Miami-Dade County, FL Survey Results
Q1 Do you approve or disapprove of Governor
Rick Scott’s job performance
Approve ....................................................... 38%
Disapprove ................................................... 52%
Not sure ....................................................... 10%
Q2 Of the following list of choices, which
punishment do you prefer for people convicted
of murder: life in prison with NO possibility of
parole, life in prison with NO possibility of
parole and a requirement to work in prison and
pay restitution to the victims, life in prison with
a possibility of parole after at least 40 years, or
the death penalty?
Prefer life in prison with NO possibility of
parole........................................................... 17%
Prefer life in prison with NO possibility of
parole and a requirement to work in prison
and pay restitutions to the victims ................. 40%
Prefer life in prison with a possibility of parole
after at least 40 years ................................... 18%
Prefer the death penalty ............................... 21%
Not sure ....................................................... 3%
Q3 Suppose that as an alternative to the death
penalty, the money now spent on death penalty
cases - which is estimated to be more than one
million dollars per case, or four times the cost
of a non-death penalty case - could be instead
used to investigate and prosecute unsolved
rapes and murders. If this were possible, would
you prefer the local state attorney to keep
using the death penalty, or instead use life
without parole and redirect the savings to
solving rapes and murders?
Prefer using the death penalty ...................... 27%
Prefer using life without parole and
redirecting the savings to solving rapes and
murders........................................................ 65%
Not sure ....................................................... 8%
January 22-23, 2018 3020 Highwoods Blvd.
Survey of 268 Miami voters Raleigh, NC 27604
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Q4 Do you think that the local state attorney
should seek the death penalty against persons
with severe mental illness or not?
Think that the local state attorney should
seek the death penalty against persons with
severe mental illness..................................... 17%
Do not think that the local state attorney
should seek the death penalty against
persons with severe mental illness ................ 70%
Not sure ....................................................... 13%
Q5 Do you think that the local state attorney
should seek the death penalty against persons
who were under age 21 at the time of the
crime or not?
Think that the local state attorney should
seek the death penalty against persons who
were under age 21 at the time of the crime ... 38%
Do not think that the local state attorney
should seek the death penalty against
persons who were under age 21 at the time
of the crime .................................................. 51%
Not sure ....................................................... 11%
Q6 Some elected prosecutors around the country
and in Florida have announced that they will
no longer seek the death penalty due to the
high cost, the impact on victims’ families, and
the risk of executing an innocent person.
Would you strongly support, somewhat
support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose
a decision by the local State Attorney to reduce
or eliminate use of the death penalty?
Strongly support ........................................... 40%
Somewhat support ....................................... 28%
Somewhat oppose........................................ 11%
Strongly oppose ........................................... 14%
Not sure ....................................................... 7%
Q7 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.
Woman ........................................................ 53%
Man.............................................................. 47%
Q8 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a Q11 If you live in Miami-Dade County, press 1. If
Republican, press 2. If an independent, press you live in Pinellas County, press 2.
3.
Miami-Dade County ......................................100%
Democrat ..................................................... 47%
Pinellas County............................................. 0%
Republican ................................................... 31% Q12 Are you Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim,
Independent ................................................. 21% some other religion, or no religion at all?
Q9 If you are Hispanic or Latino, press 1. If white, Protestant .................................................... 20%
press 2. If African-American, press 3. If other,
Catholic ........................................................ 42%
press 4
Jewish.......................................................... 9%
Hispanic / Latino ........................................... 45%
Muslim.......................................................... 0%
White ........................................................... 24%
Some other religion....................................... 19%
African-American .......................................... 27%
No religion .................................................... 8%
Other............................................................ 4%
Q10 If you are 18-45 years old, press 1. If 46-65, Don't care to say .......................................... 1%
press 2. If older than 65, press 3.
18 to 45........................................................ 28%
46 to 65........................................................ 46%
Older than 65 ............................................... 26%

January 22-23, 2018 3020 Highwoods Blvd.

Survey of 268 Miami voters Raleigh, NC 27604
information@publicpolicypolling.com / 888 621-6988