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Chattanoogan.com Poll Results
posted May 5, 2008

For District 7 County School Board, do you favor?


Michael Dzik - 281 votes - 47.63%
Linda Mosley - 309 votes - 52.37%

Total votes:590

Should a bill be passed to allow Hamilton Place Mall owners CBL & Associates to assess a tax on their customers to help pay for a mall expansion?


Yes - 197 votes - 9.86%
No - 1800 votes - 90.14%

Total votes:1997

Do you think Chattanooga will land a Volkswagen plant?


Yes - 458 votes - 24.65%
No - 1400 votes - 75.35%

Total votes:1858

Do you hope Comcast prevails in its lawsuit against EPB to stop its cable TV venture?


Yes - 83 votes - 11.64%
No - 630 votes - 88.36%

Total votes:713

Should parents go to jail whose children are repeat truants?


Yes - 800 votes - 67.85%
No - 379 votes - 32.15%

Total votes:1179

Do you support the County School Board "Team" led by Rhonda Thurman?

Yes - 711 votes - 53.26%
No - 624 votes - 46.74%


Total votes:1335

Poll Results
Should The Passage by the Market Street Bridge?


Be a reflective area that is not entered - 467 votes - 44.18%
Be in use as a play area - 590 votes - 55.82%

Total votes:1057

Will we see $4 per gallon gas in Chattanooga this year?


Yes - 788 votes - 73.85%
No - 279 votes - 26.15%

Total votes:1067

In House District 31, do you favor?


Jim Cobb - 427 votes - 49.71%
Jim Vincent - 432 votes - 50.29%

Total votes:859

Poll Results
For House District 29, do you favor?

JoAnne Favors (D) - 207 votes - 28.16%
Stuart James (D) - 296 votes - 40.27%
Basil Marceaux Jr. (R) - 232 votes - 31.56%


Total votes:735


Poll Results
For sheriff, do you favor


Greg Beck (Democrat) - 323 votes - 23.32%
Jim Hammond (Republican) - 831 votes - 60%
Jim Winters (Independent) - 231 votes - 16.68%

Total votes:1385

Will a water pipeline be built from Nickajack to Atlanta?


Yes - 279 votes - 19.69%
No - 1138 votes - 80.31%

Total votes:1417

Would you be likely to get cable TV service from


AT&T - 276 votes - 16.7%
Comcast - 311 votes - 18.81%
EPB - 880 votes - 53.24%
Satellite - 186 votes - 11.25%

Total votes:1653

Will gas prices reach $4 a gallon in Chattanooga?


Yes - 1196 votes - 79.42%
No - 310 votes - 20.58%

Total votes:1506

For sheriff, should the Democrats choose


Greg Beck - 283 votes - 41.93%
Jim Winters - 392 votes - 58.07%

Total votes:675

Should the County Commission

Leave Allen Branum running the sheriff's office without naming an interim sheriff - 875 votes - 75.82%
Select an interim sheriff - 279 votes - 24.18%


Total votes:1154

Poll Results
Will Georgia be able to get the border changed to reach the Tennessee River?


Yes - 149 votes - 8.47%
No - 1611 votes - 91.53%

Total votes:1760

For interim sheriff, do you favor?


Tim Akins - 25 votes - 2.13%
Dave Alverson - 126 votes - 10.73%
Allen Branum - 495 votes - 42.16%
Lenda Clark - 131 votes - 11.16%
Bill Curtis - 61 votes - 5.2%
James Durkan - 5 votes - 0.43%
Roy Phillips - 46 votes - 3.92%
Tom Ratledge - 64 votes - 5.45%
Orin Sprague - 58 votes - 4.94%
Richard Thurman - 163 votes - 13.88%

Total votes:1174

Is stronger discipline of students needed at the Hamilton County Schools?


Yes - 1680 votes - 94.12%
No - 105 votes - 5.88%

Total votes:1785

Should the City Council approve the 504-unit development on Stringer's Ridge?

Yes - 317 votes - 23.34%
No - 1041 votes - 76.66%


Total votes:1358

Do you favor Congress spending $150 billion for an economic stimulus plan?


Yes - 620 votes - 32.02%
No - 1316 votes - 67.98%

Total votes:1936

The temporary appointee as sheriff should be


Allen Branum - 777 votes - 41.6%
John Cupp - 700 votes - 37.47%
Someone else - 391 votes - 20.93%

Total votes:1868

For City Council District 6, do you favor?


Carol Berz - 254 votes - 21.73%
Julie Chamberlain - 291 votes - 24.89%
Melinda Hickey - 82 votes - 7.01%
Rick Igou - 361 votes - 30.88%
Barbara Kelley - 73 votes - 6.24%
Charles Shaw - 108 votes - 9.24%

Total votes:1169

Poll Results
For President, of the leading Democratic candidates, do you support?


Hillary Clinton - 344 votes - 21.83%
John Edwards - 721 votes - 45.75%
Barack Obama - 511 votes - 32.42%

Total votes:1576

Poll Results
For President, of the leading Republican candidates, do you favor?


Rudy Giuliani - 165 votes - 6.82%
Mike Huckabee - 506 votes - 20.92%
John McCain - 671 votes - 27.74%
Ron Paul - 716 votes - 29.6%
Mitt Romney - 361 votes - 14.92%

Total votes:2419

Should the city pay $100,000 per year to a PR firm to publicize the recyling program?


Yes - 137 votes - 8.77%
No - 1425 votes - 91.23%

Total votes:1562

Should Ward Crutchfield be sentenced to:


Federal prison - 941 votes - 68.19%
Probation - 439 votes - 31.81%

Total votes:1380

Do you favor a 504-unit project that will require taking up to 30 feet off the top of Stringer's Ridge?

Yes - 384 votes - 22.7%
No - 1308 votes - 77.3%

Total votes:1692

After new information has emerged, should the Judge Hagler tape be made public?


Yes - 536 votes - 54.97%
No - 439 votes - 45.03%

Total votes:975

Should Marti Rutherford be required to pay back her City Council salary?


Yes - 1270 votes - 56.95%
No - 960 votes - 43.05%

Total votes:2230

Would red light and speeding cameras cause you to avoid Red Bank?


Yes - 1100 votes - 68.32%
No - 510 votes - 31.68%

Total votes:1610

Should the Judge Hagler tape be made public?


Yes - 550 votes - 29.84%
No - 1293 votes - 70.16%

Total votes:1843

Poll Results
Do you think Michael Vick will play again in the NFL?


Yes - 956 votes - 43.99%
No - 1217 votes - 56.01%

Total votes:2173
Should Chattanooga river water be swapped for items like a high-speed train to Atlanta?


Yes - 632 votes - 34.16%
No - 1218 votes - 65.84%

Total votes:1850

Is 7:15 a.m. too early for county school high school start times?


Yes - 917 votes - 65.73%
No - 478 votes - 34.27%

Total votes:1395

To replace Marti Rutherford, do you favor


Carol Berz - 196 votes - 13.97%
Julie Chamberlain - 368 votes - 26.23%
Melinda Hickey - 100 votes - 7.13%
Barbara Kelley - 127 votes - 9.05%
Rick Igou - 475 votes - 33.86%
Charles Shaw - 137 votes - 9.76%

Total votes:1403

For state Senate District 10, do you favor?


Andy Berke - 859 votes - 48.1%
Oscar Brock - 927 votes - 51.9%

Total votes:1786

Poll Results
Should Marti Rutherford be elected to the City Council in 2009?


Yes - 266 votes - 19.87%
No - 1073 votes - 80.13%

Total votes:1339

Should a road be built through a section of Prentice Cooper State Forest for better access to the new Signal Mountain Middle/High School?

Yes - 249 votes - 24.63%
No - 762 votes - 75.37%


Total votes:1011

Should the U.S. aggressively pursue trade with China despite their human rights abuses?


Yes - 192 votes - 23.22%
No - 635 votes - 76.78%

Total votes:827

Should Marti Rutherford be allowed briefly back on the city payroll so she can get medical benefits?


Yes - 396 votes - 26.26%
No - 1112 votes - 73.74%

Total votes:1508

Do you favor building a toll bridge across the Tennessee River from Soddy-Daisy to Harrison?


Yes - 933 votes - 63.3%
No - 541 votes - 36.7%

Total votes:1474

To meet increasing energy needs, should the U.S.

Resume building nuclear plants - 523 votes - 51.27%
Focus on alternative sources like solar, wind, etc. - 497 votes - 48.73%


Total votes:1020

For state Senate District 10, do you favor?

Andy Berke (Democrat) - 834 votes - 49%
Oscar Brock (Republican) - 868 votes - 51%


Total votes:1702

Was it a good idea to ban smoking at all restaurants and public buildings in Tennessee?

Yes - 1131 votes - 77.73%
No - 324 votes - 22.27%


Total votes:1455

Do you think Marti Rutherford will be able to keep her City Council seat?


Yes - 195 votes - 12%
No - 1430 votes - 88%

Total votes:1625

At Moccasin Bend National Archaeological Park, should there be


No formal interpretation - 183 votes - 22.76%
Interpretation at park headquarters at Chickamauga, Ga. - 42 votes - 5.22%
A basic interpretive center built at Moccasin Bend - 232 votes - 28.86%
A full-scale interpretive center built at Moccasin Bend - 347 votes - 43.16%

Total votes:804

Should Marti Rutherford be removed from the City Council on a residency issue?


Yes - 1651 votes - 78.84%
No - 443 votes - 21.16%

Total votes:2094
For state Senate District 10, Republican, do you favor?


Mark Albertini - 104 votes - 13.45%
Oscar Brock - 457 votes - 59.12%
Oscar Brown - 39 votes - 5.05%
Travis Layne - 36 votes - 4.66%
Basil Marceaux - 137 votes - 17.72%

Total votes:773

For state Senate District 10, Democrat, do you favor?


Andy Berke - 558 votes - 43.12%
Ken Jordan - 156 votes - 12.06%
Walt "Combat" Ward - 143 votes - 11.05%
Lee Carl Whitaker - 74 votes - 5.72%
John Wolfe - 363 votes - 28.05%

Total votes:1294

Should Michael Vick be allowed to ever play in the NFL again?


Yes - 411 votes - 26.62%
No - 1133 votes - 73.38%

Total votes:1544

Should the city's EPB go into the cable TV business


Yes - 990 votes - 82.29%
No - 213 votes - 17.71%

Total votes:1203

Is "global warming"


An unproven theory - 671 votes - 48.98%
Something really to be alarmed about - 699 votes - 51.02%

Total votes:1370
Should a new East Ridge Elementary School be at the top of the school building list?


Yes - 204 votes - 20.26%
No - 803 votes - 79.74%

Total votes:1007

Poll Results
Should Enterprise South Industrial Park be used as a site for a second Atlanta airport?


Yes - 592 votes - 53.92%
No - 506 votes - 46.08%

Total votes:1098
Is a billboard lampooning County Mayor Ramsey and 5 commissioners who voted for a 26-cent tax hike

Silly and in poor taste - 653 votes - 38.41%
Justified criticism - 1047 votes - 61.59%


Total votes:1700

Should National Guard members who are AWOL get as much as 11/29 in jail?

Yes - 662 votes - 65.42%
No - 350 votes - 34.58%


Total votes:1012

Would you vote for Rhonda Thurman for county mayor?

Yes - 646 votes - 49.35%
No - 663 votes - 50.65%


Total votes:1309

Should Ward Crutchfield be ordered to serve active prison time?


Yes - 1035 votes - 79.8%
No - 262 votes - 20.2%

Total votes:1297

Poll Results
Should more nuclear plants be built to help with energy needs?

Yes - 712 votes - 77.81%
No - 203 votes - 22.19%


Total votes:915

Should the immigration bill favored by President Bush have been passed?

Yes - 197 votes - 18.82%
No - 850 votes - 81.18%


Total votes:1047

Poll Results
Does the county have a valid case for a property tax increase?

Yes - 222 votes - 14.74%
No - 1284 votes - 85.26%


Total votes:1506

Should the speed limit be raised on the main streets leading from downtown?

Yes - 701 votes - 61.38%
No - 441 votes - 38.62%


Total votes:1142

Should a state law remain in place that mandates that motorcyclists wear helmets?

Yes - 1132 votes - 84.29%
No - 211 votes - 15.71%


Total votes:1343

Do you think the dismissal of Vaughn, Cooke and Parker at the city police was:

A money-saving measure - 404 votes - 31.17%
Political - 892 votes - 68.83%


Total votes:1296

Do you favor a statewide workplace smoking ban?

Yes - 993 votes - 74.16%
No - 346 votes - 25.84%


Total votes:1339

Do you believe that missing Walker County 911 operator Theresa Parker is still alive?

Yes - 60 votes - 13.54%
No - 383 votes - 86.46%


Total votes:443

Are federal prison sentences too harsh?

Yes - 144 votes - 15.58%
No - 780 votes - 84.42%


Total votes:924

Should an expected huge state surplus go to?

New Programs - 26 votes - 2.17%
Education - 473 votes - 39.45%
Rainy Day Fund - 132 votes - 11.01%
Back To The Taxpayers - 568 votes - 47.37%


Total votes:1199

Do you favor a city ordinance limiting streetside sales and solicitations?

Yes - 686 votes - 77.95%
No - 194 votes - 22.05%


Total votes:880

Should Tennessee Supreme Court judges be popularly elected?

Yes - 517 votes - 56.81%
No - 393 votes - 43.19%


Total votes:910

Should Hamilton County sue the state over the BEP education funding formula?

Yes - 519 votes - 76.21%
No - 162 votes - 23.79%


Total votes:681

Poll Results
Should there be a law that forbids the media from printing the name, picture and writings of mass killers?

Yes - 179 votes - 23.74%
No - 575 votes - 76.26%


Total votes:754

Should a cell tower be built at Missionary Ridge below Bragg Reservation?

Yes - 428 votes - 51.26%
No - 407 votes - 48.74%


Total votes:835

Were Virginia Tech leaders at fault in not quickly giving notice about the first shooting?

Yes - 538 votes - 40.36%
No - 795 votes - 59.64%


Total votes:1333

Should talk show host Don Imus be forced out of radio for his remarks on Rutgers players?

Yes - 367 votes - 28.52%
No - 920 votes - 71.48%


Total votes:1287

Poll Results
Do you favor a bill allowing AT&T a statewide cable franchise?

Yes - 633 votes - 64.07%
No - 355 votes - 35.93%


Total votes:988

Should a deadline be set for removing U.S. troops from Iraq?

Yes - 445 votes - 47.39%
No - 494 votes - 52.61%


Total votes:939

Does Tennessee need tougher laws dealing with child molesters?

Yes - 813 votes - 90.13%
No - 89 votes - 9.87%


Total votes:902

Do you think gangs are involved in fights at the Riverpark?

Yes - 1160 votes - 90.2%
No - 126 votes - 9.8%


Total votes:1286

Would you support Fred Thompson for president?

Yes - 842 votes - 61.82%
No - 520 votes - 38.18%


Do you believe Chattanooga is a "dangerous" city due to gang problems?

Yes - 776 votes - 65.43%
No - 410 votes - 34.57%


Total votes:1186

Should those entering local schools have to go through a metal detector?

Yes - 661 votes - 68.64%
No - 302 votes - 31.36%


Total votes:963

Do you favor an "English only" drivers license requirement?

Yes - 943 votes - 83.97%
No - 180 votes - 16.03%


Total votes:1123

Will Chattanooga be able to eventually land an auto maker?

Yes - 293 votes - 28.07%
No - 751 votes - 71.93%


Total votes:1044

Should county government and county school employees be allowed to carry over unused vacation days from year to year?

Yes - 527 votes - 42.81%
No - 704 votes - 57.19%


Total votes:1231

Poll Results
Is the city's new recycling program working?

Yes - 99 votes - 11.05%
No - 797 votes - 88.95%


Total votes:896

Poll Results
Do you favor raising the Tennessee tax on cigarettes by 40 cents?

Yes - 1275 votes - 73.44%
No - 461 votes - 26.56%


Total votes:1736

Should the policy be changed that allows some county school employees to get paid for unused vacation days?

Yes - 813 votes - 64.63%
No - 445 votes - 35.37%


Total votes:1258

Should Congress set a cap on the number of soldiers sent to Iraq?

Yes - 516 votes - 47.6%
No - 568 votes - 52.4%


Total votes:1084

Would you vote for Hillary Clinton for president?

Yes - 431 votes - 30.92%
No - 963 votes - 69.08%


Total votes:1394

Do you agree the list of county school employee individual accumlated pay should not be made public?

Yes - 340 votes - 47.82%
No - 371 votes - 52.18%


Total votes:711

Was it proper for city police to block traffic for the transport of Assistant Chief Snyder

Yes - 591 votes - 62.21%
No - 359 votes - 37.79%


Total votes:950

Do you favor sending 20,000 more U.S. soldiers to Iraq?

Yes - 422 votes - 31.73%
No - 908 votes - 68.27%


Total votes:1330

Do you think Chattanooga will land a Toyota plant?

Yes - 383 votes - 33.95%
No - 745 votes - 66.05%


Total votes:1128

Do you agree with the decision to disallow dogs at the Chattanooga Market?

Yes - 686 votes - 67.39%
No - 332 votes - 32.61%


Total votes:1018

Should Congress set a budget every two years, instead of one?

Yes - 312 votes - 52%
No - 288 votes - 48%


Total votes:600

Is Freeman Cooper a good choice for city police chief?

Yes - 604 votes - 66.74%
No - 301 votes - 33.26%


Total votes:905

Should a cell tower be built at the Ridge Cut?

Yes - 590 votes - 54.33%
No - 496 votes - 45.67%


Total votes:1086

Poll Results
Do the Florida Gators deserve to be playing for the national title?

Yes - 851 votes - 71.75%
No - 335 votes - 28.25%


Total votes:1186

Is it a good idea to build a border fence to try to keep out illegal aliens?

Yes - 780 votes - 66.38%
No - 395 votes - 33.62%


Total votes:1175

Should there still be a role for the Humane Society after the McKamey Animal Trust opens?

Yes - 852 votes - 81.45%
No - 194 votes - 18.55%


Total votes:1046

Should stores go back to use of the word "Christmas"?

Yes - 938 votes - 91.33%
No - 89 votes - 8.67%


Total votes:1027


Do you approve of the removal of Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary?

Yes - 770 votes - 79.88%
No - 194 votes - 20.12%


Total votes:964

Should the city proceed with a homeless shelter at the old Farmers' Market?

Yes - 418 votes - 37.66%
No - 692 votes - 62.34%


Total votes:1110

For House District 27, do you favor?

Richard Floyd - 376 votes - 42.97%
Bill Lusk - 499 votes - 57.03%


Total votes:875

Do you favor Amendment One (marriage is between a man and a woman)?

Yes - 809 votes - 64.21%
No - 451 votes - 35.79%


Total votes:1260

For governor, do you favor?

Phil Bredesen - 776 votes - 72.05%
Jim Bryson - 301 votes - 27.95%


Total votes:1077

For Third District Congressman, do you favor?

Brent Benedict - 577 votes - 41.99%
Zach Wamp - 797 votes - 58.01%


Total votes:1374

For U.S. Senate, do you favor?

Bob Corker - 923 votes - 47.38%
Harold Ford Jr. - 1025 votes - 52.62%


Total votes:1948

Are the negative attack ads in the Corker-Ford race effective?

Yes - 308 votes - 24.86%
No - 931 votes - 75.14%


Total votes:1239

Should the sheriff or the county come up with the money for School Resource Officers?

Yes - 707 votes - 74.74%
No - 239 votes - 25.26%


Total votes:946

Poll Results
Do you favor the city setting up 4 recycling convenience centers?

Yes - 391 votes - 56.42%
No - 302 votes - 43.58%


Total votes:693

Do you think longtime Channel 9 weatherman Neal Pascal

Quit - 205 votes - 14.27%
Was fired - 1232 votes - 85.73%


Total votes:1437

Do you agree with Judge David Bales that Hamilton County should have a "tent city" jail for non-violent offenders?

Yes - 532 votes - 66.42%
No - 269 votes - 33.58%


Total votes:801

What do you believe is the main factor in high city traffic deaths?

Drinking and driving - 196 votes - 16.8%
Speeding - 523 votes - 44.82%
Distracted drivers - 448 votes - 38.39%


Total votes:1167

Do you favor a crackdown by Gov. Phil Bredesen on illegal immigrants?

Yes - 1078 votes - 88.65%
No - 138 votes - 11.35%


Total votes:1216

For House District 27, do you favor?

Richard Floyd (R) - 394 votes - 48.64%
Bill Lusk (D) - 416 votes - 51.36%


Total votes:810

Are traffic cameras in Chattanooga a good idea?

Yes - 507 votes - 46.81%
No - 576 votes - 53.19%


Total votes:1083

Do you believe that John Mark Karr killed JonBenet Ramsey?

Yes - 173 votes - 18.97%
No - 739 votes - 81.03%


Total votes:912

Should the Shackleford Ridge area of Signal Mountain be opened to large-scale residential development?

Yes - 252 votes - 50.1%
No - 251 votes - 49.9%


Total votes:503

For U.S. Senate, do you favor?

Bob Corker - 708 votes - 47.64%
Harold Ford - 778 votes - 52.36%


Total votes:1486

Regarding Club Fathom On Market Street

Is it a positive for downtown and local youth? - 244 votes - 22.7%
Is it a negative for downtown and local youth? - 831 votes - 77.3%


Total votes:1075

For County Commission, District 8, do you favor?

Curtis Adams (R) - 311 votes - 35.87%
John Bailes (D) - 556 votes - 64.13%


Total votes:867

Do you favor keeping curbside recycling?

Yes - 530 votes - 74.75%
No - 179 votes - 25.25%


Total votes:709

For House District 31, Republican Primary, do you favor?

Jim Cobb - 69 votes - 9.73%
Randy Fairbanks - 302 votes - 42.6%
Chris Lanier - 180 votes - 25.39%
John McDougal - 72 votes - 10.16%
Ed Warren - 86 votes - 12.13%


Total votes:709

For House District 27, Republican Primary, do you favor?

Howard Cotter - 171 votes - 44.3%
Richard Floyd - 215 votes - 55.7%


Total votes:386

For U.S. Senate, Republican, do you favor?

Ed Bryant - 425 votes - 33.65%
Bob Corker - 661 votes - 52.34%
Van Hilleary - 177 votes - 14.01%


Total votes:1263

On local Talk Radio WGOW-FM, would you like to see?

The return of local talk in the afternoon - 624 votes - 68.05%
Keep Rush Limbaugh on 1-4 p.m. - 293 votes - 31.95%


Total votes:917

For District 3 County School Board, do you favor?

Everett Fairchild - 348 votes - 56.04%
Tim Price - 273 votes - 43.96%


Total votes:621

Should Democratic Executive Committee member Charline Kilpatrick been required to sign a loyalty oath?

Yes - 299 votes - 40.08%
No - 447 votes - 59.92%


Total votes:746

How would you rate the record of County School Supt. Dr. Jesse Register?

Excellent - 134 votes - 13.69%
Good - 204 votes - 20.84%
Fair - 204 votes - 20.84%
Poor - 437 votes - 44.64%

Total votes:979
Who do you favor for Circuit Court judge, Division II?

Tom Crutchfield (D) - 530 votes - 53%
Jeff Hollingsworth (R) - 470 votes - 47%


Total votes:1000

For sheriff, do you favor?

Dave Alverson (I) - 126 votes - 12.1%
John Cupp (R) - 384 votes - 36.89%
Billy Long (D) - 531 votes - 51.01%


Total votes:1041

Do you believe Chattanooga will land an auto plant?

Yes - 294 votes - 34.31%
No - 563 votes - 65.69%


Total votes:857

Should the City Council approve a $450,000 disparity study on racial discrimination in Chattanooga?

Yes - 73 votes - 8.87%
No - 750 votes - 91.13%


Total votes:823

For Criminal Court judge, Division 1, do you favor?

Barry Steelman - 498 votes - 62.33%
Rodney Strong - 301 votes - 37.67%


Total votes:799

Do you favor the Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment?

Yes - 470 votes - 57.32%
No - 350 votes - 42.68%


Total votes:820

For General Sessions judge, Division II, do you favor?

David Bales - 488 votes - 44.89%
Hallie McFadden - 470 votes - 43.24%
Mary Moore - 129 votes - 11.87%


Total votes:1087

Have the Dixie Chicks been out of line on their war comments?

Yes - 323 votes - 55.5%
No - 259 votes - 44.5%


Total votes:582

Should the Legislature have raised the minimum wage in Tennessee?

Yes - 464 votes - 64.44%
No - 256 votes - 35.56%


Total votes:720

For County Commission District 5, do you favor?

Greg Beck - 337 votes - 51.29%
Bernie Miller - 320 votes - 48.71%


Total votes:657

Is a Homeless Campus at the Farmers Market a good idea?

Yes - 292 votes - 35.1%
No - 540 votes - 64.9%


Total votes:832

Should illegal aliens be allowed a "path toward citizenship"?

Yes - 302 votes - 37.28%
No - 508 votes - 62.72%


Total votes:810

For General Sessions judge, Division I, do you favor?

Mike Acuff - 195 votes - 21.17%
Bob Davis - 293 votes - 31.81%
Hank Hill - 101 votes - 10.97%
Randy Russell - 59 votes - 6.41%
Christie Mahn Sell - 273 votes - 29.64%


Total votes:921

For U.S. Senate, Republican, do you favor?

Ed Bryant - 153 votes - 18.43%
Bob Corker - 498 votes - 60%
Van Hilleary - 179 votes - 21.57%


Total votes:830

Is a $100 government check to help to pay high gas a good idea?

Yes - 129 votes - 14.49%
No - 761 votes - 85.51%


Total votes:890

Should the U.S. withdraw from the United Nations?

Yes - 409 votes - 49.16%
No - 423 votes - 50.84%


Total votes:832

For sheriff, Republican primary, do you favor?

John Cupp - 254 votes - 38.43%
Andy Derryberry - 407 votes - 61.57%


Total votes:661

Do you believe Chattanooga has a "gang problem"?

Yes - 566 votes - 81.79%
No - 126 votes - 18.21%


Total votes:692
For City Court judge, do you favor?

Sherry Paty? - 351 votes - 60.83%
Gerald Webb - 226 votes - 39.17%


Total votes:577

Of the five candidates, who is your choice for sheriff?

Dave Alverson - 58 votes - 5.43%
John Cupp - 356 votes - 33.33%
Hank DeArman - 32 votes - 3%
Andy Derryberry - 356 votes - 33.33%
Billy Long - 266 votes - 24.91%


Total votes:1068

For County Commission District 5, Democratic primary, do you favor?

Greg Beck - 275 votes - 63.51%
Cynthia Coleman - 158 votes - 36.49%


Total votes:433

For U.S. Senate, Republican, do you favor?

Ed Bryant - 178 votes - 24.42%
Bob Corker - 389 votes - 53.36%
Van Hilleary - 162 votes - 22.22%


Total votes:729

For City Council, District 9, do you favor?

Quenston Coleman - 63 votes - 20.26%
Eric A. Colen - 41 votes - 13.18%
Debbie Gaines - 170 votes - 54.66%
Edward L. Williams Sr. - 37 votes - 11.9%


Total votes:311

For sheriff, Republican primary, do you favor?

John Cupp - 265 votes - 40.33%
Andy Derryberry - 392 votes - 59.67%


Total votes:657

For sheriff, Democratic Primary, do you favor?

Hank DeArman - 72 votes - 24.91%
Billy Long - 217 votes - 75.09%


Total votes:289

For County Commission District 3, do you favor?

Terry Conley - 109 votes - 26.78%
Jim Coppinger - 276 votes - 67.81%
J. Al Smith - 22 votes - 5.41%


Total votes:407

For Circuit Court judge, Division II, Democrat, do you favor?

Tom Crutchfield - 98 votes - 29.43%
Steven Grant - 235 votes - 70.57%


Total votes:333

For County Commission, District 7, do you favor?

Red Burrows - 166 votes - 40.39%
Larry Henry - 245 votes - 59.61%


Total votes:411

For County Commission District 2, GOP primary, do you favor?

Richard Casavant - 228 votes - 58.61%
Jimmy Holloway - 161 votes - 41.39%


Total votes:389

For State Senate in the Republican Primary, would you favor

Wayne Cropp - 269 votes - 40.09%
Bo Watson - 402 votes - 59.91%


Total votes:671

For House District 30, do you favor?

Vince Dean - 165 votes - 54.1%
Bob Johnson - 140 votes - 45.9%


Total votes:305


Poll Results
For County Commission District 1, do you favor

Laura Oakley - 278 votes - 60.43%
Fred Skillern - 182 votes - 39.57%


Total votes:460

For City Judge, do you favor?

Sherry Paty - 371 votes - 59.94%
Gerald Webb - 248 votes - 40.06%


Total votes:619
For County School Superintendent, should the County School Board?

Choose one of three out-of-state finalists chosen by the advisory committee - 316 votes - 51.97%
Choose a local candidate - 292 votes - 48.03%


Total votes:608

For County Commission District 6, do you favor?

John Brooks - 262 votes - 57.84%
Lou Miller - 191 votes - 42.16%


Total votes:453

Should the Dubai seaport deal be blocked?

Yes - 633 votes - 71.36%
No - 254 votes - 28.64%


Total votes:887

Do you agree with Bush plan to sell almost 3,000 acres of the Cherokee National Forest?

Yes - 61 votes - 15.97%
No - 321 votes - 84.03%


Total votes:382


Should former Commissioner William Cotton on his bribery conviction get

Leniency - 63 votes - 6.58%
A substantial prison sentence - 612 votes - 63.95%
Something in between - 282 votes - 29.47%


Total votes:957

Should food and drink be allowed while watching shows at the Tivoli and Auditorium?

Yes - 539 votes - 51.09%
No - 516 votes - 48.91%


Total votes:1055

Should the city use eminent domain in a takeover of the water company?

Yes - 275 votes - 33.41%
No - 548 votes - 66.59%


Total votes:823

Should Bob Corker

Have gone to Washington to the State of the Union Address - 233 votes - 33.38%
Gone to Memphis to debate Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary - 465 votes - 66.62%


Total votes:698

Should Judge Sam Alito be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Yes - 577 votes - 60.86%
No - 371 votes - 39.14%


Total votes:948

Do you agree with the judge's decision to throw out rape charges against 6 former UTC football players?

Yes - 547 votes - 57.28%
No - 408 votes - 42.72%


Total votes:955

Was the jury verdict in the Tory Hardy slaying

Too lenient for Rheubin Taylor II - 355 votes - 49.37%
On the mark - 289 votes - 40.19%
Too harsh for Rheubin Taylor II - 75 votes - 10.43%


Total votes:719

Will the special legislative session on ethics

Bring real reform - 11 votes - 2.49%
Help some - 85 votes - 19.23%
Not do a bit of good - 346 votes - 78.28%


Total votes:442

For Criminal Court judge, do you favor?

Ardena Garth - 206 votes - 36.4%
Don Poole - 223 votes - 39.4%
Jerry Sloan - 137 votes - 24.2%


Total votes:566

Do you consider U.S. Senate candidate Bob Corker as

Conservative - 220 votes - 27.47%
Moderate - 395 votes - 49.31%
Liberal - 186 votes - 23.22%


Total votes:801

Should judges grant early releases and furloughs to jail inmates?

Yes - 158 votes - 27.72%
No - 412 votes - 72.28%


Total votes:570

Should a fence be put up all along the Mexican border?

Yes - 648 votes - 76.6%
No - 198 votes - 23.4%


Total votes:846

Should the city ban those under 21 from going into bars?

Yes - 567 votes - 73.07%
No - 209 votes - 26.93%


Total votes:776

Should the county abolish the magistrate program?

Yes - 327 votes - 69.28%
No - 145 votes - 30.72%


Total votes:472

Should dogs be allowed along the Riverwalk?

Yes - 568 votes - 53.53%
No - 493 votes - 46.47%


Total votes:1061

Who is most to blame for the UT Vols' losing football season?

Coach Phil Fulmer - 538 votes - 78.77%
The other UT coaches - 97 votes - 14.2%
Quarterback Erik Ainge - 29 votes - 4.25%
Quarterback Rick Clausen - 19 votes - 2.78%


Total votes:683

Would it be a good idea for the city of Chattanooga to acquire Tennessee-American Water Company?

Yes - 426 votes - 52.85%
No - 380 votes - 47.15%


Total votes:806

Should Erlanger Hospital be sold?

Yes - 328 votes - 50.38%
No - 323 votes - 49.62%


Total votes:651

Is the local vehicle inspection program a "racket"?

Yes - 504 votes - 79.87%
No - 127 votes - 20.13%


Total votes:631

Will the mag-lev train from Atlanta to Chattanooga ever be built?

Yes - 201 votes - 36.81%
No - 345 votes - 63.19%


Total votes:546

What are Bob Corker's chances of becoming a U.S. Senator?

Good - 298 votes - 40.93%
Slim - 430 votes - 59.07%


Total votes:728

Is UTC correctly handling the probe of an alleged gang rape by 7 football players?

Yes - 199 votes - 34.73%
No - 374 votes - 65.27%


Total votes:573

Should Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Yes - 259 votes - 50.29%
No - 256 votes - 49.71%


Total votes:515

Should Police Chief Parks have fired a K9 officer whose dog attacked a fleeing man?

Yes - 56 votes - 24.56%
No - 172 votes - 75.44%


Total votes:228

Do you agree that Erlanger should have been required to pay a $40 million fine to the government?

Yes - 321 votes - 65.78%
No - 167 votes - 34.22%


Total votes:488

Should 2 black longtime city recreation supervisors whose jobs were cut get them back?

Yes - 145 votes - 32.37%
No - 303 votes - 67.63%


Total votes:448

Would you rather see?

The historic home Longholme in North Chattanooga restored? - 355 votes - 75.69%
The house razed and an upscale residential development go there - 114 votes - 24.31%


Total votes:469

For Sessions Court Judge, do you favor?

Michael Acuff - 18 votes - 3.58%
Jeffrey Atherton - 9 votes - 1.79%
David Bales - 36 votes - 7.16%
Lisa Bowman - 11 votes - 2.19%
Joseph Degaetano - 6 votes - 1.19%
Carl Huskins - 79 votes - 15.71%
Marty Lasley - 27 votes - 5.37%
Hallie McFadden - 62 votes - 12.33%
Robert Meeks - 11 votes - 2.19%
Mary Sullivan Moore - 16 votes - 3.18%
Christie Mahn Sell - 156 votes - 31.01%
H.L. Smith - 53 votes - 10.54%
Rodney Strong - 19 votes - 3.78%


Total votes:503

Should Curtis Adams drop his lawsuit since the School Board revoted On Dr. Register consulting contract?

Yes - 250 votes - 41.6%
No - 351 votes - 58.4%


Total votes:601

Should the City Council put in a new ordinance limiting late-night crowds on parking lots?

Yes - 188 votes - 63.3%
No - 109 votes - 36.7%


Total votes:297

Was Harriet Miers a good choice for the U.S. Supreme Court?

Yes - 239 votes - 42.23%
No - 327 votes - 57.77%


Total votes:566

On the General Sessions Court judge vacancy, should the County Commission

Appoint Judge H.L. Smith as a "caretaker" - 215 votes - 49.88%
Choose one of the 12 other candidates - 216 votes - 50.12%


Total votes:431

Should William Cotton resign from the County Commission now that he is arrested?

Yes - 717 votes - 88.96%
No - 89 votes - 11.04%


Total votes:806

Do you approve of the TVA land swap with developer John Thornton?

Yes - 117 votes - 43.01%
No - 155 votes - 56.99%


Total votes:272

Should Curtis Adams proceed with a lawsuit opposing the $150,000 consulting contract for Dr. Jesse Register?

Yes - 591 votes - 67.93%
No - 279 votes - 32.07%


Total votes:870

Should the next County School superintendent be local or from a national search?

Local - 329 votes - 56.82%
From a national search - 250 votes - 43.18%

Total votes:579

Is Commissioner William Cotton a "wimp" for not voting in the school board race?

Yes - 506 votes - 81.61%
No - 114 votes - 18.39%


Total votes:620

Should the haunted house in Red Bank be stopped from having their show?

Yes - 112 votes - 13.81%
No - 699 votes - 86.19%


Total votes:811

Should the city pass new restrictions on owning livestock within the city?

Yes - 237 votes - 45.66%
No - 282 votes - 54.34%


Total votes:519

Is FEMA doing a good job responding to Hurricane Katrina?

Yes - 229 votes - 42.33%
No - 312 votes - 57.67%


Total votes:541

Is the biggest factor in surging gas prices, greed on the part of oil companies?

Yes - 396 votes - 78.88%
No - 106 votes - 21.12%


Total votes:502

Is a new high school on Signal Mountain needed?

Yes - 496 votes - 56.62%
No - 380 votes - 43.38%


Total votes:876

Was there a sufficient need for the County Commission's 26-cent tax increase?

Yes - 353 votes - 43.74%
No - 454 votes - 56.26%


Total votes:807

Should Ward Crutchfield and Chris Newton resign from the Legislature?

Yes - 671 votes - 89.11%
No - 82 votes - 10.89%


Total votes:753

Should Charles Love resign from the County School Board?

Yes - 559 votes - 96.55%
No - 20 votes - 3.45%


Total votes:579

Do you approve of the way Hamilton County School officials handle spending?

Yes - 132 votes - 23.61%
No - 427 votes - 76.39%


Total votes:559

Do you agree with Judge Bean that emissions testing hurts the poor and ignores the main polluters?

Yes - 514 votes - 79.81%
No - 130 votes - 20.19%


Total votes:644

Do you favor the city plan to add parking meters near Coolidge Park?

Yes - 124 votes - 28.57%
No - 310 votes - 71.43%


Total votes:434

Should the city give up property in exchange for the Coolidge Hotel not being built?

Yes - 170 votes - 34.07%
No - 329 votes - 65.93%


Total votes:499

For U.S. Senate, do you favor

Harold Ford Jr. - 81 votes - 23.41%
Ed Bryant - 52 votes - 15.03%
Bob Corker - 148 votes - 42.77%
Van Hilleary - 65 votes - 18.79%


Total votes:346

Should Councilman Leamon Pierce be punished for hitting an alleged drug dealer who spat on him?

Yes - 295 votes - 45.25%
No - 357 votes - 54.75%


Total votes:652

Did President Bush make the right choice in nominating John Roberts for the Supreme Court?

Yes - 233 votes - 67.15%
No - 114 votes - 32.85%


Total votes:347

Should TVA swap 578 acres at Little Cedar Mtn. to John Thornton for 1,100 acres?

Yes - 150 votes - 39.06%
No - 234 votes - 60.94%


Total votes:384

Should motorcyclists be welcomed to the Nightfall Concerts?

Yes - 483 votes - 70.93%
No - 198 votes - 29.07%


Total votes:681

Did Talk Radio make the right decision in replacing local 1-4 p.m. talk with Rush Limbaugh?

Yes - 152 votes - 38%
No - 248 votes - 62%


Total votes:400

Should the Tennessee Legislature hold a special session on ethics?

Yes - 153 votes - 44.87%
No - 188 votes - 55.13%


Total votes:341

Should U.S. troops be brought home from Iraq now?

Yes - 392 votes - 47.57%
No - 432 votes - 52.43%


Total votes:824


Should City Council members have paid assistants?

Yes - 63 votes - 13.15%
No - 416 votes - 86.85%


Total votes:479

Do you agree with the 2nd-degree murder verdict for Isaac Jones?

Yes - 214 votes - 39.05%
No - 334 votes - 60.95%


Total votes:548

Was the jury right in finding Michael Jackson innocent?

Yes - 202 votes - 35.38%
No - 369 votes - 64.62%


Total votes:571

Should Isaac Jones be given the death penalty for the murder of Officer Julie Jacks?

Yes - 474 votes - 72.26%
No - 182 votes - 27.74%


Total votes:656

Should Charles Love resign from the County School Board?

Yes - 651 votes - 95.45%
No - 31 votes - 4.55%


Total votes:682

Should Ward Crutchfield and Chris Newton resign from the Legislature?

Yes - 675 votes - 86.76%
No - 103 votes - 13.24%


Total votes:778


Is it surprising that Tennessee legislators would be charged with taking bribes?

Yes - 83 votes - 14.82%
No - 477 votes - 85.18%


Total votes:560

Will Frank Burke be able to turn a profit at Finley Stadium?

Yes - 349 votes - 73.47%
No - 126 votes - 26.53%


Total votes:475

Should advertising be allowed on school buses?

Yes - 224 votes - 44.01%
No - 285 votes - 55.99%


Total votes:509

Should driver's education be required of young drivers?

Yes - 459 votes - 92.73%
No - 36 votes - 7.27%


Total votes:495

Should the County Commission raises taxes by 34 cents for county school "high priority needs"?

Yes - 249 votes - 38.43%
No - 399 votes - 61.57%


Total votes:648

Should the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo be removed?

Yes - 646 votes - 59.7%
No - 436 votes - 40.3%


Total votes:1082

Should Fran Dzik stay on as Hamilton County election administrator?

Yes - 415 votes - 73.84%
No - 147 votes - 26.16%


Total votes:562

Should there be a comprehensive audit of the county schools?

Yes - 562 votes - 79.72%
No - 143 votes - 20.28%


Total votes:705

Who should operate Finley Stadium?

Chattanooga Lookouts owner Frank Burke - 263 votes - 59.23%
UTC - 181 votes - 40.77%


Total votes:444

Has too much money been spent downtown and not enough elsewhere in town?

Yes - 504 votes - 60.72%
No - 326 votes - 39.28%


Total votes:830

Should Tennessee declare marriage to be between a man and a woman?

Yes - 643 votes - 65.88%
No - 333 votes - 34.12%


Total votes:976

For Mayor, do you favor?

Ann Coulter - 1096 votes - 47.38%
Dan Johnson - 273 votes - 11.8%
Ron Littlefield - 944 votes - 40.81%


Total votes:2313

Should some smaller schools be closed to help with the county school budget?

Yes - 471 votes - 56.07%
No - 369 votes - 43.93%

Do you approve of Curtis Adams switching from the Democrat to the Republican Party?

Yes - 649 votes - 69.86%
No - 280 votes - 30.14%


Total votes:929

Do you favor lowering the speed limits on the freeways in Hamilton County?

Yes - 347 votes - 36.37%
No - 607 votes - 63.63%


Total votes:954

For mayor of Chattanooga, do you favor?

Angela Clark - 11 votes - 0.76%
Ann Coulter - 638 votes - 44.03%
Karl Epperson - 11 votes - 0.76%
Eddie Eubanks - 21 votes - 1.45%
Robert Hamilton - 4 votes - 0.28%
Dan Johnson - 223 votes - 15.39%
Ron Littlefield - 520 votes - 35.89%
Thomas Smith - 21 votes - 1.45%


Total votes:1449

Is 12 years in prison enough punishment for Tri State Crematory operator Brent Marsh?

Yes - 350 votes - 51.02%
No - 336 votes - 48.98%


Total votes:686

For City Council District 7, do you favor?

Charles "Pete" Drew - 42 votes - 8.66%
Karen M. Lee - 52 votes - 10.72%
Debra Matthews - 74 votes - 15.26%
Jeff Peterson - 124 votes - 25.57%
Manuel Rico - 193 votes - 39.79%


Total votes:485

Should developer Bill Young

Go ahead and build the Coolidge Hotel near the Walnut Street Bridge - 146 votes - 18.41%
Find another site for the hotel - 647 votes - 81.59%


Total votes:793

For City Council District 5, do you favor?

Cynthia Stanley Cash - 143 votes - 45.69%
John "Duke" Franklin - 141 votes - 45.05%
Johnny L. Smith - 29 votes - 9.27%


Total votes:313

Should the CSAS campus on Third Street be sold and the school moved to North Chattanooga?

Yes - 373 votes - 38.18%
No - 604 votes - 61.82%


Total votes:977

For City Council District 4, do you favor?

Jack Benson - 104 votes - 60.12%
Robert Reid - 69 votes - 39.88%


Total votes:173

Should the city police change their current method of promotions?

Yes - 70 votes - 17.86%
No - 322 votes - 82.14%


Total votes:392

For City Council District 1, do you favor?

Linda Ward Bennett - 75 votes - 54.7%
John Lively - 62 votes - 45.3%

Total votes:137

For City Council District 6, do you favor?

Julie Chamberlain - 217 votes - 56.22%
Marti Rutherford - 169 votes - 43.78%


Total votes:386

Do you agree with the city plan to put parking meters around Coolidge Park and on Frazier Avenue?

Yes - 169 votes - 27.44%
No - 447 votes - 72.56%


Total votes:616

Do you agree with a Tax Study Commission that Tennessee should move to an income tax?

Yes - 115 votes - 30.59%
No - 261 votes - 69.41%


Total votes:376

Do you believe Chattanooga Police officers have a tendency to use excessive force?

Yes - 517 votes - 56.5%
No - 398 votes - 43.5%


Total votes:915

For Mayor, do you favor?

Angela Clark - 17 votes - 1.71%
Ann Coulter - 378 votes - 38.1%
Karl Epperson - 11 votes - 1.11%
Eddie Eubanks Jr. - 16 votes - 1.61%
Robert Hamilton - 6 votes - 0.6%
Dan Johnson - 145 votes - 14.62%
Ron Littlefield - 398 votes - 40.12%
Richard Secrest - 6 votes - 0.6%
Thomas Smith - 15 votes - 1.51%


Total votes:992

Do you find a large sign on the office of attorney John McMahan on Fourth Street offensive?

Yes - 332 votes - 68.17%
No - 155 votes - 31.83%


Total votes:487

Do you favor a state-run bonding program that eliminates private bail bondsmen?

Yes - 164 votes - 42.93%
No - 218 votes - 57.07%


Total votes:382

Do you favor a statewide pre-kindergarten program?

Yes - 191 votes - 54.73%
No - 158 votes - 45.27%


Total votes:349

Who is your favorite for Chattanooga mayor?

Angela Clark - 9 votes - 2.93%
Ann Coulter - 86 votes - 28.01%
Richard Hamilton - 4 votes - 1.3%
Dan Johnson - 54 votes - 17.59%
Ron Littlefield - 154 votes - 50.16%


Total votes:307

Should a construction landfill be given a permit on the Southside?

Yes - 92 votes - 24.66%
No - 281 votes - 75.34%


Total votes:373

Should TVA swap Little Cedar Mountain for land owned by Thunder Enterprises?

Yes - 60 votes - 21.28%
No - 222 votes - 78.72%


Total votes:282

Should the city police vice squad have stopped the Chippendales male stripper show?

Yes - 100 votes - 21.79%
No - 359 votes - 78.21%


Total votes:459

Expanding the TVA Board to 9 parttime members and hiring a CEO

Is a good idea - 164 votes - 56.94%
Is a bad idea - 124 votes - 43.06%


Total votes:288

Naming Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State

Was a good choice - 299 votes - 58.97%
Was not a good choice - 208 votes - 41.03%


Total votes:507

Should Gov. Phil Bredesen

Let TennCare expire - 334 votes - 65.88%
Work out a last-minute deal to keep it going - 173 votes - 34.12%


Total votes:507

Are "big box" developments

A good thing for the community - 83 votes - 29.12%
Not a good thing for the community - 202 votes - 70.88%


Total votes:285

Is the county schools' extensive magnet school program

A good thing - 367 votes - 52.58%
Not a good thing - 331 votes - 47.42%


Total votes:698

For U.S. Senator in 2006, do you favor

Marsha Blackburn - 31 votes - 3.67%
Ed Bryant - 58 votes - 6.86%
Bob Corker - 326 votes - 38.58%
Harold Ford Jr. - 265 votes - 31.36%
Beth Harwell - 25 votes - 2.96%
Van Hilleary - 140 votes - 16.57%


Total votes:845

Do you believe Osama Bin Laden is

Alive - 685 votes - 80.21%
Dead - 169 votes - 19.79%


Total votes:854

Should Supt. Jesse Register Resign?

Yes - 414 votes - 61.8834080717489%
No - 255 votes - 38.1165919282511%


Total votes:669

For City Judge, Do Your Favor?

James Anderson - 30 votes - 8.57142857142857%
Ed Love - 46 votes - 13.1428571428571%
Sherry Paty - 150 votes - 42.8571428571429%
Gerald Webb - 124 votes - 35.4285714285714%


Total votes:350

Should Bob Corker

Run for the U.S. Senate - 51 votes - 10.7822410147992%
Run for the U.S. House - 40 votes - 8.45665961945032%
Run for governor - 74 votes - 15.6448202959831%
Go back into business - 308 votes - 65.1162790697674%


Total votes:473

Should Zach Wamp

Run for U.S. Senate - 104 votes - 49.2890995260664%
Stay in the U.S. House - 107 votes - 50.7109004739336%


Total votes:211

Who is most at fault for the county school cuts?

County Commission - 219 votes - 40.5555555555556%
County School Board - 80 votes - 14.8148148148148%
Supt. Jesse Register - 241 votes - 44.6296296296296%


Total votes:540

For County Commission District 6, do you favor?

Chip Henderson - 83 votes - 17.8494623655914%
Lou Miller - 199 votes - 42.7956989247312%
Uneva Shaw - 183 votes - 39.3548387096774%


Total votes:465

For County School Board District 1, do you favor?

Barbara Levi - 178 votes - 32.8413284132841%
Rick Rous - 150 votes - 27.6752767527675%
Rho, nda Thurman - 214 votes - 39.4833948339483%


Total votes:542

For County School Board District 7, do you favor?

Joe Conner - 287 votes - 51.25%
Ben Miller III - 273 votes - 48.75%


Total vot, es:560

For House District 29 Democratic, do you favor?

JoAnne Favors - 205 votes - 44.66%
Brenda Turner - 254 votes - 55.34%


Total votes:459

For County School Board, District 2, do you favor?

Chip Baker - 204 votes - 48.23%
Jeffery Jones - 219 votes - 51.77%


Total vot, es:423

Are you happy with the city's changes back to 2-way streets?

Yes - 321 votes - 58.26%
No - 230 votes - 41.74%


Total votes:551

For President, do you favor?

Michael Badnarik -, 178 votes - 28.53%
George W. Bush - 228 votes - 36.54%
John Kerry - 207 votes - 33.17%
Ralph Nader - 11 votes - 1.76%


Total votes:624

Should the city spend $9 million to renovate City Hall?

Yes - 102 votes -, 26.49%
No - 283 votes - 73.51%


Total votes:385

Has the Tennessee Lottery thus far been good for Tennessee?

Yes - 288 votes - 62.75%
No - 171 votes - 37.25%


Total votes:459

What should b, e done about pesky birds downtown?

Cut down trees - 50 votes - 11.21%
Bring in birds of prey - 271 votes - 60.76%
Hire a consultant to shoo them away - 125 votes - 28.03%


Total votes:446

Should , teachers wear black to protest the County Commission 5?

Yes - 145 votes - 33.33%
No - 290 votes - 66.67%


Total votes:435

Is building an 80-room hotel next to the Walnut Street Bridge

A good idea - 234 votes - 33%
A stupid idea - 475 votes - 67%


, Total votes:709

Should a Soddy-Daisy High honor student have been suspended for a semester for streaking?

Yes - 251 votes - 40.1%
No - 375 votes - 59.9%


Total votes:626

Should t, here be special zoning hoops for tattoo parlors, checking cashing firms, pawn shops

Yes - 287 votes - 69.66%
No - 125 votes - 30.34%


Total votes:412

Should the U.S. have gon, e to war in Iraq?

Yes - 455 votes - 51.65%
No - 426 votes - 48.35%


Total votes:881

Was it a mistake to lift the federal ban on assault weapons

Yes - 354 votes - 57.1%
No - 266 votes - 42.9%


Total votes:620

Has County School Supt. Jesse Register lost his e, ffectiveness?

Yes - 423 votes - 67.46%
No - 204 votes - 32.54%


Total votes:627

For House District 30, do you support

Debbie Colburn (D) - 349 votes - 52.48%
Jack Sharp (R) - 316 votes - 47.52%


Total votes:665

For House District 29, do you support
,
Brent Benedict, Independent - 80 votes - 10.43%
JoAnne Favors, Democrat - 373 votes - 48.63%
Johnny Horne, Republican - 314 votes - 40.94%


Total votes:767

Who is your early favorit, e for mayor

Ann Coulter - 289 votes - 30.52%
Karl Epperson - 8 votes - 0.84%
Eddie Eubanks - 22 votes - 2.32%
Robert Hamilton - 9 votes - 0.95%
Dan Johnson - 63 votes - 6.65%
Ron Littlefield - 453 votes - 47.84%
Marti Rutherford - 77 votes - 8.13, %
Richard D. Secrest - 8 votes - 0.84%
Thomas E. Smith - 18 votes - 1.9%


Total votes:947

Who do you feel won the presidential debates

George W. Bush - 412 votes - 33.12%
Jo, hn Kerry - 832 votes - 66.88%


Total votes:1244

For House District 31, do you favor

Ann Gabbert Bates - 146 votes - 42.82%
Bo Watson - 195 votes - 57.18%


Total votes:341



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