Poll Archives
Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposes that college teams graduating fewer than 40% of their student-athletes should be banned from postseason play. Is this a good idea?
| Yes | 63% | 574 votes |
| No | 31% | 287 votes |
| Don't know | 4% | 38 votes |
Total Votes: 899
Should voters have the option to decide term limits for school board members?
| Yes | 93% | 909 votes |
| No | 4% | 47 votes |
| Don’t know | 1% | 14 votes |
Total Votes: 970
State Rep. Rickey Hardy of Lafayette plans to introduce a bill to ban people 70 or older from running for office. Is this a good idea?
| Yes, it’s a good idea | 18% | 253 votes |
| No, it’s a bad idea | 78% | 1047 votes |
| Don’t know | 2% | 38 votes |
Total Votes: 1338
Are you seeing an increase in the number of people looking for houses this spring over the number who were looking a year ago?
| Yes | 40% | 32 votes |
| No | 41% | 33 votes |
| Don't know | 18% | 15 votes |
Total Votes: 80
Was Gov. Bobby Jindal right to reject a plan to continue automatic pay raises for state workers?
| Yes | 77% | 1086 votes |
| No | 19% | 274 votes |
| Don't know | 2% | 37 votes |
Total Votes: 1397
Have you bought live or boiled crawfish yet this season?
| Yes, it wouldn't be spring without them | 31% | 328 votes |
| No, the price is too high | 68% | 715 votes |
Total Votes: 1043
Should the Legislature follow BESE's recommendation and increase basic state aid to public schools by $105 million?
| Yes | 38% | 250 votes |
| No | 55% | 363 votes |
| Don't know | 5% | 39 votes |
Total Votes: 652
Will the upcoming hurricane season be worse than last year's?
| Yes | 49% | 513 votes |
| No | 24% | 256 votes |
| Don't know | 26% | 275 votes |
Total Votes: 1044
Is the $15 increase in the cost of a Louisiana driver's license a tax increase by the Jindal administration?
| Yes | 67% | 996 votes |
| No | 28% | 417 votes |
| Don't know | 4% | 60 votes |
Total Votes: 1473
In your experience, have people encountered difficulty in getting jumbo mortgages over the past year?
| Yes | 47% | 26 votes |
| No | 14% | 8 votes |
| Don't know | 38% | 21 votes |
Total Votes: 55
Should the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board reduce the number of its members?
| Yes | 76% | 689 votes |
| No | 10% | 98 votes |
| Don't know | 12% | 113 votes |
Total Votes: 900
What should the New Orleans Saints do with the Super Bowl trophy?
| Take it on a tour of every parish in the state | 24% | 315 votes |
| Keep it at their practice facility in Metairie | 5% | 66 votes |
| Keep it on public display at the Superdome | 66% | 838 votes |
| Don't know | 3% | 48 votes |
Total Votes: 1267
Which movie will win the Academy Award for best picture?
| Avatar | 36% | 390 votes |
| The Blind Side | 27% | 290 votes |
| District 9 | 0% | 6 votes |
| An Education | 0% | 2 votes |
| The Hurt Locker | 17% | 187 votes |
| Inglourious Basterds | 6% | 69 votes |
| Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire | 5% | 58 votes |
| A Serious Man | 0% | 4 votes |
| Up | 2% | 22 votes |
| Up in the Air | 4% | 45 votes |
Total Votes: 1073
Would you support taxpayer subsidies for the U.S. Postal Service if it meant the agency was able to continue Saturday mail delivery?
| Yes | 7% | 115 votes |
| No | 90% | 1448 votes |
| Don't know | 1% | 29 votes |
Total Votes: 1592
Should local school districts pay stipends above salary to nationally certified teachers?
| Yes, they should pick up the tab | 57% | 578 votes |
| No, the state should pay the stipend | 24% | 246 votes |
| No, nationally certified teachers shouldn't be paid more than other teachers | 10% | 110 votes |
| Don’t know | 6% | 69 votes |
Total Votes: 1003
Do you currently owe more on your home than it is worth?
| Yes | 4% | 7 votes |
| No | 95% | 160 votes |
| Don't know | 0% | 0 votes |
Total Votes: 167
How much news do you get from your cell phone?
| Just about all of it | 2% | 35 votes |
| More than half | 5% | 87 votes |
| About half | 9% | 141 votes |
| Less than half | 13% | 211 votes |
| Almost none of it | 68% | 1032 votes |
| Don’t know | 0% | 7 votes |
Total Votes: 1513
Have you been forced to adjust your driving routes because of I-10/I-12 widening work?
| Yes | 29% | 262 votes |
| No | 70% | 637 votes |
Total Votes: 899
Which medical school/hospital alliance will have the biggest impact on the quality of health care in Baton Rouge?
| LSU's plans to train medical students at Our Lady of the Lake | 39% | 665 votes |
| Tulane's plans to open a satellite campus at Baton Rouge General | 52% | 867 votes |
| Don't know | 8% | 134 votes |
Total Votes: 1666
Do you agree with Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to give colleges the right to raise tuition 10% per year if they meet performance standards?
| Yes | 63% | 753 votes |
| No | 32% | 385 votes |
| Don't know | 3% | 47 votes |
Total Votes: 1185