VPR and Vermont PBS To what extent do you think climate change will affect life in Vermont over the next 30 years? Would you recommend an 18-year-old stay in or leave Vermont? Is access to high-speed internet a problem for you or your family, or not? VPR and Vermont PBS have released the results of a statewide poll that asked hundreds of Vermonters these questions and more.
Results included: Only 16 percent of respondents had little or no confidence in local law enforcement; while only 33 percent thought the influx of outsiders into Vermont during the pandemic was a bad thing, only 28 percent thought it was a good thing; 16 percent thought climate change will have little to no impact on Vermont; and among other questions, 53 percent think racism is a somewhat or big problem in Vermont and 54 percent support the Black Lives Matter movement.
This is the second half of a poll conducted in January 2022 by VPR and Vermont PBS. The first half can be found here. It was conducted by Braun Research under the direction of Rich Clark, professor of political science at Castleton University and the former director of the Castleton Polling Institute.
Pollsters interviewed 600 people over landline and cell phone from Jan. 3-9, 2022. The poll has an overall margin of error of four percent.
VPR and Vermont PBS will provide full broadcast and digital coverage and analysis of the results, including on Morning Edition, The Frequency, Vermont Edition, Vermont This Week, and at VPR.org. The full results, methodology, and appendices are available here.
VPR – Vermont PBS 2022 Poll. 2.22.2022