pvnu survey results
august 2020 survey results
Between August 17 and 19, and between August 27 and 30, PVNU asked PV Forum subscribers to assign a priority ranking to each of six different Portola Valley issues:
affordable housing
open space and wildlife preservation
quality schools
racial opportunity and justice
policing and public safety, and
fire safety and emergency preparedness.
Individual respondents could assign the same priority ranking to any issue, resulting in some respondents assigning the same priority (e.g., 1st Priority) ranking to two or more issues. A total of 68 distinct respondents replied, with
42 respondents (62%) ranking fire safety as a first priority;
37 respondents (54%) ranking open space as a first priority;
30 respondents (44%) ranking policing and public safety as a first priority;
23 respondents (34%) ranking quality schools as a first priority;
18 respondents (26%) ranking racial opportunity and justice as a first priority; and
10 respondents (15%) ranking affordable housing as a first priority.
A graphical depiction of the issues ranked with the highest (first) priority is shown below. Because each respondent could assign the a “first priority” to more than one issue, the total number of “first priority” rankings assigned to each issue exceeds the sample size (68). This was revised in the September survey to require each respondent to assign a different priority ranking to each different issue.
A graphical depiction of the issues ranked with the lowest (sixth) priority is shown below.
september 2020 survey results
Between September 4 and 7, PVNU asked PV Forum to assign a different priority ranking to each of the same six issues, thus requiring each respondent to assign a different priority ranking to each of the six issues. A total of 24 distinct respondents replied and a graphical depiction of the first, second and third rankings assigned to each of the six issues is shown below.
