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Poll: Seattle residents not thrilled with mayor

07:03 PM PST on Monday, January 5, 2009

KING5.com Staff

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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.

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.

 

 

Jan. 2009

Nov. 2008

Mayor’s job approval

 

 

Approve

28%

34%

Disapprove

61%

54%

Not sure

10%

12%

 

 

 

Mayor’s handling of budget

 

 

Approve

29%

30%

Disapprove

55%

58%

Not sure

16%

12%

 

 

 

Mayor’s handling of law enforcement

 

 

Approve

44%

41%

Disapprove

46%

47%

Not sure

10%

12%

 

 

 

Mayor’s handling of city services

 

 

Approve

31%

40%

Disapprove

62%

49%

Not sure

7%

11%

 

 

 

Mayor’s handling of city parks

 

 

Approve

55%

48%

Disapprove

37%

44%

Not sure

8%

9%

 

 

 

Quality of life in Seattle

 

 

Getting better

23%

26%

Getting worse

65%

60%

Staying the same

10%

12%

Not sure

2%

2%

 

 

 

Traffic in the city

 

 

Getting better

7%

13%

Getting worse

83%

81%

Staying the same

10%

5%

Not sure

0%

1%

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