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1 Indianapolis*Issues*Brush0ire! Marion!County!Voters! August!24327,!2015!3!N=401!!Margin!of!Error!+/3!4.9%! Q1-Q5cat Q6-Q11 Q12-Q16 Q16cat- Q18cat Q19- Q20cat Q21- Q22cat Q23-Q25 Q26-Q28 Q29-Age MIBOR and IndyChamber 2015 Hob Nob Voter Survey Fielded by

2 Methodology The survey was conducted on the evenings of and August 26 th, August 27 th, and August 30 th, Respondents are registered voters in Marion County, Indiana who have voted in two ore more of the last four primary and general elections in 2012 and Respondents were interviewed by telephone calls conducted by live operators. 401 respondents completed the survey over those three evenings, and results were weighted to turnout proportions in Marion County s 2011 municipal general elections, the city-county s most recent Mayoral election cycle. Survey results have a margin of error of +/- 4.9% within a 95% confidence interval.

3 Generally speaking, do you think things in Indianapolis are headed in the right direction, or do you think that we have gotten off on the wrong track? Right direction 44.20% Wrong direction 38.63% 17.18% Which one of the following issues do you feel should be the top priority for the Mayor and City Council this year? Expanding mass transit services 5.09% Creating jobs and growing our economy 20.99% Investing in infrastructure like roads, parks, bike lanes and sidewalks 14.63% Reducing taxes 3.14% Cutting government spending 2.48% Improving public education 12.72% Fighting crime and gang violence 33.25% Improving environmental quality 2.61% 4.59% Refused 0.53% Do you approve or disapprove of the job Greg Ballard is doing as Mayor? Strongly approve 25.36% Somewhat approve 40.46% Somewhat disapprove 11.66% Strongly disapprove 14.40% 8.13% Do you approve or disapprove of the job that the Indianapolis City- County Council is doing, or do you not know how they re doing? Strongly approve 7.79% Somewhat approve 23.67% Somewhat disapprove 13.34% Strongly disapprove 11.96% 42.74% Refused 0.50% Which of the following factors would you consider the biggest reason for the violent crime rate in Indi- anapolis? Lack of employment opportunities 10.30% Lack of high quality public education 7.86% Not enough families with stable home lives 32.37% Too much drug and gang activity 21.11% Long-term poverty in urban neighborhoods 20.50% 6.70% Refused 1.16%

4 Imagine that elected leaders in Indianapolis could invest in only one approach to reduce violent crime in our community. Which one of the following solutions do you feel would be the best use of taxpayer dollars? Hire more police officers 21.23% Enforce tougher gun control laws 15.99% Improve public schools in high crime neighborhoods 18.96% Support drug rehab programs instead of putting more offenders in jail 14.46% Support community policing programs 20.78% 8.30% Refused 0.29% Based on what you know or have heard, did you support or oppose the Indiana law known as the Reli- gious Freedom Restoration Act? Stongly support 17.87% Somewhat support 14.61% Somewhat oppose 10.44% Strongly oppose 42.88% 13.14% Refused 1.07% Has Indiana s Religious Freedom Restoration Act been a positive thing for Indiana s image, a negative thing for Indiana s image, or has it made no difference for Indiana s image? Positive for Indiana's image 9.00% Negative for Indiana's image 64.63% Made no difference 16.18% 9.04% Refused 1.15% Currently, state laws in Indiana prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their race, reli- gion, color, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, veteran and familial status. Would you support or oppose a state law that would expand that dejinition of discrimination against Indiana citizens to their sexual orientation or gender identity as well? Strongly support 44.93% Somewhat support 15.46% Somewhat oppose 7.86% Strongly oppose 22.45% 8.43% Refused 0.88% Would you support or oppose a referendum that fund mass transit projects in Marion County through an increase in the local income tax? Strongly support 33.07% Somewhat support 17.19% Somewhat oppose 12.72% Strongly oppose 31.64% 5.10% Refused 0.29%

5 Name ID: Mike Pence 32.40% 53.60% 11.33% Never heard of 2.46% Refused 0.22% Name ID: Maggie Lewis 15.20% 5.12% 10.85% Never heard of 68.83% Name ID: Dr. Lewis Ferebee 19.46% 9.96% 18.20% Never heard of 52.37% Name ID: Michael McQuillen 5.21% 2.52% 11.02% Never heard of 81.25% Name ID: John Gregg 33.70% 9.68% 21.03% Never heard of 35.30% Refused 0.29% Name ID: Brian Bosma 26.75% 25.12% 23.13% Never heard of 24.77% Refused 0.23% Name ID: Joe Donnelly 40.55% 23.31% 26.99% Never heard of 9.15% Do you approve or disapprove of the job that the Indiana General Assembly is doing? Strongly approve 6.22% Somewhat approve 21.79% Somewhat disapprove 16.30% Strongly disapprove 29.85% 25.62% Refused 0.23%

6 If the general election for Governor were held today, would you be voting for Republican Mike Pence or Democrat John Gregg? Pence / Definitely 21.00% Pence / Probably 9.14% Pence / Lean 1.83% Gregg / Definitely 38.56% Gregg / Probably 13.25% Gregg / Lean 3.58% 11.89% Refused 0.73% If the Republican primary election for United States Senator were held today, would you be voting for Eric Holcomb, Marlin Stutzman or Todd Young? Holcomb / Definitely 2.08% Holcomb / Probably 3.42% Holcomb / Lean 0.95% Stutzman / Definitely 0.97% Stutzman / Probably 2.16% Stutzman / Lean 1.90% Young / Definitely 4.15% Young / Probably 12.95% Young / Lean 1.16% 68.90% Refused 1.35% Thinking about the candidates you support for city and county elected ofjices, which of the following two kinds of candidates would you prefer? A candidate who belongs to my political party and who will Jight for priorities and values that I believe in, or a candidate who may not belong to my political party, but who works across party lines in the best interests of all Candidate from my political party 28.76% Candidate who may not be from my political party 67.78% 3.33% Refused 0.13% If elected ofjicials in Marion County were to raise the income tax to collect additional money for a spe- cijic purpose, which one of the following services would you prefer that additional money to be spent for? Expanding mass transit service 7.74% Investing in public education 28.81% Reducing crime rates 25.60% Reducing sales taxes or property taxes 15.02% Investing in other infrastructure projects 16.31% 5.37% Refused 1.15%