Sunday, January 4, 2015

 

Thirty- seven percent (37%) of Greater Cleveland residents favor the use of military-grade weapons.

 

A recent Shelvie Poll's survey shows that thirty-seven percent (37%) of Greater Clevelander's favor the use of military-grade weapons and equipment by the local police force. This compared to thirty-four (34%) percent who oppose military-grade weapons use by local police force. It was also reported that twenty-nine percent (29%) are undecided. The local telephone survey of 1596 adults was conducted by Shelvie Poll on December 15th to December 19th 2014.

 

Survey question

 

----Do you favor the use of military-grade weapons and equipment by the local police force?

 

1.  37% favor

 

2.  34% oppose

 

3. 29% undecided

 

Method

 

The survey sampled 1596 Cuyahoga County residents and produced a ± 3 margin of error. 100% of the surveys were conducted over the phone.

 

Gender

 

Men 49%

Female 51%

 

Age

 

18-39        39%

40- 64       42%

65+            19%

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

 

 *This poll was done independently and not commissioned by a PAC or elected official.

 

Shelvie Polls is a primary research and public opinion polling information organization based in Cleveland, Ohio established in 2008 by Eugene Miller. We explore key issues to understand the underlying values that impact and connect communities. Shelvie Polls conducts telephone polls of registered voters on a regular basis.

 

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