A telephone survey conducted in Lansing, Michigan, in 1976, which segmented voters according to their orientations on a proposed state bill to ban nonreturnable beverage bottles, is described in this paper. First, background is presented on the issue of returnable versus nonreturnable bottles, the main provisions of the proposed bill are listed,…

Developed by a team of strategists to help local school districts in Michigan win school millage elections, this manual details the factors that go into a successful election campaign. The campaign is broken into five phases: building a coalition, surveying and gathering information, developing a campaign theme and campaign plan, identifying and…

An aspect of the Lansing, Michigan desegregation process that is examined in this paper is the school elections which have been held since 1969. The purpose of this examination is to determine what, if any, reliable voting patterns can be found in the Lansing community relative to the desegregation process. The assumption underlying this analysis…