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Poll: Seattle residents not thrilled with mayor
07:03 PM PST on Monday, January 5, 2009
SEATTLE – A new survey finds most Seattle residents aren’t too thrilled with Mayor Greg Nickels and they say traffic and quality of life in the city is getting worse.
In the KING 5 News poll, SurveyUSA asked 500 adults in Seattle whether they approved of Mayor Nickels’ performance on a number of issues.
In overall job performance, 61 percent disapprove of Nickels while 28 percent approve. 10 percent were not sure.
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In handling of city services, 62 percent disapprove. 31 percent approve.
Respondents also disapproved of Nickels when it comes to the budget and law enforcement, but on the issue of city parks, 55 percent approve of Nickels while 37 percent disapprove.
When asked about quality of life in Seattle, 65 percent of respondents say it’s getting worse. 23 percent say it’s getting better and 10 percent say it’s about the same.
On the issue of traffic, 83 percent say it’s getting worse. Only 7 percent say it’s getting better.
Depending on the question, the margin of error ranged from ± 3.4 percent to 4.4 percent.
The following is a comparison of the poll taken this past weekend with the last poll taken in the last weekend of November, 2008.
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| Jan. 2009 | Nov. 2008 |
| Mayor’s job approval |
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| Approve | 28% | 34% |
| Disapprove | 61% | 54% |
| Not sure | 10% | 12% |
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| Mayor’s handling of budget |
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| Approve | 29% | 30% |
| Disapprove | 55% | 58% |
| Not sure | 16% | 12% |
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| Mayor’s handling of law enforcement |
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| Approve | 44% | 41% |
| Disapprove | 46% | 47% |
| Not sure | 10% | 12% |
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| Mayor’s handling of city services |
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| Approve | 31% | 40% |
| Disapprove | 62% | 49% |
| Not sure | 7% | 11% |
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| Mayor’s handling of city parks |
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| Approve | 55% | 48% |
| Disapprove | 37% | 44% |
| Not sure | 8% | 9% |
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| Quality of life in Seattle |
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| Getting better | 23% | 26% |
| Getting worse | 65% | 60% |
| Staying the same | 10% | 12% |
| Not sure | 2% | 2% |
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| Traffic in the city |
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| Getting better | 7% | 13% |
| Getting worse | 83% | 81% |
| Staying the same | 10% | 5% |
| Not sure | 0% | 1% |
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