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Independent voters need to be heard
and respected by both political parties.
Visitors to this website are encouraged to respond to the simple survey
below. Replies are private.
It should only take a minute or two to complete the 10 basic questions.
The interests of SurgeUSA visitors guide
the voluntary investment of considerable time and effort in research,
analysis, and editorial work to share more useful information, tools,
and links with visitors. This visitor research also guides
marketing work to reach more relevant visitors.
The focus is to empower independent voters who believe
in the traditional American principles and values, such as respect for
the Constitution and a more limited role for
government in our lives.
This
Survey is similar to the ICED Tea Voter Survey
which local Tea Party groups are encouraged to use as an introductory
tool to better understand the concerns of independent voters in their
areas.
We the people ... The
opening words of the U.S. Constitution reflect the expectation that
individual voters will take responsibility for maintaining the liberty
protected so carefully for over two centuries by that innovative
document and generations of American patriots. You are the
leaders of America.
If
you prefer, you can download a PDF copy of this Survey and mail
it to the address on the form, or
e-mail your response to the 10 Survey questions if you wish to
elaborate on your answers or share other information, such as about Tea
Party groups or other resources for voters which may not yet have come
to our attention. Please specify your state and Congressional
district in your reply since this helps to identify which elections and
local organizations or news may be of interest to visitors.
This survey is of visitors to SurgeUSA.org who are
supportive of our research work, and want to help make it more
responsive to the interests of our visitors. We serve independent
and conservative voters who favor limited government and traditional
American principles and values. If you do not, then there are
other websites which should be more relevant to your interests, so
please skip this Survey.
Abusive and insulting
responses are simply discarded. The focus here is on how to
empower more independent voters by providing useful information,
research tools, and links to serve their interests.
1.
In the
past, I have mostly voted
I have mostly voted
2.
I
intend to vote in 2010
check=Yes
including the primary
check=Yes
3.
Future
elections of most concern to you now
on scale of 1
to 5
President Obama (in 2012)
your first Senator
your second Senator
your US Representative
your Governor
other state officials
county officials
local officials (city /
town, school, etc.)
political party position
(committeeman, etc.)
Election Information: Please specify
your state and Congressional district below
State / District - example: IL 8th, PA 12th, NY
23rd
County in which you vote (or "parish" in
LA)
Metro area, if residing in or near a
major city
Voting precinct and township (or
equivalent), if known
Future concerns: Evaluating candidates
4.
Which issues do you consider (in rank order - highest to lowest)
to
be the most important priorities for your own evaluation
of
the incumbents and candidates in 2010?
Priority
a)
Highest
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
5.
When incumbents or candidates make public appearances,
such as town halls, debates, or campaign events, would
you want to know so that you might attend?
Would you want to receive a report of
such events?
6.
Would you want to
receive candidate endorsement notices?
7.
Are you interested in
Tea Party groups beyond your local area?
8.
Would you be willing to
contribute to support our work?
Accountability by elected officials
9.
Rank your overall job
performance satisfaction at this time
on scale of 1
to 5
President Obama (for 2012)
your first Senator (as
above)
your second Senator (as
above)
your US Representative (as above)
your Governor (as above)
10.
If
you could replace any 3 politicians for whom you are
eligible to vote, who would be your top priorities?
(any office - federal, state, local, or party officials)
These comments are just intended to elaborate on SurgeUSA
visitor interests,
or to suggest Tea Party groups and useful website links to
share with other visitors.
If you already
favor specific candidates for the primary or general elections, please
share that for
reference so we know which candidates are of interest to our visitors.
Personal comments may be shared openly through
social networking sites
such as
Tea Party Nation
and other Tea Party groups in which SurgeUSA and
our visitors may choose to participate, including
Tea Money and
ICED Tea.
Contact Information:
Person participating in this SurgeUSA.org Visitor Survey.
This is optional, but helps us to perform
our research and communicate with visitors
so that our
work can become and remain more responsive to your evolving interests.
Please identify whether you are a member of
one or more Tea Party groups, and
characterize
your role in the group - organizer, volunteer, member, supporter, donor,
etc.
Tea Party group
Tea Party role
Name
Title
Company
Address
City
State
Zip
Telephone
E-mail
Political social networking interests:
Which online channels reach you? (optional)
If you actively post your views on any social networking
sites,
please specify which ones you visit most frequently for that
purpose.
Tea Party website, network, or
MeetUp
News media (Fox News, etc.)
Favorite talk radio hosts
Forums (Breitbart, Fox Nation,
etc.)
PACs or "think tanks"
(Heritage, etc.)
Favorite political blogs (name
or URL)
Twitter hashtags used, or like
to follow
How to find / invite on
Facebook, groups
How to find / invite on
LinkedIn, groups
Search engine preference
(Google, etc.)
Future SurgeUSA Visitor Surveys
Willing to participate
OK to e-mail invitation
Thank you for your consideration and
survey participation.
Individual Survey responses are private.
We may periodically publish a composite analysis of Survey responses,
such as to summarize the reported concerns and election interests of our
visitors.
For example, if there are enough
Survey responses to represent a significant sample of our recent
website visitors, we may report our
composite data analysis such as:
Distribution pattern
of Survey responses by state
1. Percentage who report voting :
___ in every election ___ often ___ rarely
2. Percentage who plan to vote in their
next ___ primary ___ general election
3. Scoring of the level of election
concerns by office - low to high - by incumbent
4. Reported priorities for evaluation
of candidates
5. Percentage interested in candidate
forums ___ or ___ receiving reports about them
6. Percentage interested in local Tea
Party candidate endorsements ___
7. Percentage active or interested in
their local Tea Party group ___
8. Percentage willing to provide some
financial support ___ (not paid now - just willing)
9. Accountability / Targeting - job
satisfaction for specific incumbents - low to high
10. Reported priorities for replacing specific
incumbents
Communication practices
If an email address
is specified above, SurgeUSA may sometimes send messages which are
expected to be of interest to the individual visitor according to the
above personal Survey responses.
There are no plans to do scheduled email broadcasts
(newsletters) or group broadcasts, although there may be very targeted
emails. For example, some political developments may be of special
interest to voters in a particular state or Congressional district, in
which case a brief message might be sent to those specific visitors.
There are no plans to do sponsored promotional broadcasts to all or
targeted visitors, nor will the e-mail addresses be provided to third
parties for such purposes.
We may sometimes broadcast information about events
such as nationwide Tea Party rallies or special events such as the
National Tea Party Convention if we
think it may interest prior visitors.
If this is of concern, please don't provide your email
above, or send an "opt
out" reply to be removed.
Future SurgeUSA Visitor Surveys
Future
surveys are not planned at this time. Simple ones may be
developed, however, to quickly and privately poll by email those
visitors who have previously agreed to participate, as confirmed above.
Unlike the visitor survey above, which serves to
better understand our audience in general, such surveys would typically
focus on just one or two very timely issues. A simple email would
provide the link to a short survey response form.
For example, as major political issues emerge, or as
specific elections or major Tea Party events approach, it may be helpful
to quickly consult a relevant sample of visitors about their point of
view. This is not intended to be opinion polling research for
publication, such as
Rasmussen or others perform. Instead, it would continue to
guide the investment of research time, effort and resources according to
the evolving political interests of our visitors.
The
inclusion of any website links on this site does not reflect any endorsement
of their content, or vice versa. This information is just shared
openly for the convenient reference of our visitors.
