Do you see homeless people on a daily basis?
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Do you speak with homeless people on a daily basis?
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Yes:
18%
No:
65%
Only if a homeless person speaks to me first:
17%
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Do you know the full name (first and last) of any person who is currently homeless?
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Which of the following do you believe is the most important cause of long-term homelessness?
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Laziness or personal choice:
9%
Misfortune, karma, or unavoidable bad luck:
5%
Lack of affordable housing:
5%
Lack of jobs that pay a living wage:
10%
Mental health issues:
42%
Drug or other substance addiction problems:
29%
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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?
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It's gotten better:
27%
It's gotten worse:
28%
It's stayed about the same:
45%
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Do you think that St. Louis County and the suburbs are doing enough to address homelessness in their jurisdictions?
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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?
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How close to your own home is the nearest homeless shelter?
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A few blocks, or less:
20%
Not that close, but within a mile or two:
16%
Within several miles:
20%
Further than ten miles away:
11%
I really don't know:
34%
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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 suburban charities that feed homeless people in public places like City parks?
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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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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?
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Free speech issues trump property values in this case:
36%
Property values outweigh free speech issues in this case:
64%
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If an apparently homeless person asks you for money, what are you most likely to do?
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Give him or her some money:
13%
Offer to purchase him a meal:
12%
Say no and walk away:
37%
Say no, and later donate to one of St. Louis' homeless services agencies:
18%
Say no, and put money in the Homeless Meter (if you're in the CWE):
7%
Ignore them:
13%
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What percentage of the people you see panhandling for money on the streets do you believe are really homeless?
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All or most of them:
39%
Some of them, but not most of them:
53%
Hardly any of them or none:
9%
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Are you more likely to donate to homeless services organizations in the summer or in the winter?
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In the summer because the heat is dangerous:
1%
In the winter because the low temperatures are dangerous:
20%
The season doesn't matter:
67%
Never:
11%
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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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Have you ever been homeless?
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