Have you ever been homeless? |
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Do you know the full name of any person who is currently homeless? |
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How close to your own home is the nearest homeless shelter? |
A few blocks, or less:
22%
Not that close, but within a mile or two:
14%
Within several miles:
23%
Further than ten miles away:
14%
I really don't know:
27%
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Which of the following do you believe is the most important cause of long-term homelessness? |
Laziness or personal choice:
7%
Misfortune, karma, or unavoidable bad luck:
5%
Lack of affordable housing:
9%
Lack of jobs that pay a living wage:
13%
Mental health issues:
41%
Drug or other substance addiction problems:
26%
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Which segment of the community do you think is most likely to experience homelessness? |
Single adults:
60%
Families with children:
33%
Teenagers:
1%
Seniors:
6%
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Do you believe that the problem of chronic homelessness in the St. Louis region has gotten better in the last couple of years, gotten worse, or stayed about the same? |
It's gotten better:
25%
It's gotten worse:
31%
It's stayed about the same:
43%
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Do you think that St. Louis should follow the lead of some Sun Belt cities and begin to crack down on charities that feed homeless people in public places like city parks? |
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Do you think that local curfew laws restricting people from sleeping in parks or other public places should be more stringently enforced? |
Yes, people should go to shelters to sleep:
62%
No, not as long as people aren't harming the parks or public places:
38%
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Do you think that St. Louis bears a unfair percentage of the cost of caring for the region's homeless people? |
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Do you support the idea of bringing voting machines to homeless shelters to encourage eligible voters there to participate in elections? |
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What percentage of the people you see panhandling for money on the streets do you believe are really homeless? |
All or most them:
33%
Some of them, but not most of them:
58%
Hardly any of them or none:
9%
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How often do you give money to the strangers who ask you for spare change or a handout? |
Almost always:
5%
Sometimes:
27%
Hardly ever:
37%
Never, because I can't afford to:
3%
Never, because I don't want to:
28%
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Do you believe that it is more important to protect the right of individuals' free speech to panhandle, or to protect property values by banning panhandling? |
Free speech issues trump property values in this case:
41%
Property values outweigh free speech issues in this case:
59%
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Do you avoid visiting cities -- like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco -- that have large populations of homeless people or panhandlers? |
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Do you generally avoid certain areas of St. Louis where homeless people congregate? |
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