Doug Fulton, candidate for MN Senate for Edina and west Bloomington, conducted an informal survey in early September.  The results?

50% of the respondents felt that increasing crime is the number one issue, followed by 30% of the people who thought inflation is the biggest issue, and 20% for whom the top issue was school curriculums. 
 
Also, when asked what they attributed the increase of crime to, 30% of the respondents chose "lack of prosecution of criminals" and 30% "home life".

Doug reported, “We had a variety of answers relative to the poor result of the MN School Comprehensive Assessment score but the majority of the people believe that school policies and lower standards were the two biggest factors.” 
 
Doug Fulton concluded, “All of these are issues that threaten family life. No wonder 96% of the respondents felt that families are not well represented in our Senate in St. Paul!  It reaffirmed my commitment to put family first and ask the same question every time a decision comes my way as your Senator and that is: “Will this be good for our families?