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Oregon Values & Beliefs survey: plurality say state is on 'wrong track'; rural connectedness has fallen
Summary
The Oregon Values and Beliefs Center told the House Rules Committee that its representative statewide survey finds more Oregonians say the state is on the 'wrong track' than the 'right direction,' with rural respondents reporting a notable drop in feelings of community connection. OVBC provided disaggregated results and methodological notes to legislators.
Omry Vogel, executive director of the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, told the House Interim Committee to Rules on Jan. 13 that his group's representative-population polling shows a plurality of Oregonians view the state as off on the "wrong track," and that rural residents report falling levels of community connectedness.
"More people say the state is off on the wrong track than headed in the right direction," Vogel said, presenting multi-year trend data and subgroup breakouts. He said only a small share — "7% say strongly in the right direction" in the wording he presented — report strongly…
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