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In the Spotlight > New report reveals county officials' current views nationwide

New report reveals county officials' current views nationwide

Posted September 7, 2006
Contact: Wes Clarke, wclarke@cviog.uga.edu; 706.542.6202

A national survey of county elected officials finds that they are more optimistic than the general public about government but less so than elected officials were in previous years. They are also as divided as the general public in their assessment of the impact of immigration in the country and in their counties.

The National Elected Officials Annual Poll, now in its third year, is conducted by the Institute's National Center for the Study of Counties and the National Association of Counties. It represents the broadest effort to measure the opinions and views of those elected to run America's broad spectrum of counties.

For more information and poll findings, read the report.

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