TABLE OF CONV"ENT"S <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Objectives .......................................................................:................................. i <br />Methodology .................................................................................................. ii <br />Report Format ............................................................................................... ii <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Summary ...................................................................................................ES 1 <br />Hypotheses ................................................................................................ ES 4 <br />Community Services ..............................................................................ES 5 <br />Endorsement Power ................................................................................ES 5 <br />ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS <br />A Note on Voting .................................................................................................... ..1 <br />Attitudes Towards Annexation ..............................................................................2 <br />Population Patterns ............................................................................:........ ..2 <br />Attitudes by Demographic Groups .............................................................3 <br />Editorial Observations .............................:....................................................4 <br />Voting Rationale ........................................................................................................5 <br />Favor .................................................................................................................5 <br />Oppose ..............................................................................................................5 <br />Perceptions of Services .............................................................................................6 <br />Impact of Pro-Annexation Themes .....................:.................................................9 <br />Credibility of Annexation Themes ...................................................................... 12 <br />Endorsements .......................:................................................................................... 13 <br />Communications ..................................................................................................... 14 <br />APPENDIX A <br />Sample Selection ....................................................................................... A-1 <br />Screeners and Quotas ...............................................................................A-1 <br />Questionnaire Design .............................................................................. A-2 <br />Quality Control ......................:................................................................... A-2 <br />Sampling Variability ............................................................:...................A-3 <br />STATISTICAL ABSTRACTS <br />QUESTIONNAIRE <br />