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19 CHAPTER FOUR LEARNING FROM PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY RESEARCH ON MILEAGEBASED USER FEES For each survey identified, the researchers were contacted to request additional information not available in published documents, including crosstabs, data sets, and survey questionnaires. Many authors were willing to share additional information beyond what they had formally published.
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20 while another question asked how privacy ranked compared with other potential MBUF concerns.) Finally, a large set of questions on other topics was compiled into a table to create a database of question-wording ideas, but they were not analyzed because the topics were so different.
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21 Appendix A, and additional information about every poll follows the table. The majority of polls were conducted by phone (58%)
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22 4. Questions related to fairness.
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23 variation in mean support by sociodemographic characteristics. Mean support among males and females is identical, and there is virtually no difference on the basis of age.
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24 support for MBUFs by the year the poll was conducted. A trend line is also shown.
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25 There was very little variation in support on the basis of whether the surveys sampled all adults or only registered voters, although only two questions were asked of the latter. Support Over Time Figure 2 shows the trend in percentage support for replacing the gas tax with an MBUF according to the year the poll was conducted.
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26 It is important to note, however, that repeated negative messaging can lead to decreased support, as shown by Fernandes' (2013) analysis of negative political messaging.
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27 – Is an MBUF fair to people who drive long distances for work? (one question)
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28 When survey questions about support for replacing the gas tax with an MBUF were analyzed to look for correlations with survey administration and personal characteristic factors, the patterns that emerged were generally the same as those for the questions on general MBUF support, with two exceptions. First, support for replacing the gas tax with an MBUF appears to be increasing modestly over time.
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29 • Drivers would have a hard time paying periodic MBUF charges, compared with the relative ease of paying the gas tax in small, frequent increments. • Replacing the gas tax with an MBUF would cause the government to lose a policy tool that incentivizes the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles.
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