Recent Polling Reveals Arizona Voters’ Opinions on Homelessness and Healthcare
As homelessness grows in Arizona, a large, bipartisan majority (83%) support making it easier for courts to direct homeless individuals with severe mental illness or addiction into treatment facilities.
Nearly two-thirds of voters (60%) agree homeless encampments pose a risk to those who live or work nearby, and cleaning up those on sidewalks and other publicly shared areas enjoys strong bipartisan support (78%).
Arizonans were also asked about homeless service facilities.
Nearly two-thirds of Arizonans (62%) support establishing drug-free zones around homeless service facilities. A majority (53%) also agree that taxpayer-funded homeless service providers should be audited to determine whether their programs are effective.
On healthcare, about a third of voters in Arizona said it should be easier for experienced doctors who were trained in other countries to get licensed and serve patients in the United States. However, they were far more likely to support that if they knew: these doctors had training equal to or better than American medical training (75%), it could increase access to care in rural areas (67%), and it could increase access to care for pregnant women, seniors, and those with disabilities (62%).
See the full results below.
1. How often do you avoid shopping areas, parks, and other public spaces where there are homeless encampments?
2. Do you think homeless encampments pose a public safety risk to those who live or work near them?
3. Do you think more should be done to clean up homeless encampments on sidewalks and other publicly shared areas?
4. Would you be more likely to support cleaning up homeless encampments if you knew that as many as 20 percent of homeless individuals are on the Arizona sex offender registry?
5. Do you think cities should be penalized by the state if they fail to clean up homeless encampments?
6. Would you support or oppose establishing drug-free zones, similar to drug-free school zones, around homeless service facilities?
7. Would you support or oppose auditing taxpayer-funded homeless service providers to determine whether their programs are effective?
8. Would you support or oppose making it easier for courts to direct homeless individuals with severe mental illness or addiction into treatment facilities?
9. In November, Arizona voters approved a new law allowing property owners to claim a rebate on their taxes if crime related to homelessness impacts their property. How likely would you be to file for a property tax rebate if crime related to homeless encampments were impacting your neighborhood?
10. Do you think this new property tax rebate law will motivate cities to clean up homeless encampments?
11. How often do you experience delays in getting a doctor’s appointment for non-emergency care?
12. Generally speaking, do you think it should be easier for experienced doctors who were trained in other countries to get licensed and serve patients in the United States?
13. Would you be more likely to support making it easier for doctors trained in other countries to practice in the United States if you knew that their training were equal to or better than American medical training?
14. Would you be more likely to support making it easier for doctors trained in other countries to practice in the United States if you knew that their patients report high satisfaction with their care?
15. Would you be more likely to support making it easier for doctors trained in other countries to practice in the United States if you knew that it could increase access to care in rural areas?
16. Would you be more likely to support making it easier for doctors trained in other countries to practice in the United States if you knew that it could increase access to care for pregnant women, seniors, and those with disabilities?
Results for this poll were collected using a sampling frame that gathered responses from 1,938 likely national voters during live calls, online panels, and automated telephone interviews conducted by Cor Strategies, Inc.
The survey was conducted January 9–14, 2025. The margin of sampling error is ±2.23 percentage points. The margin of sampling error may be higher or lower for subgroups. Results presented may not always appear to total 100 percent due to rounding.
Data were post-stratified using weighted demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement and the state election authorities.
Demographic information for actual voters in past elections was used to construct sample target weights.
Cicero Institute paid for all costs associated with this survey.
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