UAC Public Sentiment Survey Detailed Results

Every Voice, Every Vote Initiative: Polling Memo Companion Deck Prepared by Anavi Strategies October 25, 2023

Policy Survey Details • Open from August 14, 2023 – October 12, 2023 • Administered digitally via multiple channels: – Qualtrics survey panel targeting communities where most of UAC’s partners operate—West, Southwest, and North Philadelphia—as well as communities identified by the City as being at elevated risk of gun violence.

– UAC Program Partner Network (80+ organizations) – UAC core staff – UAC social media accounts – UAC email newsletter (6,000+ subscribers) – Every Voice, Every Vote Partner Network (along with toolkit to help those organizations share with their own networks)

• 1,002 total responses

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Key Takeaways • Crime emerged as the overwhelming issue facing the city today.

• Respondents consistently made a connection between crime and issues surrounding job creation, support for the educational system, drug treatment, and anti-violence efforts.

• Respondents were strongly aligned on policy proposals throughout the survey.

• This alignment was consistent across topics including crime, job creation and economic opportunity, housing, and incorporating equity practices into city operations.

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Key Takeaways - Crime Key Takeaway: Crime emerged as the overwhelming issue facing Philadelphia today.

Respondents ranked “crime prevention” as the #1 priority for the city far more than any other option.

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Key Takeaways - Crime Key Takeaway: Crime emerged as the overwhelming issue facing Philadelphia today.

More than 80% of respondents said they experienced at least a minor negative impact on their quality of life due to gun violence.

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Key Takeaways - Crime Key Takeaway: Respondents consistently connected crime to issues surrounding job creation, support for the educational system, drug treatment, and anti-violence efforts.

Violence prevention and job creation were the two most important issues facing the city according to respondents.

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Key Takeaways - Crime Key Takeaway: Respondents consistently connected crime to issues surrounding job creation, support for the educational system, drug treatment, and anti-violence efforts.

Helping people get jobs and increasing funding for schools, along with access to mental health and drug treatment services, were most important to respondents as crime reduction tools.

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Key Takeaways - Crime Key Takeaway: Respondents consistently connected crime to issues surrounding job creation, support for the educational system, drug treatment, and anti-violence efforts.

Youth-related issues, a lack of jobs, and education again appear as top reasons respondents saw for crime in the city—in this case, gun violence specifically.

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Key Takeaways– Jobs Key Takeaway: Respondents were strongly aligned in their support for job creation as a priority issue.

This was one of the most highlysupported proposals in the survey, with two-thirds of respondents strongly agreeing and less than 10% neutral or disagreeing.

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Key Takeaways– Jobs Key Takeaway: Respondents were strongly aligned in their support for job creation as a priority issue.

Increasing the minimum wage was ranked as the #1 jobcreation investment strategy by a very wide margin.

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Key Takeaways – Housing Key Takeaway: Respondents also supported housing-related policy suggestions, particularly regarding support for low-income residents.

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Key Takeaways – Housing Key Takeaway: Respondents also supported housing-related policy suggestions, particularly regarding support for low-income residents.

Nearly a third of respondents ranked ”Programs to help with housing costs” as the top priority housing intervention.

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Key Takeaways– City Operations & Equity Key Takeaway: Respondents reacted positively to proposals surrounding the incorporation of equity practices into city operations, including investments in new technology and efforts to increase transparency.

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Key Takeaways– City Operations & Equity Key Takeaway: Respondents reacted positively to proposals surrounding the incorporation of equity practices into city operations, including investments in new technology and efforts to increase transparency.

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Key Takeaways– City Operations & Equity Key Takeaway: Respondents reacted positively to proposals surrounding the incorporation of equity practices into city operations, including investments in new technology and efforts to increase transparency.

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