Highlights from the 2003-2004 FAPS Report
Most
Important Problem Areas
What do you think is the most important problem facing the state of
Florida?
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Funding
Priorities for State Programs
Please tell me for each program, whether you think the amount now being
spent should be…
Percent of valid responses (DK/REF excluded)
| Funding for… |
Increased
|
Kept at the
present level
|
Decreased
|
| Public schools (K-12) |
84
|
% |
13
|
% |
3
|
% |
| Health care services |
76
|
|
20
|
|
4
|
|
| Programs for the elderly |
72
|
|
25
|
|
3
|
|
| Low income families with children |
67
|
|
28
|
|
6
|
|
| Programs to combat crime |
63
|
|
33
|
|
4
|
|
| State colleges and universities |
62
|
|
33
|
|
5
|
|
| Programs to protect the environment |
59
|
|
34
|
|
7
|
|
| State highways and road systems |
44
|
|
47
|
|
9
|
|
| Programs for state prisons and correctional
facilities |
32
|
|
50
|
|
18
|
|
| Programs to promote tourism |
25
|
|
52
|
|
24
|
|
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Percent
Rating Governor Bush as "Excellent" or "Good, 1999 to 2004
Percent of all respondents
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Trends
in Trust in State Government, 1992-2004
Percent reporting that they trust government "Just about always"
or "Most of the time"
Percent of valid responses (DK/REF excluded)
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