Negative Population Growth (NPG) commissioned Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. to conduct a public opinion survey of Georgia voters to gauge their attitudes about the current pace of population growth.


FINDINGS:


Population and Development Growth – Issues of Urgency and Concern with Voters


• 69% of Georgia voters say that the quality of life will deteriorate if current state population and growth trends continue.

Rate of Residential Growth

• Almost 60% of Georgia voters—and 71% of Atlanta area voters—describe the rate of residential development in their communities as “too fast.”

Traffic

• Two-thirds of voters statewide and 81% in the Atlanta metro region say that they are spending more time in traffic and less time with family as a result of the current pace of development and resulting traffic congestion.

Sprawl

• More than half of voters say that sprawl can never be controlled unless the state’s population stops growing.

The Politics and Policies

• Two-thirds of Georgia voters say that the state and federal leaders have a “responsibility to enact policies that reduce development and halt population so that a high quality of life, a health environment, and a sound economy can be maintained.”

• 55% of voters statewide and 61% in the Atlanta region don’t believe that state officials are effectively balancing development and population growth with maintaining a high quality of life.

Voter Attitudes about Immigration Policies

• 74% of Georgia voters are concerned about immigration levels to the U.S.

• 79% of Georgia voters are “extremely concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about immigration levels to the state of Georgia.

• 60% of Georgia voters oppose an amnesty for illegal immigrants currently in the U.S.

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