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Vast Majorities of Americans Intensely Support Increasing Funding for Programs [1]

['Gabriela Parra']

Date: 2023-11-30 08:45:36+00:00

Vast majorities support more investment in programs like Social Security and Medicare.



Large majorities of Americans not only oppose cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare, nutrition assistance for vulnerable families, and Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, but also overwhelmingly support investing more in them. This survey contained a split-sample experiment where half of respondents were asked about cutting spending for a variety of programs and the other half of respondents were asked about increasing funding in the same list of programs. The most widely opposed cuts include funding for retirement programs, like Social Security and Medicare (net -68; 13 percent support – 81 percent oppose), funding for nutrition assistance for children and vulnerable families (net -63; 15 percent support – 78 percent oppose), funding for K-12 public schools (net -61; 16 percent support – 77 percent oppose), and funding for health care, including Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (net -54; 20 percent support – 74 percent oppose). When looking at these same programs and asking support for increasing investment in them, there is equal or even higher levels of support for additional funding, including increasing funding for retirement programs, like Social Security and Medicare (net +71; 82 percent support – 11 percent oppose), funding for nutrition assistance for children and vulnerable families (net +60; 76 percent support – 16 percent opposed), funding for health care, including Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (net +59; 76 percent support – 17 percent oppose), and funding for K-12 public schools (net +54; 73 percent support – 19 percent oppose).

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[1] Url: https://navigatorresearch.org/vast-majorities-of-americans-intensely-support-increasing-funding-for-programs/

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