Questions - NUSA Yellowstone COMBINED July 2024

Survey of 1,128 US Likely Voters
Conducted July 28-29, 2024, by Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

 

1.     Biden Approval

 

 

2.     Have you ever heard of Yellowstone National Park?

 

 

3.     Have you ever visited Yellowstone or Grand Tetons National Parks?

 

 

Answered by 735 respondents who haven't visited Yellowstone:

 

4.     Would you like to visit Yellowstone or Grand Tetons National Parks?

 

 

Answered by 890 respondents who have visited or want to visit Yellowstone:

 

5.     How important is the wildlife to those park visits? The main reason you visit, one of the two main reasons, important but not one of the top two reasons, or it is not an important reason to visit?

 

 

6.     Are you aware that the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is unique in the Lower 48 States in still having all of its original large wildlife species, including grizzly bears, elk, bison, and wolves?

 

 

7.     How important to you is it that large wildlife species continue to survive and flourish in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?

 

 

8.     Are you aware that the vast majority of large mammals in the Yellowstone-Tetons Parks rely upon surrounding PRIVATE lands to survive during at least part of the year?

 

 

9.     Does the United States have a responsibility to the rest of the world to preserve the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem or is preserving this ecosystem not a matter of global concern?

 

 

10.  In recent decades, the population of the private lands of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has increased by more than half. The nearly 200,000 additional residents contributed to the development of about 240 square miles of wildlife habitat and farmland. Are you very concerned, concerned, a bit concerned, or unconcerned about this trend?

 

 

11.  If recent population growth and development trends continue to 2060, the population of Greater Yellowstone would grow by another 40 percent.  Another 360 square miles of wildlife habitat and farmland would be developed to accommodate this growth. Would this make Greater Yellowstone better, worse, or not much different?

 

 

12.  A study of government data found that most U.S. farmland and natural habitat lost to development in the last decade was related to the country’s population growing by 22 million people. The Census Bureau projects the population will grow by tens of millions more in the next 40 years. Would this type of population growth in YOUR area make it a better place to live, a worse place to live, or would it not make much difference?

 

 

13.  The main source of national population growth is immigration from other countries. Should the federal government reduce annual immigration to slow down population growth, keep immigration and population growth at the current level, or increase annual immigration and population growth?

 

 

14.  Currently the federal government adds about one million legal immigrants to the country each year.  What annual level would you prefer:

 

 

15.  Currently, in addition to the million legal immigrants each year, about 2.5 million inadmissible foreign citizens overstay a visa, avoid the border patrol, or are released into the country every year.  In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

 

16.  Do you feel an emotional or spiritual uplift from time spent in natural areas such as forests, wetlands, meadows, and mountains?

 

 

17.  One way to accommodate continued population growth in Greater Yellowstone without losing as much natural habitat and farmland to development would be to increase population density by changing zoning and other regulations so more residents live in apartments, condos, and townhouses instead of single-family houses. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose this kind of change?

 

 

18.  Zoning, urban growth boundaries, and limiting the number of new hook-ups to sewage treatment systems are examples of planning or “smart growth” tools for accommodating population growth while attempting to reduce new development and sprawl from spreading further into the surrounding countryside. Do you favor using such planning tools as a means of limiting sprawl?

 

19.  Do you favor paying higher property taxes to accommodate new residents and residential development into your community?

 

 

20.  Where Do You Live?

 

 

21.  Prefer To Live?

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

 

 

Survey of 829 Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Likely Voters
Conducted July 28-30, 2024, by Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

 

1.     Biden Approval

 

 

2.     Have you ever visited Yellowstone or Grand Tetons National Parks?

 

 

Answered by the 138 respondents who had not visited Yellowstone:

 

3.     How many times have you visited Yellowstone National Park?

 

 

Answered by the 691 respondents who have visited Yellowstone:

 

4.     How many times have you visited Yellowstone National Park?

 

 

Answered by the 691 respondents who have visited Yellowstone:

 

5.     How often EACH YEAR do you tend to visit Yellowstone-Grand Tetons?

 

 

Answered by the 807 respondents who have visited or want to visit Yellowstone:

 

6.     How important is the wildlife to those park visits? The main reason you visit, one of the two main reasons, important but not one of the top two reasons, or it is not an important reason to visit?

 

 

7.     Are you aware that the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is unique in the Lower 48 States in still having all of its original large wildlife species, including grizzly bears, elk, bison, and wolves?

 

 

8.     How important to you is it that large wildlife species continue to survive and flourish in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?

 

 

9.     Are you aware that the vast majority of large mammals in the Yellowstone-Tetons Parks rely upon surrounding PRIVATE lands to survive during at least part of the year?

 

 

10.  In recent decades, the population of the private lands of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has increased by more than half. The nearly 200,000 additional residents contributed to the development of about 240 square miles of wildlife habitat and farmland.

 

 

11.  If recent population growth and development trends continue to 2060, the population of Greater Yellowstone would grow by another 40 percent.  Another 360 square miles of wildlife habitat and farmland would be developed to accommodate this growth.

 

 

12.  Would the projected future population growth and development have a very negative effect on Greater Yellowstone’s wildlife, a somewhat negative effect, a generally neutral effect, a somewhat positive effect, or a very positive effect?

 

 

13.  The main source of Greater Yellowstone’s population growth is people moving in from other states. Should local and state governments in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho make it more difficult for people to move to the region from other states by restricting development?

 

 

14.  The main source of national population growth is immigration from other countries. Should the federal government reduce annual immigration to slow down population growth, keep immigration and population growth at the current level, or increase annual immigration and population growth?

 

 

15.  Currently the federal government adds about one million legal immigrants to the country each year.  What annual level would you prefer:

 

 

16.  Currently, in addition to the million legal immigrants each year, about 2.5 million inadmissible foreign citizens overstay a visa, avoid the border patrol, or are released into the country every year.  In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

17.   Does the United States have a responsibility to the rest of the world to preserve the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem or is preserving this ecosystem not a matter of global concern?

 

 

18.  Do you feel an emotional or spiritual uplift from time spent in natural areas such as forests, wetlands, meadows, and mountains?

 

 

19.  One way to accommodate continued population growth in Greater Yellowstone without losing as much natural habitat and farmland to development would be to increase population density by changing zoning and other regulations so more residents live in apartments.

 

 

20.  Zoning, urban growth boundaries, and limiting the number of new hook-ups to sewage treatment systems are examples of planning or “smart growth” tools for accommodating population growth while attempting to reduce new development and sprawl from spreading further into the surrounding countryside. Do you favor using such planning tools as a means of limiting sprawl?

 

21.  Do you favor paying higher property taxes to accommodate new residents and residential development into your community?

 

 

22.  When considering why you live in this region, which of the following reasons is most important to you?  Please listen to the entire list before responding.

 

 

23.  How long have you lived in the region?

 

 

24.  Do you live within a 3 hours’ drive of Yellowstone or Grand Tetons National Park?

 

 

25.  Do you live in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area?

 

 

26.  Where would you prefer to live – in a major city, the suburbs, a small city, a town or a rural area?

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence