HomeMy WebLinkAbout010626 email - Last chance to participate in the Local Officials Study!ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them.
Dear Commissioner Brotherton,
Happy New Year! In recent weeks, I have asked you, as part of a small sample of local elected officials, to share your opinions about politics and government. We will begin summarizing
the results of this study in the next couple weeks, so I’m writing one final time to ask for your help.
Some people have asked me if they could complete a paper survey instead of using the website. The answer is yes! Just contact me using the information below and I’ll mail you a paper
survey and stamped return envelope right away.
Others have inquired about how much experience in office is needed to take the survey. We are excited to learn the perspectives of people who have just started their service, those who
served in office for a long time, and anywhere in between! Others have wondered about whether the survey is appropriate for those with different views about America’s governance system.
It is! The survey questions are designed so you can indicate a wide range of your possible views about how governance should work – including components of ‘democracy’ and ‘republic’
governments.
The comments of people who have already responded reflect many perspectives. Several officials have also commented that they enjoyed taking the survey. We think the results will be very
interesting to those working in governments at the grassroots level. For this reason, we are excited to soon share a summary of the survey results with those who participate (just indicate
you want to receive this summary at the end of the survey)!
The study is drawing to a close, and this is the last message that we will send to our sample of officials. I am sending this final contact because of my concern that the people who
have not responded have had different experiences or different perspectives on how government should function. It’s only by hearing from nearly everyone in the sample that we can be
sure the results are representative. For example, it’s important to the study’s accuracy that we hear from officials from both major parties as well as nonpartisan officials.
I know many of you have been busy over the last couple months (my own kids just went back to school starting today!), and I hope that receiving this final contact will enable you to
respond. To complete the survey online, simply click the link below (or type or copy/paste this address into your internet browser’s address bar):
https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/alls25
Next, enter this access code: MFQ37
If you have any questions, please contact us at localstudy@davidson.edu <mailto:localstudy@davidson.edu> or legislatorsurvey@uni-mainz.de <mailto:legislatorsurvey@uni-mainz.de> or
by phone at (704) 894-2285.
We hope you enjoy completing the questionnaire and look forward to receiving your responses!
Thank you so much for your help!
Melody
Melody Crowder-Meyer, Davidson College, localstudy@davidson.edu <mailto:localstudy@davidson.edu> , 704-894-2285
Claudia Landwehr, Johannes Gutenberg-University, legislatorsurvey@uni-mainz.de <mailto:legislatorsurvey@uni-mainz.de> , +49 6131 39 28586