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Survey: Sprawl Now Joins Crime as Top Concern

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As the national campaign season reaches full swing, a new series of polls reveals that American's top concerns are directed much closer to home, with dramatic frustrations over sprawl and growth now edging out more traditional issues, such as crime. Moreover, minorities view their local institutions starkly differently than white Americans, according to the surveys released by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism.

New Voter Education Project Reaches One in Four North Carolina Voters, and Impresses 82% Favorably

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Respondents to new survey positive on campaign media coverage

Washington, D.C., December 1996 – A civic Journalism project devoted to issues-based coverage of the North Carolina Senate and gubernatorial races caught the attention of one in four voters of the state, according to a statewide survey of registered voters in North Carolina taken immediately after the November elections.

Of those voters who recognized the project, more than 80 percent viewed it “favorably” or “very favorably.” Read more