FIU/Florida Poll
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Florida International University

The FIU/Florida Poll is a statewide survey of 1,200 Florida residents done by SJMC’s Institute for Public Opinion Research (IPOR) every year from 1988 to 2004. The 2004 Poll was done in December 2004 and January 2005, and the 2006 Poll was done in July 2006.

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Some people feel that efforts to protect the environment have gone too far, and that there are too many environmental regulations, which unnecessarily hurt business and the economy. Others feel that strict environmental regulations are necessary to save the environment. What do you think -- are current environmental regulations too strict or not?

Bar Chart

results by ethnic groups


environmental regulations * Florida poll conducted in year Crosstabulation
% within Florida poll conducted in year


Florida poll conducted in year Total
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06
environmental regulations too strict 29.4% 23.9% 25.2% 24.6% 20.7% 19.9% 20.9% 22.8% 21.5% 18.4% 19.1% 22.3%
not too strict 70.6% 76.1% 74.8% 75.4% 79.3% 80.1% 79.1% 77.2% 78.5% 81.6% 80.9% 77.7%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


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