SUMMARY OF FIVE FOR FLORIDA SURVEY

Conducted by The Tarrance Group for Americans for Prosperity-Florida July 9-12, 2012 N=600 Registered likely voters Margin=+/- 4.1%

Issue Importance Series

Respondents were provided with the following list of reforms, and were asked how important each reform is to them personally. This exercise was conducted using a 10-scale, with 0 meaning the reform is not at all important, and 10 meaning the reform is extremely important. Respondents rated each reform with a mean score of around 7.3-7.5. It is notable that a majority of voters consider each reform to be extremely or very important. Each reform has significant bi-partisan support, with the partisan differences strongest for regulatory and tax reform. It should also be noted that Democrats (40%) are significantly more likely than Republicans (24%) to say that pension reform is extremely important. Among the voters who are most concerned with education, 45% say education reform is extremely important, while 29% say it is very important (combined 74%).

Mean Score Reforming public education to give more choices to parents Reforming how government regulates and issues permits to businesses to make doing business in Florida easier Reforming the Florida Retirement System pension fund to preserve it for future retirees Reforming how Florida government awards state contracts to outside businesses to make it more transparent for Florida citizens Reforming the state corporate tax system to make it more fair 7.53

Extremely Important % 38%

Very Important % 31%

Somewhat Important % 20%

Not At All Important % 9%

7.40

29%

36%

25%

7%

7.31

33%

34%

20%

11%

7.29

31%

33%

26%

8%

7.26

33%

32%

21%

11%

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The table below shows the combined extremely/very important scores by party:
% Extremely/Very Important Republican Democrat Independent 59% 61% 63% 68% 75% 69% 62% 69% 68% 52% 68% 69% 69% 74% 76%

All Voters Reforming the state corporate tax system to make it more fair Reforming how Florida government awards state contracts to outside businesses to make it more transparent for Florida citizens Reforming the Florida Retirement System pension fund to preserve it for future retirees Reforming public education to give more choices to parents Reforming how government regulates and issues permits to businesses to make doing business in Florida easier 65% 63% 67% 69% 65%

Support or Oppose Reform Proposals

Respondents were presented with several reform proposals, and were asked if they support or oppose each proposal: A majority of voters support all proposals and the support is bi-partisan.
Support Making all state government contracts public and posting them online for all Floridians to read Requiring local governments in Florida to post online for the public how long it takes them to approve permits, licensing and inspections for businesses Making sure state government does not decide which businesses succeed, and which businesses fail Reducing the number of government rules and regulations for opening a new business in Florida Changing the public pension system for new state and local government workers to a defined contributions plan, similar to the 401k plans that some private companies offer their employees Making sure that charter schools receive the same amount of funding per student as traditional public schools Providing more choices for parents who do not want to take the traditional public school path Allowing parent trigger laws that allow parents to turn around their childs failing public schools Providing vouchers to parents of public school students so they could send their child to a private or religious school 92% 84% 74% 73% 70% 62% 61% 58% 57%
Unsure/ Neither

Oppose 6% 11% 20% 23% 22% 33% 33% 19% 41%

2% 6% 6% 4% 9% 5% 6% 23% 2%

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The table below shows support for each proposal by partisanship:
% Support GOP DEM IND Making all state government contracts public and posting them online for all Floridians to read Requiring local governments in Florida to post online for the public how long it takes them to approve permits, licensing and inspections for businesses Making sure state government does not decide which businesses succeed, and which businesses fail Reducing the number of government rules and regulations for opening a new business in Florida Changing the public pension system for new state and local government workers to a defined contributions plan, similar to the 401k plans that some private companies offer their employees Making sure that charter schools receive the same amount of funding per student as traditional public schools Providing more choices for parents who do not want to take the traditional public school path Allowing parent trigger laws that allow parents to turn around their childs failing public schools Providing vouchers to parents of public school students so they could send their child to a private or religious school 92% 83% 79% 84% 82% 68% 68% 60% 68% 91% 84% 69% 62% 59% 54% 55% 55% 44% 93% 86% 75% 70% 66% 64% 62% 59% 59%

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