Poorly -54.4%
Total votes - 158
01/30/12
Should older drivers be road tested?
Yes - 67.3%
No - 27.3%
Not sure - 5.4%
Total votes - 278
01/26/12
An improved Gordons Pond path will be:
An asset - 63.9%
Bad for wildlife - 23%
Not sure - 13.1%
Total votes - 193
01/23/12
Is $10/gallon gas in our future?
Yes - 28.9%
No - 58.5%
Not sure - 12.6%
Total votes - 270
01/19/12
How much do you gamble?
A little - 33.2%
A lot - 5.6%
Never - 61.2%
Total votes - 268
01/16/12
Today your vote would go to:
Obama - 35.6%
Romney - 39.2%
Other - 25.2%
Total votes - 436
01/12/12
Should a photo ID be required to vote?
Yes - 80.5%
No - 18.1%
Not sure - 1.4%
Total votes - 359
01/09/12
The US Postal Service should:
Stay as one entity - 56.2%
Be contracted out - 38.2%
Not sure - 5.5%
Total votes - 217
01/05/12
Dogfish Head's rezoning application should be:
Passed - 95.6%
Denied - 3.8%
Not sure - 0.7%
Total votes: 1959
01/02/12
The best place for my money is:
A bank/credit union - 33.3%
Stocks and bonds - 23%
Under the mattress - 43.7%
Total votes: 213
12/29/11
Which costs you more?
Cooling the house - 17.1%
Heating the house - 55.5%
About the same 27.5%
Total votes - 211
12/26/11
Should Dewey Beach have budgeted for holiday lighting?
Yes - 66%
No - 31%
Not sure - 3%
Total votes - 197
12/22/11
Dewey Beach should have:
Property taxes - 47%
Gross receipts taxes - 14.4%
No new taxes - 38.6%
Total votes - 202
12/18/11
Have you been sexually assaulted?
Yes - 24.6%
No - 68.4%
Sort of - 7%
Total votes - 228
12/15/11
Should our taxes subsidize green energy development?
Yes - 39.6%
No - 57.1%
Not sure - 3.3%
Total votes - 240
12/12/11
Should our taxes subsidize the oil companies?
Yes - 4.5%
No - 93.9%
Not sure - 1.6%
Total votes - 245
12/08/11
Should drug-sniffing dogs patrol school halls?
Yes- 72.4%
No - 24.6%
Not sure - 3%
Total votes - 337
12/05/11
What should Rehoboth do about the bufferless house on Silver Lake?
Nothing - 38.8%
Stop Construction - 36.6%
Pass a law for the future - 24.7%
Total votes - 320
12/01/11
How much have you spent on Christmas so far?
Over $400 - 28.1%
$100-$399 - 21.1%
$0-$99 - 50.8%
Total votes - 242
11/28/11
Do you miss the NBA games?
Yes - 1.2%
No - 98.8%
Not sure - 0%
Total votes - 329
11/23/11
Should there be a constitutional amendment making congress balance the budget?
Yes - 78.1%
No - 18.4%
Not sure - 3.6%
Total votes - 196
11/21/11
Where will you be on Thanksgiving?
In southern Delaware - 52.9%
In Delaware - 16%
Other places - 31.1%
Total votes - 257
11/17/11
Thinking of shopping late Thanksgiving night?
Yes - 10.9%
No - 86%
Not sure - 3.1%
Total votes - 293
11/14/11
Should welfare recipients be required to pass random drug testing?
Yes - 86.4%
No - 10.7%
It depends - 2.9%
Total votes - 486
11/09/11
Children in public school should say the Pledge of Allegiance:
Daily - 87.7%
Weekly - 3.7%
Never - 8.6%
Total votes - 268
11/07/11
Should Jusst Sooup be permitted to serve food onsite?
Yes - 63.3%
No - 29%
Not sure - 7.8%
Total votes - 411
11/03/11
Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes - 49.6%
No - 43%
Not sure - 7.4%
Total votes - 256
10/31/11
Should Milton's elementary schools be reorganized?
Yes - 26.9%
No - 64%
Not sure - 9.1%
Total votes - 350
10/27/11
Do you support withdrawing all our troops from Iraq?
Yes - 70.8%
No - 9.3%
Not this way - 19.9%
Total votes - 277
10/24/11
Should state taxpayers be responsible for rebuilding Prime Hook dunes?
Yes - 22.4%
No - 62.2%
Partially - 15.4%
Total votes - 254
10/20/11
Do you support the Wall Street protesters?
Yes - 42.1%
No - 46%
Somewhat - 11.9%
Total votes - 311
10/17/11
Should use of a tanning salon be restricted to 18 years and older?
Yes - 83.3%
No - 12.8%
Not sure - 3.9%
Total votes - 180
10/13/11
Should Sussex Sheriff's deputies receive more law enforcement training?
Yes - 66.4%
No - 26.3%
Not sure - 7.4%
Total votes - 217
10/10/11
If you could do it again, would you still have children?
Yes - 68.5%
No - 23.9%
Not sure - 7.6%
Total votes - 276
10/06/11
I care most about:
The financial situation - 74.3%
The environment - 8.7%
Health issues - 17%
Total votes - 171
10/03/11
Should beer and wine be sold in Delaware grocery stores?
Yes please - 71.1%
No way - 24.1%
Not sure - 4.8%
Total votes - 353
09/29/11
November, 2012: How are you leaning?
Pres. Obama - 35.7%
A Republican - 50.4%
Not sure - 13.9%
Total votes - 361
09/26/11
Do you believe in the death penalty?
Yes - 77.7%
No - 17.4%
Not sure - 4.9%
Total votes - 305
09/22/11
Will you use medical marijuana when it becomes legal and available in Delaware?
Yes - 40%
No - 49.4%
Not sure - 10.6%
Total votes - 255
09/19/11
Should the sale of fireworks be legalized in Delaware?
Yes - 49.1%
No - 45.6%
Not sure - 5.3%
Total votes - 283
09/15/11
When does an embryo become a human being?
At conception - 51.2%
During pregnancy - 27%
At birth - 21.7%
Total votes - 244
09/12/11
Was finding a parking place harder than usual this season?
Yes - 47.9%
No - 45.7%
Not sure - 6.4%
Total votes - 188
09/08/11
Did you follow the Makeover buzz?
Yes, a lot - 15%
Yes, somewhat - 31.9%
No - 53.1%
Total votes - 260
09/05/11
How many miles is it from your primary residence to the Lewes/Rehoboth area?
0-20 - 58.8%
20-75 - 6.6%
75+ - 34.6%
Total votes - 182
08/29/11
What would you do if your water/sewer bill were raised 90 percent?
Pay it - 5.2%
Move - 26.3%
Fight it - 68.5%
Total votes - 330
08/25/11
This weekend I will be:
At the beach - 27.2%
Working - 17.8%
At home - 55%
Total votes - 169
08/22/11
Should Rehoboth build restrooms at each end of the Boardwalk?
Yes - 75.6%
No - 21.4%
Not sure - 2.9%
Total votes - 308
08/18/11
My quality of life is:
Better than 5 years ago - 32.1%
Worse than 5 years ago - 43.9%
About the same - 24.1%
Total votes - 237
08/15/11
Delaware's recycling program is:
Really good - 22.3%
OK - 34.9%
Below standard - 42.8%
Total votes - 166
08/11/11
Should Milton impose a rental tax to help pay down the deficit?
Yes - 41.7%
No - 49.7%
Not sure - 8.6%
Total votes - 163
08/08/11
Does Sussex need stricter enforcement of sign laws?
Yes - 69.4%
No - 23.1%
Not sure - 7.5%
Total votes - 160
08/04/11
How many miles per gallon does your vehicle get on the highway?
0-15 - 10.5%
16-30 - 68.5%
31+ - 21%
Total votes: 276
08/01/11
Are you more physically active than you were 10 years ago?
Yes - 25.4%
No - 58.4%
About the same - 16.3%
Total votes: 209
07/28/11
How would you characterize the roads in Delaware?
Pretty good - 43.9%
Pretty bad - 21.8%
About average - 34.3%
Total votes: 239
07/25/11
How are the crowds this summer compared to last summer?
Bigger - 46.8%
Smaller - 22.2%
About the same - 31%
Total votes: 203
07/18/11
Should Rehoboth provide a place for people to change into/out of bathing suits?
Yes, for free - 59.1%
Yes, if they pay - 25.8%
No - 15.1%
Total votes - 298
07/15/11
Should Lewes designate land for a dog park?
Yes - 57.6%
No - 40%
Not sure - 2.4%
Total votes - 245
07/21/11
Should the use of chemicals on lawns be discouraged?
Yes - 66.9%
No - 26.9%
Not sure - 6.1%
Total votes: 245
07/18/11
Should Rehoboth provide a place for people to change into/out of bathing suits?
Yes, for free - 59.1%
Yes, if they pay - 25.8%
No - 15.1%
Total votes - 298
07/15/11
Should Lewes designate land for a dog park?
Yes - 57.6%
No - 40%
Not sure - 2.4%
Total votes - 245
07/11/11
Is it OK for Sussex County Council to open its meetings with a prayer?
Yes - 70.2%
No - 28.2%
Not sure - 1.6%
Total votes - 373
07/07/11
How much does health insurance cost you a month?
$0-$99 - 29.9%
$100-$399 - 35.8%
$400+ - 34.2%
Total votes - 187
07/04/11
Will you vote to re-elect Gov. Markell in 2012?
Yes - 31.9%
No - 54.6%
No sure - 13.6%
Total votes - 257
06/30/11
Will you vote for Obama in the next presidential election?
Yes - 29.7%
No - 62.7%
Not sure - 7.6%
Total votes - 391
06/27/11
Should the federal government be in the home mortgage business?
Yes - 17.3%
No way - 78.4%
Not sure - 4.3%
Total votes - 208
06/24/11
Should tourists be allowed to change clothes in Rehoboth's public restrooms?
Yes - 64.4%
No - 30.6%
Not sure - 5%
Total votes - 320
06/20/11
Rehoboth's enforcement efforts are:
Too hard on business - 53.1%
Too lax - 17.9%
On the mark - 29.1%
Total votes - 179
06/16/11
Rehoboth Beach should:
Be more family friendly - 48%
Be more like Key West - 19.3%
Stay in the middle - 32.7%
Total votes - 306
06/13/11
If convicted, should Earl Bradley be neutered?
Yes - 71.4%
No - 11.6%
Why - 16.9%
Total votes - 301
06/09/11
How involved is the CIA in the 'Arab Spring'?
Very - 48.5%
Moderately - 30.3%
Not so much - 21.2%
Total votes - 99
06/05/11
A person drinks too much at a bar, and gets in an accident: Whose fault is it?
Drinker - 64%
Bar owner - 2.9%
Both - 33.1%
Total votes - 378
06/02/11
Should the U.S. debt ceiling be raised?
Yes - 31%
No - 60.9%
Not sure - 8.1%
Total votes - 197
05/30/11
Should Israel go back to its 1967 borders?
Yes - 25.2%
No - 63.4%
Not sure - 11.4%
Total votes - 202
05/26/11
Should Derrick Powell be put to death?
Yes - 73.6%
No - 19.8%
Not sure - 6.6%
Total votes - 182
05/23/11
How many times will you go to the beach this summer?
Lots and lots - 37.7%
Some - 29.9%
Not much - 32.4%
Total votes - 204
05/19/11
All caught up on your bills?
Yes - 59.4%
No - 31.2%
Just barely - 9.4%
Total votes 234
05/15/11
Can you find Bulgarus on a map without assistance?
Yes - 36.9%
No - 36.9%
Where? 26.2%
Total votes 130
05/12/11
Should the use of medical marijuana be permited in Delaware?
Yes - 59.9%
No - 36.6%
Not sure - 3.4%
Total votes - 292
05/09/11
Should Social Security funds be separated from the general budget?
Yes - 90.6%
No - 3.7%
Not sure - 5.8%
Total votes - 191
05/05/11
Should Planned Parenthood's federal funding be withdrawn?
Yes - 44.1%
No - 51.3%
Not sure - 4.6%
Total votes - 306
05/02/11
Donald Trump for president?
Yes - 26.4%
No way - 60.5%
Not sure yet - 13.1%
Total votes - 375
04/28/11
Should Georgetown continue to be split into two districts?
Yes - 26.7%
No way - 56.3%
Don't know - 17%
Total votes - 176
04/25/11
Which do you use most to contact distant family and friends?
Skype - 5.3%
Phone - 50.9%
Email - 43.9%
Total votes - 171
04/21/11
Should the US raise the debt ceiling?
Yes - 33.7%
No - 62.3%
Don't know - 4%
Total votes - 252
04/18/11
Should Bush era tax breaks for the wealthy be revoked?
Yes - 64%
No - 34.2%
Not sure - 1.8%
Total votes - 386
04/14/11
Should the USA have a say in who is the leader of other countries?
Yes - 7.2%
No - 77.6%
It depends - 15.2%
Total votes - 290
04/11/11
Should Obama's Nobel Peace Prize be revoked?
Yes - 56.7%
No - 38.5%
Not sure - 4.8%
Total votes - 353
04/07/11
What are the chances the school board will find a great superintendent?
Great - 11.9%
50-50 - 42.7%
Not so great - 45.5%
Total votes - 143
04/04/11
Are you concerned radiation will hit Delaware?
Yes - 15.2%
No - 70%
A little - 14.8%
Total votes - 283
04/01/11
Have you filed your taxes yet?
Yes - 59.1%
No - 29.1%
Almost - 11.8%
Total votes - 220
03/28/11
Should convicted (male) child sex offenders be emasculated?
Yes - 72.6%
no - 19.1%
Not sure - 8.3%
Total votes - 288
03/24/11
U.S. military action in Libya is:
Justified - 30.8%
Wrong - 38.5%
A gray area - 30.8%
Total votes - 286
03/21/11
Have you received a pay raise in the last year?
Yes - 15.4%
No - 76.7%
A little one - 7.9%
Total votes - 318
03/17/11
Is it time to eliminate daylight saving time?
yes - 42.1%
No - 55.3%
Not sure - 2.6%
Total Votes - 340
03/14/11
What is up with these gas prices?
Blame the Middle East - 14.5%
Blame the oil companies - 51.3%
Blame the middle men - 34.2%
Total votes - 228
03/10/11 Do you understand Dewey Beach politics?
Yes - 14.6%
No - 72.9%
Sort of - 12.5%
Total votes - 240
03/07/11 Should we amend the constitution to madate a balanced budget?
Yes - 61.2%
No - 33.1%
Not sure - 5.7%
Total votes - 417
03/03/11 Should we send troops to Libya?
Yes - 7.3%
No - 89.6%
Not sure - 3.1%
Total votes - 547
02/28/11 Pick your favorite:
Michelle Obama - 40.2%
Sarah Palin - 41.1%
Lady Gaga - 18.7%
Total votes - 701
02/24/11 Whom do you support in Wisconsin?
Budget cutters - 56.8%
Labor unions - 37.1%
Not sure - 6.1%
Total votes - 555
02/21/11 Are you a Twitter follower?
Yes - 5.5%
No - 90.5%
A bit - 4%
Total votes - 326
02/17/11 What's your take on the UD wind turbine?
Love it - 54%
Hate it - 30.4%
Whatever - 15.6%
Total votes - 757
02/14/11 Is it true that marijuana eases pain?
Yes - 65.2%
No - 12.3%
Not sure - 22.5%
Total votes - 423
02/10/11 Should the Lewes Library move to Villages of Five Points?
Yes - 26.3%
No - 64%
Not sure - 9.8%
Total votes: 491
02/07/11 Is there life on other planets?
Yes, should be - 69.2%
No, don't think so - 14.9%
Not sure - 15.9%
Total votes - 390
02/03/11 I file my taxes:
Electronically - 71.8%
On paper - 25.1%
Not sure - 3.1%
Total votes - 355
01/31/10 Should abortion laws be:
Stricter - 37.9%
Looser - 13.8%
Left alone - 48.2%
Total votes - 448
01/27/11 Do you support table gaming/gambling in Sussex County?
Yes - 38.1%
No - 59.7%
Not sure - 2.2%
Total votes - 734
01/24/11 Sussex Tech should:
Stay the same - 44.6%
Be a technical school - 49.5%
Be like other schools - 6%
Total votes - 368
01/20/11 How far in debt did you go over the holidays?
Over $500 - 25%
$100-$500 - 21.8%
Under $100 - 53.2%
Total votes - 284
01/16/11 How often do you buy lottery tickets?
Daily - 2%
Weekly - 19%
Occasionally - 47.9%
Never - 31.2%
Total votes - 443
01/10/11 Do you know someone addicted to pain pills?
Yes - 50.7%
No - 45%
Know OF someone - 4.2%
Total votes - 353
01/06/11 How did DelDOT do on snow removal?
Great - 28.8%
Average - 39.2%
Poor - 32.1%
Total votes - 424
01/03/11 Is synthetic marijuana sprayed on herbs ok?
Yes - 20.5
No - 57.3%
Need more info - 22.2%
Total votes - 419
