Verbatim Responses: 02/11/09

The following are verbatim responses to open ended questions from the January 2009 Poll.

What issue or problem should be Governor Perdue’s highest priority?

• Jobs
• Address the homeless and drug problem
• Jobs
• Economy
• Economy
• Taxes
• Economy
• Jobs
• Education
• Employment
• Property values need to be stable
• Health care
• Improve employment
• Take care of veterans
• Health care
• Education
• Taxes
• Road and traffic
• Child healthcare, public education, economy
• Provide funding for schools
• Fix the banking industry in N.C.
• More jobs in North Carolina area
• Job market
• Transportation
• Economy
• The economy and jobs
• Economy and creating jobs
• Transportation issues
• Stopping crime
• Get highways and roads in order
• Taxes
• Joblessness
• Education
• The economy
• Employment
• Economy
• Illegal immigration
• War in Iraq
• Jobs
• Employment
• Creating jobs
• Economy
• Create jobs
• Economy
• Gas tax
• Just do the best she can
• Lack of jobs
• Balancing the budget
• Economy
• Unemployment
• Education
• The economy
• Unemployment
• The economy
• The economy
• She has been too nice. Needs to stick up for people of N.C.
• Improve education
• Economy
• Less taxes on N.C., cut spending
• Illegal immigration
• Economy
• Improving the economy
• Economy and education
• Better education
• The economy
• Taxation
• Standardized testing
• Economy
• Economic development
• Jobs
• Better funding for education.
• The economy
• Corruption of the government
• Education
• Economy
• Economy first and illegal immigration
• Getting rid of illegals
• The economy
• Industry
• Economy
• Fix the taxes
• Employment
• We need more funding for public education and more aid for college students.
• More jobs that paid a living wage
• Economy issues.
• Economy
• Jobs and economy
• The budget
• Health care
• Economy
• Economy and safety
• Employment
• Get the economy on track.
• Industry jobs
• Jobs
• Controlling the spending
• Education
• Deficit and spending
• Getting jobs for people
• Economy
• Economy lowering taxes and business taxes
• Getting jobs
• Economy
• Economy
• Creating jobs
• Getting businesses back in N.C.
• Economy
• Job market
• Economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Handling the deficit
• The economy
• The economy
• Jobs
• New businesses
• Economy and jobs
• Juvenile system needs to be fixed upright
• Try to get more jobs here
• Cutting corporation taxes
• Jobs
• Education
• The economy and health care
• Stopping the corruption in government
• Better education
• Jobs
• Protect North Carolina from federal government
• The economy
• Improving the economy
• Economy
• Improve jobs
• Roads and highways
• Pollution
• Help create more jobs
• Create jobs
• Education
• Education
• Focus on the economy
• Schools, roads and economy
• Jobs
• Education and the economy
• Jobs
• Health care
• Jobs
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy getting people back to work
• Jobs
• Taxes
• Unemployment in N.C..
• More jobs
• Better education
• She needs to listen more
• More jobs
• The economy
• The economy
• Jobs
• Jobs
• Education
• Balance the budget
• Improving jobs
• Create jobs.
• Economy
• Economy
• Educational funding
• Employment /jobs
• Gas prices
• Economy in N.C., make sure there is something besides one industry supporting the
• Economy
• Getting North Carolina back to work
• Employment
• Economy
• Better education.
• She needs a better a writer for her speeches
• Unemployment
• Economy
• Jobs, the economy
• Jobs
• Illegal immigrants
• Economic and creating jobs
• Balance the budget cut spending
• Economy
• Economy and education
• More industry
• Creating jobs and the economy
• Dealing with the economy
• Promoting employment for N.C.
• Economy improving jobs
• Creating more jobs
• Education
• Jobs.
• Taxes/reduction and money management
• Jobs
• Clean up the gangs
• The economy
• Balance the budget
• Crime and gangs
• Jobs
• Economy
• Getting jobs in N.C.
• Economy of the state
• Employment more jobs
• The economy
• The economy
• Improve the school system
• To create better jobs
• Lower taxes
• Improving the economy
• Employment
• The job market
• Take better care of charlotte
• The economy
• The economy, bringing jobs back to N.C. and immigration
• The economy
• Education
• Economy
• Health care
• The economy
• State employees
• Create more jobs.
• Education
• Jobs
• The economy
• Getting state health care under order
• Bring jobs here
• Education
• Needs more jobs
• Jobs
• Health issues
• Reducing state taxes
• The economy
• Jobs
• Jobs
• Economy and finding jobs
• Economy
• Bringing jobs to N.C. and lowering taxes
• Balancing the budget shortfall
• Bring more jobs to the area
• Access to off shore oil
• The economy
• Jobs
• Direct more money to the district attorney office
• Getting jobs and raising teacher pay
• Balance the N.C. budget
• Better education over all.
• The economy
• Rebuilding the roads
• The economy
• Education and the economy
• Budgeting the economics
• Getting people back to work
• Roads and highways
• Issues of the economy
• Roads
• Education
• Balance the budget
• The economy
• Employment
• Lowering taxes
• The economy
• Putting Americans to work
• Roads
• The economy
• Bring more jobs as well
• Farming issues
• Unemployment
• The economy
• Economy
• Jobs, recreation
• Education
• Did not visit new Hanover… Visit more areas
• Bring in new industry
• Crime
• Reduce North Carolina’s budget problems.
• Education
• Roads and jobs
• Helping with jobs in the economy
• Economy
• Taxes
• Helping N.C. improve itself
• The jobs and health care, economy
• Economy
• Jobs for the whole state
• Economy
• Employment
• Education
• The state economy
• Jobs
• Roads and highways
• Keeping jobs in North Carolina
• Education
• Improve the economy.
• Education-putting slower learners in one class and faster learners in higher
• Classes
• Highways and road improvement
• Jobs
• Economy
• Improving jobs
• High taxes
• Prescription costs for sr. Citizens
• The economy
• Economy
• Jobs and economy
• Employment
• Repealing the gasoline tax
• Ending the war in Iraq
• Economy and jobs
• The job rate
• Education
• Unemployment
• Getting jobs back to the working class
• School systems
• Help the economy.
• Economy
• Mental health system needs improvement
• Economics
• Economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Creating jobs
• The welfare of people in N.C.
• Education
• Lack of employment
• Job increase
• Employment go up
• Improve the economy
• Job increase
• Employment
• Economy
• Better education
• Illegal immigration
• Jobs
• Getting jobs back in N.C.
• Economy and employment
• Unemployment
• Job creation.
• Economy
• Create jobs and better the economy.
• Education
• The economy and schools
• The economy.
• Improve education funding
• Unemployment
• Improving the economy
• Economy
• Employment
• Education
• Jobs/economy
• Economy
• Creating jobs and keeping them in N.C.
• Getting people off welfare
• Creating jobs
• Improving the economy, including keeping businesses open
• Unemployment
• Get rid of government corruption.
• Jobs lost in North Carolina
• Economy
• The economy.
• The economy and the state budget and lower taxes
• Education
• Looking at sanctity of life and trying to assist business in retaining workers
• Cleaning up dept of transportation
• Controlling spending
• Government spending
• Needs more schools
• The state of N.C. To be a safe place to live
• Balance the budget
• The economy improve the standard of living
• Get the economy back on track.
• Education
• Fixing things in N.C…Such as jobs
• Public education
• Getting the economy straight
• The economy
• Bringing jobs to North Carolina
• Jobs

What is the biggest issue or problem facing North Carolina today?

• People being jobless
• Losing jobs
• High taxes
• Foreclosures
• Crime
• High taxes
• Drug addicts on the street. More homes for the homeless.
• Jobs
• Lack of jobs
• Jobs
• Education
• Financial issues
• Lack of jobs
• Jobs, foreclosures, economy
• Taxes
• Unemployment
• Taxes and unemployment
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Servicemen get no respect
• Jobs
• The economy
• Economy
• War in Iraq
• Employment
• Jobs
• Unemployment
• Not enough jobs
• Need more jobs
• No jobs
• Healthcare
• Unemployment
• Job wages are too low
• Unemployment
• Economy/jobs
• Economy
• Economy
• Lack of jobs
• Employment
• Joblessness
• Healthcare for children
• The economy
• Needs more jobs
• The lack of employment
• Road conditions
• Jobs
• Housing values
• Lack of employment
• Give seniors more consideration
• The banking industry
• Lack of jobs
• Unemployment
• Roads, not enough jobs
• Gas tax
• The crime rate
• Illegal immigration
• Economy
• Lower health care
• Economy
• Economy
• Jobs and health care
• Crash of housing market and credit crunch
• Unemployment
• The economy
• Unemployment
• Unemployment and affordable homes
• The government corruption
• No jobs
• Joblessness
• Jobs
• Jobs
• Illegal immigrants
• Lack of jobs
• High taxes
• Economy
• Education
• Employment
• Economy
• Unemployment rate
• Standardized testing
• Economy
• Unemployment
• Social issues
• We need better pay for our teachers.
• The economy
• Unemployment
• Improvement of education
• Business insurance
• Education, employment
• Not enough money being issued in Brunswick county
• Our politicians are corrupt
• Health insurance
• Larger world view
• Jobs
• Taxes
• The economy
• Loss of jobs.
• Economy
• The economy and budget.
• Unemployment
• Economy
• Jobs
• The government
• Moral issues
• Economy
• Economy
• Lack of employment
• Loss of jobs.
• Employment
• Gas tax
• Jobs
• Job cuts
• Education
• No jobs
• Lack of industry employment education
• Economy
• Lack of leadership
• Jobs leaving North Carolina and going overseas
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Economy and loss of jobs
• Economy
• Jobs
• Taxes
• Economy
• The economy
• Making sure education interfaces with need for employment
• Loss of jobs
• Labor issues
• Medical care and treatments
• New industry
• Tax on gas
• Moving jobs overseas
• Unemployment
• The economy and not enough jobs and taxes
• Crime rate in certain cities
• Unemployment
• Economy
• Unemployment and health care issues
• Jobs,health care,insurance
• Government
• Property growth is too slow
• Jobs
• Government corruption
• Jobs
• Employment
• The economy..attracting larger corporations to generate jobs
• Jobs
• Economy
• Illegal immigration
• Pollution
• Not enough jobs
• Lack of jobs
• Taxes
• Economy
• Education
• Lack of employment
• Traffic
• Jobs
• Economy
• Economics and health care
• Unemployment
• Economy
• Job security
• Economy
• Lack of jobs
• Unemployment
• Unemployment for college grads
• Education
• Public education needs better funding.
• Not enough jobs for the people.
• The economy
• The economy
• Employment
• Jobs
• Jobs lost
• Economy
• Jobs
• Illegal immigration
• The economy and loss of jobs.
• Home sales
• Rate of unemployment
• Loss of jobs.
• The education system, and seniors
• Jobs and economy
• Diversity of the job base, economy
• Loss of jobs
• Unemployment
• Healthcare for seniors and education
• Better quality of education.
• Economy
• Illegal immigration
• Unemployment
• Economy
• The economy
• Jobs
• Economy
• Economics and education
• More jobs, spending money and education
• Economy
• Employment
• Job loss
• Creating more jobs because everything has been taken overseas
• Employment
• Economy we need more jobs
• Economy
• The economy
• Education funding
• Govt. does not know how to manage money.
• Government corruption
• The economy
• Budget issues
• Crime and gangs
• Jobs
• Economy and taxes
• Unemployment
• Financial problems
• Employment wants to see more jobs
• Loss of jobs
• Unemployment
• The economy
• Economy
• The economy
• The welfare program should be revised
• Jobs
• The economy
• Unemployment
• The economy
• Taxes
• The job market
• Unemployment
• Energy taxes, people need to start doing the right thing hope tomorrow brings a change
• The economy
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Economy and job loss
• The economy
• High prices and mortgages
• Jobs and economy
• The economy is very bad.
• Education and highways
• Immigration issue
• Not enough jobs
• Health issues..North Carolina people are overweight and tobacco usage in public places
• Lack of jobs
• Employment
• Morality/teasing in school
• Not enough jobs
• Jobs
• Economy
• High taxes
• Banking industries going down hill
• Jobs
• Burglary
• The economy
• Lost jobs
• The budget shortfall
• The unemployment rate
• Economic situation, bank issues
• Financial issues
• Jobs
• Lack of money for the criminal justice system in charlotte
• Jobs
• Need to balance budget, roads need to be fixed
• Better education.
• Unemployment
• Rebuilding the roads
• The economy
• Jobs education and economy
• The economy
• Jobs
• Jobs and crime
• Quality education
• Abortion issue
• The high taxes
• Unemployment
• All the taxes are too high
• Illegal immigration
• Spending
• Economy
• Economy and lack of jobs
• Loss of jobs
• Health insurance issues
• The economy
• Economy
• Unemployment
• The economy and education
• Taxes
• Drug dealers, robbery
• The economy
• Better education
• Roads
• Too many immigrants taking jobs
• Budgetary constraints
• Taxes
• Immigration
• Health care and jobs
• Education
• Job loss
• Employment
• Quality of education
• Mental health issue
• The economy
• Job loss
• Education, better
• The bad economy.
• Too many people out of work..needs better paying jobs in the area, gangs more
• Police patrol to keep the violence under control.
• Not enough paid holidays
• Highways
• Financial.. Jobs
• Economy
• The economy
• Taxes
• Health care – prescription drug costs
• Lack of employment
• People losing jobs
• Economy
• NC residents are content to be ignorant to important issues
• Job losses
• Economy and jobs
• Money issues nobody has enough
• High taxes
• Lack of management of the state
• Unemployment
• Jobs
• They over tax everything
• Unemployment
• School systems
• Crime and public safety.
• Jobs
• Misappropriated money
• Economics
• Economy
• Sickness and not enough health care
• Job loss economics
• Jobs
• The recession
• The economy
• Need jobs to have insurance
• Loss of jobs
• Unemployment
• Economics issues
• Unemployment
• Increasing the growth of new business
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Better education for students.
• Illegal immigration
• Lack of jobs
• People losing jobs and an increase in crime
• Economy and jobs
• Jobs
• Unemployment
• The weak economy.
• The economy
• The bad economy.
• Economy
• The schools and the roads are in bad conditions
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Lack of jobs
• Government corruption
• Unemployment
• Environmental issues/wetlands/acid rain in mountains
• Economy
• Bad roads and not enough roads
• The environment
• Job market, losing industry
• Unemployment
• Lost of textile jobs
• Economy
• The economy.
• Taxes, jobs
• Snow removal
• Moral breakdown in the family
• Economy
• Jobs
• Taxes
• Lack of jobs
• Needs better schools
• Jobs
• Jobs
• The economy
• No jobs.
• Affordable child care
• Not enough money
• Economy
• The farming industry
• More jobs everyone is losing them
• Urban sprawl
• Unemployment
• Unemployment
• Government waste and spending
• Loss of jobs
• Businesses going overseas
• Misuse of tax dollars

What issue or problem should be President Obama’s biggest priority?

• The economy
• Taking care of everyone’s needs
• Increasing jobs
• Economy
• Creating jobs and returning them to USA.
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy
• End the war
• Financial conditions, war in Middle East
• Employment
• Economy
• The economy
• Bring more jobs to area
• Improving education
• Economy
• Bringing in more jobs
• Getting more jobs
• The economy
• The economy
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy
• The war in Iraq
• Domestic issues
• Getting Americans back to work
• Ending the war
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Welfare of the elderly and disabled
• Getting jobs back into the economy
• Economy
• See about the economy first
• The war in Iraq
• Employment
• Foreclosures
• Economy
• Employment
• Economy
• Job creation
• The economy
• The recession
• Get the economy straightened out
• Job creation
• Economy
• The economy
• Employment and affordable housing
• Increasing employment
• The economy
• The economy
• The economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Get economy started
• The economy
• The economy
• Economy
• The economy
• The economy and getting rid of the war
• Economy and getting us back to work, keeping politics honest
• Getting the economy back in order
• Economy
• The economy and jobs
• Deal with illegals
• Stabilize the economy
• The war in Iraq
• Economy-lowering unemployment rate
• Taking care of American citizens first
• Economy
• Getting the economy on track
• The war
• Economy
• Getting jobs
• Our economy.
• Employment
• The economy
• The economy
• Health care cost
• The economy
• National security
• Getting out of Iraq
• The economy
• Economy
• Economy and war
• Economy
• The economy
• Get the economy back up and create jobs.
• Economy
• National security.
• The foreign policy
• Economy
• Economy
• Homeland security
• Economy
• Economy
• Fixing the stock market
• The economy
• The economy
• Economy
• Stopping the war
• Getting jobs back to America
• Economy
• The economy
• The war
• War on terrorism
• Bringing jobs back to the country
• Lack of jobs
• Economy
• Economy. Jobs
• Economy
• Creating jobs
• Economy stabilized
• Safety of the USA
• National security
• Taking profitability out of health care
• The economy
• Homeland security and health care
• Getting the US back into a working force
• Economic issues
• The war the economy back where it need to be.
• Economy
• Economy
• Economy
• Getting the economy back on track
• Employment people can’t pay their taxes
• Government spending
• More done for senior citizens
• Jobs
• Corruption
• Economy
• The economy
• Improving the economy
• Economy
• The economy
• Health care and economy
• Affordable health care for the elderly
• Employment, lack of
• How to fix the economy
• Economy specifically mortgages
• Healthcare
• Home security
• Economy finding more jobs
• Economy
• The economy
• The economy and jobs and education
• Creating jobs
• Needs to take care of the economy
• Taxes jobs and the economy
• Job increase
• Economy
• Economy
• Need to get people back to work
• The economy and bringing in jobs
• Get the country together
• The economy
• Unemployment in America
• Economy
• The economy.
• Improve the economy
• Stop the war!
• Getting us out of the recession
• Illegal immigration
• The economy
• Bring troops home
• Jobs
• Economy
• Social issues
• Stopping illegal immigration
• The economy.
• Stopping the war
• Economy
• He needs to create jobs.
• Ditch Guantanamo, and deal with the war
• Job opportunities
• Financial meltdown, energy policy extracting from war in middle east
• Economy
• Employment
• The economy
• Our economy.
• Economy
• The economy
• Economy and war
• Economy
• Stop handing money out to the big corporations and start handing it to low
• Income people
• Jobs
• The economy
• Economy and the war
• The war keeping the country safe and more jobs for the people
• Employment problems.. Iraq.. Economy
• Economy
• Terrorism and what is going on overseas as far at the war..the economy
• The economy
• Economy finding jobs is critical
• Economy
• The economy, the war in Iraq
• Economy
• Jobs and money
• Economy
• Jobs
• Economy
• The economy and the safety of this country
• Economy
• The economy.
• Jobs
• Homeland security
• The economy
• Improve the economy
• Creating more jobs
• Security of our nation
• The economy
• Economy
• The war in Iraq
• Health care, and the war situation
• To get people off welfare and back to work
• The economy
• Job creation
• The economy
• Economy
• Employment and stop sending jobs overseas
• The economy
• Keeping America safe , the economy, tax lower for the middle class
• The war
• The economy
• Provide jobs and improve the economy
• Economy and job creation
• Economy
• Economy
• The war in Iraq.
• The economy and keeping the country safe
• Create more jobs
• Create new jobs
• Economy
• The economy
• Jobs
• Needs jobs
• Creating jobs
• Economy
• Revive the economy
• The economy
• Economy
• Economy
• War and economy
• Economy protecting our nation building alliances being specific about what he
• Want Americans to do
• Restoring our reputation in the world
• The war in Iraq
• War in Iraq
• The economy
• Jobs
• Keeping fuel prices low
• Restoring middle class of America
• Restore confidence in the people on money issues
• The economy. We need change.
• Social issues
• Economy
• Taxes
• The economy
• The economy, the war
• Find jobs
• Economy issues
• The economy
• Economic development
• Getting jobs
• The war
• The war
• The economy
• The economy
• Illegal immigration
• Economy
• The us economy
• Bringing jobs back to the United States
• The economy
• Help for the elderly
• The economy
• Economy
• Jobs
• Terrorism
• Economy
• Privacy rights
• Economy
• Getting more jobs
• Improve the economy
• Unify the nation
• Economy
• Helping the small minorities like low income families
• Financial situation
• Economy
• The war
• Health care and the jobs, the war and the economy
• Economy
• The war and the jobs
• Whatever he thinks he should do first
• Employment
• Balanced budget
• Economy
• The economy
• The debt
• The economy
• Getting jobs back on track
• Economy
• The economy.
• Thinks he should not pull out of the war or we’re going to have a war here on
• U.S. Soil
• Economy
• Racial issues
• Economy… Big spenders
• Economy
• The economy
• The economy
• To be fair to all people and just do the best in his ability.
• Putting god back in schools
• Economy
• National security
• The economy
• Getting Americans to believe in one another
• To get things straightened out
• Economy
• Straighten the economy
• Economy
• Unemployment
• Getting jobs back to the working class people
• Economic plan
• Economy
• End the war in Iraq.
• Stop abortion
• National safety/terrorism
• Economics
• Terrorism
• Economy
• The economy fixed
• Economy
• The war and recession
• The welfare of the citizens
• Economy
• Health care cost
• Unemployment and health care
• Take care of the people in the rural areas
• Improve political corruption
• The economy
• Unemployment
• To support alternative fuel projects.
• Increase employment
• Turn the economy around
• Is getting jobs back in the US
• Economy
• Jobs
• To better the economy
• Healthcare… War… Economy
• Economy
• Jobs and the economy.
• Education
• He needs to more conservative
• The economy.
• The economy
• The recession
• The economy and jobs
• The economy
• National security
• The economy
• Getting the country out of debt
• Health care/affordable
• Economy
• The economy
• The economy
• War, economy, health care
• Ending the war
• Healthcare providing affordable healthcare for everyone
• Economy and off dependency for foreign fuel
• The economy.
• The war and the economy let the free market work
• Health care
• Economy
• The war and more jobs
• Job stimulation and health care
• The war, jobs for the people
• Economy
• The economy making sure we are safe
• Bring jobs back to America
• The economy, stop the war
• Create jobs
• Education
• Keep the country safe
• Economy
• The farming industry and gas prices
• Issues here at home…economy
• Infrastructure of the US
• Getting a handle on taxes for the middle class
• Improving the economy
• Economy
• The economy on its feet
• Economy trying to improve living for the middle class… And education