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MICHAEL KOHN Oregon Capital Bureau As wildfires seem to grow in number and severity each year, Oregonians are expressing greater concern for how wildfire affects their own lives. A recent survey conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center found a strong majority of Oregonians see wildfires as "a somewhat or very serious threat" to residents of the state. Respondents described challenges with managing the forests, as well as climate change that is drying out forest areas and ma...

May 11 2021 Gloom about money matters was worse in midst of pandemic, according to a new survey by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. Life is unfair — especially when it comes to money. Only one in five Oregonians says the economic system of the United States is fair for all, according to a new poll by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. The public opinion nonprofits recent survey also found that nearly seven in 10 state residents rate Oregons economy as middling-to-lousy, thoug...

Life is unfair — especially when it comes to money.

May 11 2021 Gloom about money matters was worse in midst of pandemic, according to a new survey by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. Life is unfair — especially when it comes to money. Only one in five Oregonians says the economic system of the United States is fair for all, according to a new poll by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. The public opinion nonprofits recent survey also found that nearly seven in 10 state residents rate Oregons economy as middling-to-lousy, thoug...

Faith in democracy eroding across Oregon, new poll finds April 28 2021 Partisanship, pandemic and a mini recession take their tole, according to the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center. Faith in democracy has dimmed. After years of tumult, riots, economic uncertainty and low-blow politics — not to mention a global pandemic — nearly seven out of every 10 Oregonians believe democracy has weakened across the United States over the past four years. Residents describe a slightly more...

April 15 2021 Elections have become polarizing events, but survey research finds that Oregonians of all stripes are proud of the states efforts to engage voters. Is it any wonder that after four years of close elections, contested elections and "stolen elections" — not to mention government hits and misses during the pandemic and now voter restrictions — that a strong majority of Oregonians feel democracy has gotten weaker in the United States? If you want to know what unites us, I give...

April 14 2021 Statewide polling by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center asks about lasting effects of pandemic on Oregon. The novel coronavirus has upended nearly every facet of modern life over the past year — but will those changes stick? Many Oregonians predict that online shopping and working from home are here to stay; virtual schooling and high unemployment, on the other hand, are expected to linger temporarily. And the permanence of other virus-spurred alterations in society, suc...

A large percentage (43%) of Oregonians do not believe they can make their community a better place to live, according to a recent Oregon Values and Beliefs Center survey. That figure becomes a majority among Oregonians ages 65 and older; just 62% do not believe they can have a big or moderate effect on their community. That percentage is also a majority among rural Oregonians (54%). Comparatively, urban (64%) and younger (66%) Oregonians feel much more capable of having a positive effect. What ...

March 05 2021 Oregon Values & Voices project will pair unbiased research with independent reporting to inform Oregonians working to build stronger communities across the entire state. As a recently retired opinion researcher, I spent a professional career exploring the divides in Oregon. The political divide. The urban-rural divide. Too often, my exploration was limited to one or another subgroup of Oregonians, rather than all Oregonians. And my charge was to simply report the numb...

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