Should the Legislature pass a bill to give additional time to repeat criminal offenders?
Yes - 2455 votes - 91.3%
No - 234 votes - 8.7%
Total votes:2689
Should the city spend money for a community gang problem assessment?
Yes - 888 votes - 33.8%
No - 1739 votes - 66.2%
Total votes:2627
Are local state court prosecutors too lenient in the punishment they recommend to judges in most criminal cases?
Yes - 1625 votes - 84.9%
No - 289 votes - 15.1%
Total votes:1914
Should the Legislature pass a bill stating that transgender people have to use the bathroom of the sex on their birth certificate?
Yes - 1245 votes - 52.33%
No - 1134 votes - 47.67%
Total votes:2379
Poll Results
Should the Erlanger board have agreed to a contract that gave its outgoing CEO $728,000 in severance pay?
Yes - 407 votes - 14.16%
No - 2468 votes - 85.84%
Total votes:2875
Poll Results
Should Republicans have put Democrats Tommie Brown and JoAnne Favors in the same district?
Yes - 1370 votes - 62.1%
No - 836 votes - 37.9%
Total votes:2206
For president on the Republican ticket would you favor?
Michele Bachmann - 172 votes - 4.74%
Newt Gingrich - 804 votes - 22.15%
Jon Huntsman - 290 votes - 7.99%
Ron Paul - 821 votes - 22.62%
Rick Perry - 142 votes - 3.91%
Mitt Romney - 860 votes - 23.69%
Rick Santorum - 541 votes - 14.9%
Total votes:3630
Should action be taken to close Club Fathom?
Yes - 3638 votes - 86.76%
No - 555 votes - 13.24%
Total votes:4193
Should the County Commission take action to remove Occupy Chattanooga from the courthouse lawn?
Yes - 1507 votes - 71.66%
No - 596 votes - 28.34%
Total votes:2103
For County Commission District 3, do you favor?
Marty Haynes - 566 votes - 42.49%
Mitch McClure - 469 votes - 35.21%
Mitzi Yates - 297 votes - 22.3%
Total votes:1332
Poll Results
Should the U.S. leave some troops in Iraq?
Yes - 996 votes - 31.23%
No - 2193 votes - 68.77%
Total votes:3189
Should insurance companies be required to notify the state of those who have auto insurance so a check can be made when motorists go to buy tags?
Yes - 2232 votes - 74.7%
No - 756 votes - 25.3%
Total votes:2988
Should guard rail be put up at the location where Gail Palmgren's Jeep went off Signal Mountain?
Yes - 1469 votes - 57.27%
No - 1096 votes - 42.73%
Total votes:2565
In a head-to-head county mayor clash, would you favor?
Jim Coppinger - 1653 votes - 56.75%
Rick Wilson - 1260 votes - 43.25%
Total votes:2913
For president on the Republican ticket would you favor?
Michelle Bachmann - 123 votes - 2.86%
Herman Cain - 433 votes - 10.06%
Newt Gingrich - 1119 votes - 25.99%
Jon Huntsman - 263 votes - 6.11%
Ron Paul - 1699 votes - 39.46%
Rick Perry - 114 votes - 2.65%
Mitt Romney - 486 votes - 11.29%
Rick Santorum - 69 votes - 1.6%
Total votes:4306
Do you support having a new Chattanooga mayoral election next August?
Yes - 2609 votes - 63.76%
No - 1483 votes - 36.24%
Total votes:4092
Should members of Occupy Chattanooga be allowed to pitch tents on the County Courthouse lawn?
Yes - 1091 votes - 28.52%
No - 2735 votes - 71.48%
Total votes:3826
Do you believe the women who claim Herman Cain sexually harassed them?
Yes - 1214 votes - 37.6%
No - 1611 votes - 49.89%
Can't decide - 404 votes - 12.51%
Total votes:3229
For 3rd District House on the GOP side, would you favor:
J.B. Bennett - 235 votes - 8.77%
Chuck Fleischmann - 736 votes - 27.47%
Jean Howard-Hill - 264 votes - 9.85%
Robin Smith - 575 votes - 21.46%
Weston Wamp - 869 votes - 32.44%
Total votes:2679
Do you feel the Haslam administration has been too heavy-handed in dealing with protestors at the Legislative Plaza?
Yes - 1256 votes - 39.3%
No - 1940 votes - 60.7%
Total votes:3196
Should members of Occupy Chattanooga be allowed to camp out in a city park?
Yes - 870 votes - 29.63%
No - 2066 votes - 70.37%
Total votes:2936
Should Tennessee's Voter Photo ID bill be repealed?
Yes - 644 votes - 29.75%
No - 1521 votes - 70.25%
Total votes:2165
Should County Commission Chairman Larry Henry have recused himself from voting for his nephew as a magistrate?
Yes - 1892 votes - 85.61%
No - 318 votes - 14.39%
Total votes:2210
What view do you have of the Occupy Wall Street protestors?
Favorable - 1262 votes - 40.01%
Unfavorable - 1892 votes - 59.99%
Total votes:3154
Should several million dollars be spent on a 40-year regional growth plan?
Yes - 681 votes - 26.92%
No - 1849 votes - 73.08%
Total votes:2530
Should the city pay $32,000 for a piece of public art in North Chattanooga?
Yes - 422 votes - 12.02%
No - 3090 votes - 87.98%
Total votes:3512
Should a new hotel be built on the riverfront at a site used by Riverbend and Head of the Hooch?
Yes - 748 votes - 27.56%
No - 1966 votes - 72.44%
Total votes:2714
Poll Results
If Tommie Brown and JoAnne Favors are put in the same House district and both run, would you favor?
Tommie Brown - 931 votes - 59.87%
JoAnne Favors - 624 votes - 40.13%
Total votes:1555
Would you consider buying a new Chattanooga-built Passat?
Yes - 1771 votes - 57.72%
No - 1297 votes - 42.28%
Total votes:3068
Will the UTC Mocs have another winning football season?
Yes - 2311 votes - 80.24%
No - 569 votes - 19.76%
Total votes:2880
Do you believe that officials in the path of Hurricane Irene over-reacted on ordering evacuations?
Yes - 548 votes - 20.17%
No - 2169 votes - 79.83%
Total votes:2717
Poll Results
Do you believe another national recession is on the way?
Yes - 2067 votes - 71.87%
No - 809 votes - 28.13%
Total votes:2876
Should those living outside the city have to pay a fee to use the Chattanooga Public Library?
Yes - 1250 votes - 42.37%
No - 1700 votes - 57.63%
Total votes:2950
Do you believe the congressional super committee will be able to make significant cuts in the deficit?
Yes - 310 votes - 11.56%
No - 2371 votes - 88.44%
Total votes:2681
Have you been bothered by a foul odor in downtown Chattanooga?
Yes - 1517 votes - 55.96%
No - 1194 votes - 44.04%
Total votes:2711
Should city and county leaders work over the next year to achieve consolidation?
Yes - 994 votes - 44.92%
No - 1219 votes - 55.08%
Total votes:2213
Will President Obama and Congress be able to reach a debt deal prior to the deadline?
Yes - 1829 votes - 57.53%
No - 1350 votes - 42.47%
Total votes:3179
During the trouble on the Walnut Street Bridge late Saturday night do you believe the noises heard were?
Firecrackers - 673 votes - 25.18%
Gunshots - 2000 votes - 74.82%
Total votes:2673
Should Congress approve another increase in the debt ceiling?
Yes - 1276 votes - 39.31%
No - 1970 votes - 60.69%
Total votes:3246
Are Americans less patriotic than we once were?
Yes - 1611 votes - 73.87%
No - 570 votes - 26.13%
Total votes:2181
Will the morbid images being placed on cigarette packages stop many people from smoking?
Yes - 225 votes - 11.27%
No - 1772 votes - 88.73%
Total votes:1997
Poll Results
Is global warming a factor in repeat storms that have hit the Chattanooga area in the last few years?
Yes - 935 votes - 37.28%
No - 1573 votes - 62.72%
Total votes:2508
Should Barack Obama have a second term as President?
yes - 1196 votes - 31.73%
No - 2573 votes - 68.27%
Total votes:3769
Should emissions testing end now that Chattanooga meets smog standards?
Yes - 2091 votes - 73.09%
No - 770 votes - 26.91%
Total votes:2861
Should there be a national search to replace Supt. Jim Scales?
Yes - 732 votes - 30.29%
No - 1685 votes - 69.71%
Total votes:2417
Who do you predict will win "American Idol"?
Lauren Alaina - 1346 votes - 62.84%
Scotty - 796 votes - 37.16%
Total votes:2142
Poll Results
Should Amazon.com be required to collect sales tax in Tennessee after being promised otherwise?
Yes - 97 votes - 8.12%
No - 1097 votes - 91.88%
Total votes:1194
Will Lauren Alaina be the next American Idol winner?
Yes - 990 votes - 56.83%
No - 752 votes - 43.17%
Total votes:1742
Should the city and county unite in Metro Government?
Yes - 1102 votes - 54.15%
No - 933 votes - 45.85%
Total votes:2035
Should the County Commission reject a $581,700 state family planning grant that involves distribution of contraceptives?
Yes - 439 votes - 38.34%
No - 706 votes - 61.66%
Total votes:1145
Should the county obtain a charter and the city of Chattanooga have a vote to give its up?
Yes - 417 votes - 62.05%
No - 255 votes - 37.95%
Total votes:672
Did the City Council make the right decision in requiring sprinklers in all nightclubs?
Yes - 728 votes - 44.17%
No - 920 votes - 55.83%
Total votes:1648
Should pedicabs be allowed on the Walnut Street Bridge?
Yes - 834 votes - 42.99%
No - 1106 votes - 57.01%
Total votes:1940
Will Erlanger be able to turn things around at Hutcheson?
Yes - 737 votes - 49.66%
No - 747 votes - 50.34%
Total votes:1484
Should the city of Chattanooga contribute to funding the health department?
Yes - 1002 votes - 74.22%
No - 348 votes - 25.78%
Total votes:1350
Should Engel Stadium be torn down?
Yes - 841 votes - 30.14%
No - 1949 votes - 69.86%
Total votes:2790
Do you believe that Bruce Pearl earned the $1 million parting payment he got from UT?
Yes - 452 votes - 34.8%
No - 847 votes - 65.2%
Total votes:1299
Should minors only be allowed in Coolidge Park when accompanied by an adult?
Yes - 1944 votes - 80.46%
No - 472 votes - 19.54%
Total votes:2416
Should members of the state Legislature forego raises this year?
Yes - 1561 votes - 92.86%
No - 120 votes - 7.14%
Total votes:1681
Should Congress continue funding National Public Radio And Public Television?
Yes - 767 votes - 43.7%
No - 988 votes - 56.3%
Total votes:1755
Should the city spend $500,000 for a study for a new Brainerd library and interpretive center?
Yes - 139 votes - 7.04%
No - 1836 votes - 92.96%
Total votes:1975
Should the Tennessee Regulatory Authority give Tennessee American Water Company?
The full rate increase request of 30.5 percent - 106 votes - 6.18%
A partial rate increase - 422 votes - 24.59%
No rate increase - 1188 votes - 69.23%
Total votes:1716
Should the County Commission be allowed to set aside certain school funds for school capital projects?
Yes - 587 votes - 51.63%
No - 550 votes - 48.37%
Total votes:1137
When a county mayor resigns, should there be?
Appointment by the County Commission - 156 votes - 9.62%
A special election by the voters - 1466 votes - 90.38%
Total votes:1622
Should Chattanooga entities come up with $6,250,000 in funding to launch the Chattanooga Research Institute?
Yes - 258 votes - 23.26%
No - 851 votes - 76.74%
Total votes:1109
Will Congress go along with Senator Corker's CAP Act aimed at forcing major cuts in federal spending?
Yes - 270 votes - 24.26%
No - 843 votes - 75.74%
Total votes:1113
Should the Hamilton County Republican Party have banned the news media from their convention?
Yes - 451 votes - 40.67%
No - 658 votes - 59.33%
Total votes:1109
Should the city require nightclubs to install sprinkler systems?
Yes - 913 votes - 61.65%
No - 568 votes - 38.35%
Total votes:1481
Should the 3 Criminal Court judges have fired the grand jury foreman who criticized them?
Yes - 302 votes - 27.76%
No - 786 votes - 72.24%
Total votes:1088
Should the voters elect Tennessee's attorney general?
Yes - 803 votes - 73.94%
No - 283 votes - 26.06%
Total votes:1086
Should Volkswagen have given the new Chattanooga-built VW a new name other than the Passat?
Yes - 1439 votes - 62.03%
No - 881 votes - 37.97%
Total votes:2320
Who should the East Ridge City Council name to a council vacancy?
Marc Gravitt, who got the highest number of votes other than those elected - 487 votes - 71.72%
Someone else - 192 votes - 28.28%
Total votes:679
Should the City Council reverse the plan to charge police officers for take-home vehicles?
Yes - 1423 votes - 72.12%
No - 550 votes - 27.88%
Total votes:1973
Who should the County Commission appoint as county mayor?
Mike Carter - 734 votes - 42.9%
Jim Coppinger - 977 votes - 57.1%
Total votes:1711
Should city police officers be charged mileage for use of take-home cars?
Yes - 741 votes - 37.37%
No - 1242 votes - 62.63%
Total votes:1983
For county mayor do you favor?
Mike Carter - 455 votes - 30.11%
Jim Coppinger - 768 votes - 50.83%
Edward Ector - 24 votes - 1.59%
Pam Hurst - 163 votes - 10.79%
Richard Rankin - 11 votes - 0.73%
Harry "Buddy" Rogers - 18 votes - 1.19%
Denise Russell-Ford - 28 votes - 1.85%
Guy Satterfield - 44 votes - 2.91%
Total votes:1511
Should the County Commission hold public interviews of county mayor candidates?
Yes - 777 votes - 81.19%
No - 180 votes - 18.81%
Total votes:957
Should the city court clerk - and possibly the city judges - be moved back to city hall?
Yes - 631 votes - 65.39%
No - 334 votes - 34.61%
Total votes:965
For county mayor, do you favor?
Mike Carter - 696 votes - 35.29%
Jim Coppinger - 969 votes - 49.14%
Larry Henry - 307 votes - 15.57%
Should local governments give years of tax forgiveness to lure companies like Volkswagen and Amazon.com?
Yes - 1127 votes - 66.26%
No - 574 votes - 33.74%
Total votes:1701
Should Hamilton County officials follow Marion County's plan of assessing jail time to parents whose children have unexcused absences - with one day in jail for each unexcused school day?
Yes - 1358 votes - 63.76%
No - 772 votes - 36.24%
Total votes:2130
Should a bondsman be allowed to go into any home if he suspects a fugitive is inside?
Yes - 191 votes - 13.26%
No - 1249 votes - 86.74%
Total votes:1440
Should Congress adopt Lamar Alexander's idea of not approving any new entitlement programs?
Yes - 1051 votes - 77.05%
No - 313 votes - 22.95%
Total votes:1364
Poll Results
With the continued fights, should Howard High School be closed and the students reassigned?
Yes - 530 votes - 54.36%
No - 445 votes - 45.64%
Total votes:975
Is $250 too high a fee for towing a vehicle off a private lot in Chattanooga?
Yes - 1233 votes - 90.46%
No - 130 votes - 9.54%
Total votes:1363
Should motorists pay a tax on miles driven as monitored on a government computer rather than a gas tax?
Yes - 101 votes - 9.59%
No - 952 votes - 90.41%
Total votes:1053
Should the East Ridge City Council appoint Marc Gravitt to a council vacancy since he was next in line in the voting?
Yes - 414 votes - 67.98%
No - 195 votes - 32.02%
Total votes:609
Would it be a good idea to legalize marijuana?
Yes - 1238 votes - 52.5%
No - 1120 votes - 47.5%
Total votes:2358
Poll Results
For 3rd District House, do you favor?
Don Barkman - 13 votes - 0.45%
Mark DeVol - 244 votes - 8.42%
Chuck Fleischmann - 1023 votes - 35.29%
Gregory Goodwin - 8 votes - 0.28%
Robert Humphries - 4 votes - 0.14%
Savas Kyriakidis - 936 votes - 32.29%
John Wolfe - 671 votes - 23.15%
Total votes:2899
For Red Bank Council District 1, do you favor?
Robert L. Perry - 48 votes - 18.18%
Floy Pierce - 92 votes - 34.85%
David R. Smith - 124 votes - 46.97%
Total votes:264
For Red Bank Commissioner At Large, do you favor?
Joe Glasscock - 196 votes - 32.08%
John Roberts - 415 votes - 67.92%
Total votes:611
For East Ridge mayor, do you favor?
Robert L. Frye - 381 votes - 41.06%
Don Huskey - 182 votes - 19.61%
Robert "Bob" Johnson - 146 votes - 15.73%
Brent Lambert - 219 votes - 23.6%
Total votes:928
Should the city charge for admission to a dog park to pay for compliance, supervision and cleanup?
Yes - 737 votes - 57.99%
No - 534 votes - 42.01%
Total votes:1271
Should city of Chattanooga residents be allowed to keep chickens in fenced yards?
Yes - 1237 votes - 56.69%
No - 945 votes - 43.31%
Total votes:2182
Should the Legislature make penalties against drunk drivers much harsher?
Yes - 1335 votes - 77.3%
No - 392 votes - 22.7%
Total votes:1727
Do you think Senator Bob Corker can convince Congress to agree to "a sustainable level of spending"?
Yes - 249 votes - 17.35%
No - 1186 votes - 82.65%
Total votes:1435
Poll Results
Do you support the Tea Party movement?
Yes - 1212 votes - 57.82%
No - 884 votes - 42.18%
Total votes:2096
Should the county school board buy out the contract of Supt. Jim Scales?
Yes - 905 votes - 56.63%
No - 693 votes - 43.37%
Total votes:1598
Should UTC drop its fishing team after objections from PETA that fishing is cruel?
Yes - 70 votes - 4.94%
No - 1346 votes - 95.06%
Total votes:1416
Should UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl been allowed to keep his job after admitting lying to the NCAA?
Yes - 640 votes - 40.35%
No - 946 votes - 59.65%
Total votes:1586
Should hunting be allowed for sandhill cranes?
Yes - 405 votes - 37.19%
No - 684 votes - 62.81%
Total votes:1089
Should "The Line" continue to be used to decide who gets into CSAS and CSLA?
Yes - 310 votes - 26.23%
No - 872 votes - 73.77%
Total votes:1182
Would you vote to recall Mayor Ron Littlefield?
Yes - 1607 votes - 65.06%
No - 863 votes - 34.94%
Total votes:2470
In a recall election for mayor of Chattanooga, would you favor?
Andy Berke - 420 votes - 17.16%
Jim Coppinger - 554 votes - 22.63%
Ann Coulter - 346 votes - 14.13%
Jim Folkner - 68 votes - 2.78%
Rob Healy - 314 votes - 12.83%
Ron Littlefield - 526 votes - 21.49%
Andrae McGary - 143 votes - 5.84%
Peter Murphy - 77 votes - 3.15%
Total votes:2448
Should county school board members get pensions after they leave the board?
Yes - 121 votes - 6.28%
No - 1805 votes - 93.72%
Total votes:1926
Is the recall effort harmful to the city's image and economic development?
Yes - 610 votes - 44.27%
No - 768 votes - 55.73%
Total votes:1378
Will the football UTC Mocs have a winning record this year?
Yes - 911 votes - 69.54%
No - 399 votes - 30.46%
Total votes:1310
Was it a good idea to open the Walnut Street Bridge up to dogs?
Yes - 850 votes - 37.17%
No - 1437 votes - 62.83%
Should City Council members Manny Rico and Jack Benson be recalled?
Yes - 1055 votes - 66.65%
No - 528 votes - 33.35%
Total votes:1583
Poll Results
Should a section of the Riverwalk near Chickamauga Dam be for walkers and not bicyclists?
Yes - 881 votes - 53.95%
No - 752 votes - 46.05%
Total votes:1633
Did Mayor Ron Littlefield act improperly in sending an e-mail to Judge Sherry Paty about the Pet Company case?
Yes - 1666 votes - 84.65%
No - 302 votes - 15.35%
Total votes:1968
For chancellor do you favor?
Jeff Atherton - 350 votes - 37.39%
Valerie Epstein - 234 votes - 25%
Art Grisham - 352 votes - 37.61%
Total votes:936
Should the city and county provide a $13 million parking garage for TVA?
Yes - 153 votes - 17.57%
No - 718 votes - 82.43%
Total votes:871
Which municipality has the most "drama"?
East Ridge - 595 votes - 34.1%
Red Bank - 1068 votes - 61.2%
Soddy Daisy - 82 votes - 4.7%
Total votes:1745
Should the state close The Pet Company at Hamilton Place Mall?
Yes - 1315 votes - 84.46%
No - 242 votes - 15.54%
Total votes:1557
Should criminal charges be pursued against the city attorney related to a long-standing practice of payments to the city attorney office?
Yes - 606 votes - 61.71%
No - 376 votes - 38
Do you believe the $25 million Tonya Craft federal lawsuit will go to trial?
Yes - 1233 votes - 65.59%
No - 647 votes - 34.41%
Total votes:1880
Was the firing of Red Bank Police Chief Larry Sneed
Justified - 223 votes - 15.07%
Political - 1257 votes - 84.93%
Total votes:1480
Should City Council members be furnished meals from city funds on Tuesday nights?
Yes - 282 votes - 19.29%
No - 1180 votes - 80.71%
Total votes:1462
For House District 28, do you favor?
Tommie Brown - 190 votes - 28.83%
Teresa Wood - 469 votes - 71.17%
Total votes:659
For Juvenile Court clerk, do you favor?
Gary Behler - 595 votes - 51.12%
Ron Swafford - 569 votes - 48.88%
Total votes:1164
For county clerk of Hamilton County, do you favor?
Chester Heathington (R) - 543 votes - 33.9%
Bill Knowles (D) - 1059 votes - 66.1%
Total votes:1602
For Chattanooga Police Chief, do you favor?
Bobby Dodd - 121 votes - 9%
Mark Rawlston - 190 votes - 14.13%
Mike Williams - 290 votes - 21.56%
A Chattanooga Police retiree - 46 votes - 3.42%
Someone from outside the Chattanooga Police Department - 246 votes - 18.29%
Turning the department over to Sheriff Jim Hammond - 452 votes - 33.61%
Total votes:1345
Should the City Council pass
A 64-cent property tax increase - 188 votes - 7.83%
A moderate property tax increase - 343 votes - 14.29%
No property tax increase - 1870 votes - 77.88%
Total votes:2401
For chancellor, do you favor?
Jeff Atherton (R) - 672 votes - 63.16%
Valerie Epstein (D) - 392 votes - 36.84%
Total votes:1064
Should Tonya Craft be awarded custody of her 2 children?
Yes - 1744 votes - 91.36%
No - 165 votes - 8.64%
Total votes:1909
Should School Board Chairman Kenny Smith form an ethics committee to investigate complaints by Normal Park parents against Rhonda Thurman?
Yes - 501 votes - 27.79%
No - 1302 votes - 72.21%
Total votes:1803