District 65 Election Interest Survey Results

A few weeks ago, in my post introducing the 17 candidates for the District 65 board, I included an anonymous (but logged in to guarantee uniqueness) survey about the upcoming election.

72 readers responded, which a non-random sample of 3% of the overall FOIA Gras readership. Respondents could select more than one option in all categories, so most of the results will not add up to 100%.

If you’re one of the candidates, keep in mind that this is an incredibly unscientific survey rife with statistical bias and lacking any i.i.d assumptions. It’s just a survey that 72 of you bothered to fill out. The bottom two candidates didn’t have a profile on the site at the time of the survey, so caveat emptor on these results. During the election, I am going to try to conduct at least one non-biased bona-fide poll.

Survey respondents could vote on as many candidates as they liked (read about the candidates here):

In terms of topics, the results line up with metrics of this blog. Mainly, readers care a lot about financial sustainability but not that much about property taxes. I was surprised that more than half the survey respondents listed “Superintendent Changes” as a topic I should discuss with candidates.

I failed to include a few topics, but mostly I left out “Special Education” which many of you listed in the other category. I think that’s a hugely important topic so I’ll make sure to include that in conversations I have with candidates.