National Tracking Poll

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1 National Tracking Poll Project: N Size: 1971 Registered Voters Margin of Error: ± 2% Topline Report February 16-19, 2017 Question Response Frequency Percentage FB1_1 industries or sectors... Agriculture and farming Very favorable % Somewhat favorable % Somewhat unfavorable 74 9% Very unfavorable 50 3% Heard of, No Opinion 78 9% Never Heard Of 37 2% FB1_2 FB1_3 FB1_4 industries or sectors... Airline industry Very favorable 250 3% Somewhat favorable % Somewhat unfavorable % Very unfavorable 39 7% Heard of, No Opinion 25 3% Never Heard Of 47 2% industries or sectors... Hospitality industry, such as hotels Very favorable % Somewhat favorable % Somewhat unfavorable 225 % Very unfavorable 58 3% Heard of, No Opinion 209 % Never Heard Of 38 2% industries or sectors... Energy industry Very favorable 368 9% Somewhat favorable 80 4 % Somewhat unfavorable % Very unfavorable 35 7% Heard of, No Opinion 208 % Never Heard Of 4 2% Page 1

2 Question Response Frequency Percentage FB1_5 industries or sectors... Manufacturing industry Very favorable 382 9% Somewhat favorable % Somewhat unfavorable 3 6 6% Very unfavorable 68 3% Heard of, No Opinion 2 3 % Never Heard Of 45 2% FB1_6 FB1_7 FB2_1 FB2_2 industries or sectors... Technology industry Very favorable 53 27% Somewhat favorable % Somewhat unfavorable 2 3 % Very unfavorable 49 2% Heard of, No Opinion 78 9% Never Heard Of 34 2% industries or sectors... Pharmaceutical industry Very favorable 277 4% Somewhat favorable 57 29% Somewhat unfavorable % Very unfavorable 4 2 % Heard of, No Opinion 58 8% Never Heard Of 44 2% sustainability? Agriculture and farming More good than bad 03 56% More bad than good 264 3% About equal amounts of bad and good 378 9% Don t Know / No Opinion 226 % sustainability? Airline industry More good than bad % More bad than good % About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 292 5% Page 2

3 Question Response Frequency Percentage FB2_3 sustainability? Hospitality industry, such as hotels More good than bad % More bad than good 287 5% About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 264 3% FB2_4 FB2_5 FB2_6 FB2_7 sustainability? Energy industry More good than bad % More bad than good % About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 228 2% sustainability? Manufacturing industry More good than bad % More bad than good % About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 254 3% sustainability? Technology industry More good than bad % More bad than good 304 5% About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 254 3% sustainability? Pharmaceutical industry More good than bad % More bad than good % About equal amounts of bad and good % Don t Know / No Opinion 27 4% Page 3

4 Question Response Frequency Percentage FB3_1 sectors? Agriculture and farming Excellent % Good % Only fair 304 5% Poor 83 4% Don t Know / No Opinion 304 5% FB3_2 FB3_3 FB3_4 FB3_5 sectors? Airline industry Excellent 200 0% Good % Only fair % Poor 202 0% Don t Know / No Opinion % sectors? Hospitality industry, such as hotels Excellent 285 4% Good % Only fair % Poor 87 4% Don t Know / No Opinion 374 9% sectors? Energy industry Excellent 283 4% Good % Only fair % Poor 230 2% Don t Know / No Opinion 3 4 6% sectors? Manufacturing industry Excellent 230 2% Good 68 35% Only fair % Poor 80 9% Don t Know / No Opinion 34 7% Page 4

5 Question Response Frequency Percentage FB3_6 sectors? Technology industry Excellent 375 9% Good % Only fair 364 8% Poor 82 4% Don t Know / No Opinion 366 9% FB3_7 FB4 FB5 sectors? Pharmaceutical industry Excellent 253 3% Good % Only fair % Poor 27 4% Don t Know / No Opinion 382 9% Sustainable agriculture, as de ned by law, generally means a system of agriculture that will satisfy human food and ber needs, enhance environmental quality, use resources efficiently, sustain the economic viability of farmers and bene t society as a whole. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Modern agriculture is sustainable. (N=982) Strongly agree % Somewhat agree % Somewhat disagree 2 2% Strongly disagree 34 3% Don t Know / No Opinion 22 2% Which of the following statements comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right? It is in farmers and agricultural producers best interests 59 59% to operate as sustainably as possible. When they focus on producing food more efficiently using fewer resources, its good for the environment and their businesses. We should trust them to make the right decisions. It is often not in farmers best economic interests to % operate as sustainably as possible. Government needs to step in and take action to make sure they will use farming methods that are good for the environment. Don t Know / No Opinion 344 7% Page 5

6 FB6 Question Response Frequency Percentage Now, having thought about it more, do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Modern agriculture is sustainable (N=982) Strongly agree % Somewhat agree % Somewhat disagree 05 % Strongly disagree 29 3% Don t Know / No Opinion 2 % FB7 FB8 FB9 FB10 Do you think environmental sustainability in agriculture would bene t most from cooperative incentive programs, where government and farmers work together on issues, or through additional government regulations on farmers and farming? Incentive programs % Government regulation 266 3% Don t Know / No Opinion % If government were to place additional regulations with economic costs on farmers and agricultural producers in order to improve their environmental sustainability, do you think it would... Improve sustainability on American farms % Hurt sustainability on American farms % Have no impact on sustainability on American farms 48 7% Don t Know / No Opinion % Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: The true success of an environmentally sustainable farming practice depends on whether that practice also leads to economic opportunity for the farmer. Strongly Agree % Somewhat Agree % Somewhat Disagree 3 7% Strongly Disagree 39 2% Don t Know / No Opinion 2 % A common goal of many farmers and ranchers is to leave the land in better shape than when they acquired it to pass on to the next generation. Knowing this, are you more or less likely to say modern agriculture is sustainable? Much more likely % Somewhat more likely % Somewhat less likely 25 6% Much less likely 43 2% Don t Know / No Opinion 3 5 6% Page 6

7 FB11 Question Response Frequency Percentage Many farms and ranches in the United States have been operated for generations, some for more than a century. Knowing this, are you more or less likely to say modern agriculture is sustainable? Much more likely 54 27% Somewhat more likely % Somewhat less likely 76 9% Much less likely 34 2% Don t Know / No Opinion 335 7% Note: Group proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. All statistics are calculated for registered voters with demographic post-strati cation weights applied. Page 7

8 Respondent Demographics Summary Morning Consult Respondent Demographics Summary Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent Demographics Demographic Group Frequency Percentage xdemall Registered Voters 97 00% xdemgender Gender: Male % Gender: Female % age5 Age: % Age: % Age: % Age: % Age: % xpid3 PID: Dem (no lean) % PID: Ind (no lean) % PID: Rep (no lean) % xpidgender PID/Gender: Dem Men 285 4% PID/Gender: Dem Women % PID/Gender: Ind Men 284 4% PID/Gender: Ind Women 3 2 6% PID/Gender: Rep Men 350 8% PID/Gender: Rep Women 332 7% xdemtea Tea Party: Supporter % Tea Party: Not Supporter % N 965 xdemideo3 Ideo: Liberal (1-3) % Ideo: Moderate (4) % Ideo: Conservative (5-7) % N 787 xeduc3 Educ: < College % Educ: Bachelors degree % Educ: Post-grad 238 2% xdeminc3 Income: Under 50k % Income: 50k-100k % Income: 100k % Continued on next page Page 8

9 National Tracking Poll #170205, February, 2017 Respondent Demographics Summary Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent Demographics Demographic Group Frequency Percentage xdemwhite Ethnicity: White % xdemhispbin Ethnicity: Hispanic 76 9% demblackbin Ethnicity: Afr. Am % demraceother Ethnicity: Other 2 6% xrelnet Relig: Protestant % Relig: Roman Catholic % Relig: Ath./Agn./None % Relig: Something Else 3 3 6% N 766 xreligion1 Relig: Jewish 52 3% xreligion2 Relig: Evangelical % Relig: Non-Evang. Catholics % N 60 xreligion3 Relig: All Christian 60 59% Relig: All Non-Christian % N 968 xdemusr Community: Urban 5 26% Community: Suburban % Community: Rural % xdememploy Employ: Private Sector % Employ: Government 23 6% Employ: Self-Employed 76 9% Employ: Homemaker 47 7% Employ: Student 73 4% Employ: Retired % Employ: Unemployed 7 9% Employ: Other 5 8% xdemjobstatus Job Type: White-collar % Job Type: Blue-collar % Job Type: Don t Know 360 8% xdemmilhh1 Military HH: Yes % Military HH: No % Continued on next page Page 9

10 Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent Demographics Morning Consult Respondent Demographics Summary Demographic Group Frequency Percentage xnr1 RD/WT: Right Direction % RD/WT: Wrong Track 3 56% Q172 Strongly Approve % Somewhat Approve % Somewhat Disapprove 222 % Strongly Disapprove % Dont Know / No Opinion 0 6% xnr3 #1 Issue: Economy % #1 Issue: Security % #1 Issue: Health Care 293 5% #1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 282 4% #1 Issue: Women s Issues 4 6% #1 Issue: Education 23 6% #1 Issue: Energy 85 4% #1 Issue: Other 86 4% xsubvote16o 2016 Vote: Democrat Hillary Clinton % 2016 Vote: Republican Donald Trump % 2016 Vote: Someone else 202 0% N 72 xsubvote12o 2012 Vote: Barack Obama % 2012 Vote: Mitt Romney % 2012 Vote: Other 92 5% 2012 Vote: Didn t Vote 43 22% N 966 xreg4 4-Region: Northeast 360 8% 4-Region: Midwest % 4-Region: South % 4-Region: West % Note: Group proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. All statistics are calculated with demographic post-strati cation weights applied. Page 10

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