Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2022

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The 2022 Louisiana Survey is the twentieth in an annual series of statewide surveys beginning in 2003 and sponsored by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication.

Reflecting the continuing evolution of survey research, we used two approaches for this year’s survey. First, we used our traditional probability-sampling approach to draw landline and cell phone numbers for a live-interview telephone survey while allowing participants with cellphones to choose to reply online, rather than over the phones, through a link sent via text message. Second, in partnership with the research firm YouGov, we administered an online survey to a nonprobability sample of Louisiana residents who participate in the YouGov panel. The body of this report focuses on results from the traditional probability sample. However, interested readers can find the topline results from both samples at the end of this document. More information about our methods, including YouGov’s strategy for generating representative samples, is available in the survey methodology section of this report.

The mission of the Louisiana Survey is to establish benchmarks as well as to capture change in residents’ assessments of state government services. The survey is further dedicated to tracking public opinion on contemporary policy issues. Each iteration of the Louisiana Survey contains core items designed to serve as barometers of public sentiment, including assessments of whether the state is heading in the right direction or wrong direction and perceptions about the most important problems facing the state.

In the 2022 Louisiana Survey, this core is supplemented with items about the Covid-19 pandemic, access to high-speed internet, coastal issues, flooding and other natural disasters, integrity of elections, media use, the death penalty, and abortion.

As part of an effort to ensure that the Louisiana Survey fulfills its public service mission, the research team solicited input about topics for the survey from members of the government and policy community across the political spectrum. Additionally, the research team drew upon expertise in public policy and polling from Louisiana State University faculty. These advisors provided invaluable insight into the design of the questionnaire and in identifying the contemporary policy questions that could most benefit from an understanding of the public’s views. While we are indebted to them for their time and contributions, they bear no responsibility for final decisions on the questionnaire, analysis, and interpretation presented in this report or any mistakes therein.

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