Surveys included questions of satisfaction with community, neighborhood, state, and life in general; perception of whether things are going in the right direction or seriously off track for the state, Valley, and community; financial satisfaction; perceived economic conditions in state, Valley, and community; public schools; confidence in political and business leadership in community; performance of local, state, and federal government; whether or not respondent voted in selected elections; crime; homeless; background information including education, marital status, children at home, race, ethnicity, age, household income, and gender.