Push Polling summary

Nadia Leon

Soc122 Mon/Wed 3:30- 4:45

Push polling summary

The way we conducted our push polling was we used the catishack website to dial random numbers so that we could ask people to take surveys. There were many people who would answer the calls but that did not have time to take surveys.  For those who did take the surveys they answered multiple questions that had to do with pre-trial expansion. The questions included the knowledge they already had on the subject and also the opinions they had towards the subject as well. When asked the question "do you know about the prison realignment program?"  It would appear by the results that not many were aware of this program. The second question that was asked had to do with individuals being detained while awaiting trial and how this affects tax payer dollars. This question showed that more of those who answered the survey were aware of this. Over 52% of respondents answered that they agreed and were aware. Then when asked the question "Are employees exempt from termination of employment if detained for a long time?"  the two responses to this question were close in numbers. 47% of respondents answered true and 53% of respondents answered false.

 Now when discussing the results of the race of respondents the most predominant race was Hispanic (55%). The second highest race that participated in the survey was White/Caucasian (23%). Black/African, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American all were 5% of respondents. When discussing the age of respondents the majority (71%) were in the range of 18-29. There were no respondents in the age range of 40-49. Those in the range of 30-39 and 50-59 were close in numbers, and 60+ had the least amount of respondents.  The majority of respondents was in the 10,000.00  income range. Lastly, 83% of those who agreed to take the survey were females.