Polls
All Polls
Considering the WCFP’s clear cutting of forest preserves, do you prefer a walk on the prairie or a walk in the woods?
- Woods (85%, 29 Votes)
- Prairie (15%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Start Date: June 5, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
End Date: June 12, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should more resources be dedicated to assisting soldiers in returning home from war?
- Yes (74%, 17 Votes)
- No (26%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Start Date: May 29, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
End Date: June 5, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Is Rockford becoming a safer community?
- No (100%, 70 Votes)
- Yes (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 70
Start Date: May 22, 2012 @ 10:38 pm
End Date: May 29, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Will President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage affect your vote for president in the Nov. 6 general election?
- No (71%, 36 Votes)
- Yes (29%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 51
Start Date: May 15, 2012 @ 10:53 pm
End Date: May 22, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Which Chicago baseball team will finish the 2012 season with a better record?
- White Sox (89%, 17 Votes)
- Cubs (11%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 19
Start Date: May 8, 2012 @ 6:31 pm
End Date: May 15, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
If the presidential election were today, for whom would you vote?
- Mitt Romney (R) (42%, 36 Votes)
- Barack Obama (D) (41%, 35 Votes)
- Other (17%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 86
Start Date: May 1, 2012 @ 10:42 pm
End Date: May 8, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Rockford Mass Transit District using video and audio monitoring devices on its fleet of buses?
- Yes (89%, 34 Votes)
- No (11%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 38
Start Date: April 24, 2012 @ 8:17 pm
End Date: May 1, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support the proposed expansion of the Winnebago Landfill in Rockford?
- No (63%, 25 Votes)
- Yes (37%, 17 Votes)
Total Voters: 40
Start Date: April 17, 2012 @ 9:45 pm
End Date: April 24, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Are you satisfied with the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification card (FOID) screening process?
- No (55%, 18 Votes)
- Yes (45%, 16 Votes)
Total Voters: 33
Start Date: April 10, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
End Date: April 17, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should state parks in Illinois charge $5-$10 for a daily pass and $25 for an annual pass to help compensate for a cut to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' budget?
- No (60%, 32 Votes)
- Yes (40%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Start Date: April 3, 2012 @ 2:59 pm
End Date: April 10, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support the Rockford teachers' union's decision to strike?
- Yes (59%, 61 Votes)
- No (41%, 43 Votes)
Total Voters: 104
Start Date: March 27, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
End Date: April 3, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should the City of Rockford create a tax increment financing (TIF) district on East State Street between Alpine and Mulford roads?
- No (84%, 31 Votes)
- Yes (16%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 37
Start Date: March 20, 2012 @ 8:06 pm
End Date: March 27, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support the proposed state strip club surcharge, a $5-per-patron fee for strip clubs to be donated to sexual assault prevention agencies?
- No (63%, 26 Votes)
- Yes (37%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 41
Start Date: March 13, 2012 @ 7:38 pm
End Date: March 20, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should bow hunters — as opposed to county-paid sharpshooters — play a bigger role in managing the deer population in area forest preserves?
- Yes (55%, 29 Votes)
- No (45%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Start Date: March 6, 2012 @ 8:27 pm
End Date: March 13, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should Rockford Public Schools purchase the Ombudsman program, which offers core classes online for middle and high school students in alternative classes?
- No (87%, 60 Votes)
- Yes (13%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 69
Start Date: February 28, 2012 @ 10:23 pm
End Date: March 6, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Are you concerned a contract demand by Rockford Area Venues and Entertainment Authority (RAVE) could lead to the demise of Rockford’s On the Waterfront festival?
- Yes (53%, 21 Votes)
- No (47%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 40
Start Date: February 21, 2012 @ 7:28 pm
End Date: February 28, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Are you aware of the Illinois Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (IPXP), which offers coverage even with pre-existing conditions?
- No (82%, 23 Votes)
- Yes (18%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 28
Start Date: February 14, 2012 @ 8:52 pm
End Date: February 21, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you believe the economy in the Rockford area is improving?
- No (59%, 36 Votes)
- Yes (41%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 61
Start Date: February 7, 2012 @ 5:06 pm
End Date: February 14, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should all states require that students stay in high school until they either graduate or turn 18?
- Yes (57%, 27 Votes)
- No (43%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 47
Start Date: January 31, 2012 @ 7:18 pm
End Date: February 7, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should video and still cameras be allowed in all Illinois courtrooms?
- Yes (76%, 19 Votes)
- No (24%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Start Date: January 24, 2012 @ 5:17 pm
End Date: January 31, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Should the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission that affirmed corporations are people and money is speech be overturned?
- Yes (83%, 30 Votes)
- No (17%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 36
Start Date: January 17, 2012 @ 5:23 pm
End Date: January 24, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Winnebago County Forest Preserve District's decision to remove pine trees from three area forest preserves as part of ecological restoration?
- Yes (55%, 55 Votes)
- No (45%, 48 Votes)
Total Voters: 100
Start Date: January 10, 2012 @ 1:10 pm
End Date: January 17, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support the president’s signing of a defense bill that gives the president broad powers to detain those suspected of being terrorists and to impose sanctions against Iran?
- No (70%, 35 Votes)
- Yes (30%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 50
Start Date: January 3, 2012 @ 9:16 pm
End Date: January 10, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Rockford Public Library's decision to devote 34 percent of its budget to electronic resources?
- No (81%, 57 Votes)
- Yes (19%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 70
Start Date: December 27, 2011 @ 12:44 pm
End Date: January 3, 2012 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Rockford City Council's decision to create a tax increment financing (TIF) district near Chicago-Rockford International Airport?
- No (69%, 22 Votes)
- Yes (31%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 32
Start Date: December 20, 2011 @ 3:28 pm
End Date: December 27, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Which Republican presidential candidate would you vote for?
- None (37%, 29 Votes)
- Ron Paul (27%, 21 Votes)
- Newt Gingrich (18%, 14 Votes)
- Mitt Romney (11%, 9 Votes)
- Other (8%, 6 Votes)
- Rick Perry (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 79
Start Date: December 13, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
End Date: December 20, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Rockford City Council's decision to reject fee increases that would have created more than $1 million in next year's budget?
- Yes (63%, 17 Votes)
- No (37%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 27
Start Date: December 6, 2011 @ 7:02 pm
End Date: December 13, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support City of Rockford's decision to remove 2,300 of 14,000 city-owned street lights?
- No (77%, 61 Votes)
- Yes (23%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 79
Start Date: November 29, 2011 @ 4:22 pm
End Date: December 6, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Will the Chicago Bears make the playoffs with quarterback Jay Cutler sidelined by injury?
- No (55%, 16 Votes)
- Yes (45%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 29
Start Date: November 22, 2011 @ 3:36 pm
End Date: November 29, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you approve of the job Robert Willis is doing as interim superintendent of Rockford Public School District 205?
- No (60%, 32 Votes)
- Yes (40%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Start Date: November 15, 2011 @ 3:25 pm
End Date: November 22, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should the federal government consider forgiving student loan debt as a means to stimulate the economy?
- No (60%, 34 Votes)
- Yes (40%, 23 Votes)
Total Voters: 57
Start Date: November 8, 2011 @ 3:49 pm
End Date: November 15, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should Bernie Madoff’s family members be forced to liquidate their assets to repay his scam victims?
- Yes (75%, 36 Votes)
- No (25%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 48
Start Date: November 1, 2011 @ 8:00 pm
End Date: November 8, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Have you ever experienced what you believed to be paranormal activity?
- Yes (57%, 12 Votes)
- No (43%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 21
Start Date: October 26, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: November 1, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do the Chicago Cubs have a better chance of winning under new team President Theo Epstein?
- No (73%, 16 Votes)
- Yes (27%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
Start Date: October 19, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: October 25, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you or someone you know need the extra 73 weeks of federal unemployment benefits being discussed in Congress?
- Yes (67%, 18 Votes)
- No (33%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 27
Start Date: October 12, 2011 @ 8:45 am
End Date: October 18, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support the efforts of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, who are protesting on Wall Street against corporate greed and political corruption?
- Yes (64%, 35 Votes)
- No (36%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 55
Start Date: October 5, 2011 @ 8:43 am
End Date: October 11, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Have current economic conditions forced you to skip medical care to save money?
- Yes (77%, 27 Votes)
- No (23%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 35
Start Date: September 28, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: October 4, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should the U.S. Postal Service consider reducing the number of days per week it delivers mail?
- Yes (82%, 36 Votes)
- No (18%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 44
Start Date: September 21, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: September 27, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Is the federal government doing enough to help create jobs?
- No (94%, 31 Votes)
- Yes (6%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 33
Start Date: September 14, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: September 20, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Has the United States become a stronger nation in the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks?
- No (77%, 24 Votes)
- Yes (23%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 31
Start Date: September 7, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: September 13, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should the City of Rockford outsource its parking system?
- No (78%, 18 Votes)
- Yes (22%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Start Date: August 31, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: September 6, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Are you glad the USDA has begun to mandate healthier, lower calorie school lunches?
- Yes (83%, 24 Votes)
- No (17%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 29
Start Date: August 24, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: August 30, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should William Charles Construction be allowed to build an asphalt plant at the bottom of its East State Street quarry?
- No (53%, 27 Votes)
- Yes (47%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 51
Start Date: August 17, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: August 23, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should the Rockford Board of Education have rehired more than 10 of the 99 paraprofessionals laid off in July?
- Yes (76%, 26 Votes)
- No (24%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Start Date: August 10, 2011 @ 9:13 am
End Date: August 16, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Are you satisfied with the debt-limit deal?
- No (84%, 21 Votes)
- Yes (16%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Start Date: August 3, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: August 9, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you support Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's attempts to halt scheduled pay raises for state workers in Illinois?
- Yes (51%, 19 Votes)
- No (49%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 37
Start Date: July 27, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: August 2, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Do you approve of President Barack Obama's handling of the debt ceiling?
- No (59%, 33 Votes)
- Yes (41%, 23 Votes)
Total Voters: 56
Start Date: July 20, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: July 26, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Has political correctness gone too far?
- Yes (79%, 27 Votes)
- No (21%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Start Date: July 13, 2011 @ 8:41 am
End Date: July 19, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should first-time nonviolent felony offenders in Winnebago County be given a second chance before going through the court system and having their criminal records tarnished?
- Yes (52%, 22 Votes)
- No (48%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 42
Start Date: July 6, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: July 12, 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Should concealed carry of firearms be legal in Illinois?
- Yes (76%, 48 Votes)
- No (24%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 63
Start Date: June 29, 2011 @ 12:00 am
End Date: July 5, 2011 @ 3:30 pm














