Polling Place

The Polling section includes a collection of recent opinion survey questions about poverty, low-income Americans, and topics related to economic opportunity from major public opinion polls around the country. The section is updated frequently in order to provide timely public opinion resources drawn from major national surveys.

Each polling entry includes the date and source of the poll, the survey question and results, and the methodology.

Be sure to check our issue sections for survey questions sorted by topic area.

 

 

Poverty, the Media and Election 2012: What Do Voters Think?

A report compiled by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

January 11-16, 2012: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Political Survey---Nationwide poll on the priority of dealing with the problems of poor and needy people.

Topic(s): General

January 5-8, 2012: Gallup Poll---Nationwide poll on the nation’s effort to deal with poverty and homelessness.

Topic(s): General

December 8- 13, 2011: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on providing financial help to Americans who don’t get insurance through their jobs to help purchase coverage.

Topic(s): Health

December 8-13, 2011: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on expanding the existing Medicaid program to cover uninsured adults regardless of whether they have children.

Topic(s): Health

December 6-19, 2011: Pew Social Trends Poll---Nationwide poll on conflict between rich and poor people in the United States.

Topic(s): General

November 17- 20, 2011: United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll---Nationwide poll on placing strict limits on how much Washington will spend on Medicaid and Medicare to reduce the deficit.

Topic(s): Health

November 10-14, 2011: PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey---Nationwide poll on the poor people’s dependence on government assistance programs.

Topic(s): General

November 10-14, 2011: PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey---Nationwide poll on cutting federal funding for religious organizations that help the poor.

Topic(s): General

November 10- 15, 2011: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on expanding the existing Medicaid program to cover uninsured adults regardless of whether they have children.

Topic(s): Health

November 10- 15, 2011: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on providing financial help to Americans who don’t get insurance through their jobs to help purchase coverage.

Topic(s): Health

November 10- 14, 2011: PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey---Nationwide poll on cutting federal funding for programs benefiting low-income people to reduce the deficit.

Topic(s): General

November 8-10, 2011: McClatchy/Marist Poll---Nationwide poll on change in taxes for the poor in a flat-rate tax system.

Topic(s): General

November 8- 10, 2011: McClatchy/Marist Poll---Nationwide poll on whether low-income people should pay in taxes.

Topic(s): General

November 6- 9, 2011: Politico/George Washington University Battleground 2012 Survey---Nationwide poll on making spending cuts to Medicare and Medicaid by increasing beneficiary costs.

Topic(s): Health

November 3- 6, 2011: United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll---Nationwide poll on importance of Congress reducing the deficit by cutting spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid by the end of the year.

Topic(s): Health

November 3-6, 2011: Princeton Survey Research Associates International---Nationwide poll on the likelihood that Congress will reduce the deficit solely by cutting programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

Topic(s): Health

October 17 – November 16, 2011: NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation Poll---Nationwide poll on the long-term unemployed.

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity, Health

October 13-18, 2011: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on national policymaker attention to Medicaid.

Topic(s): Health

October 9 -10, 2011: Time/Abt SRBI Poll---Nationwide poll on how government assistance impacts America globally.

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity

October, 2011: impreMedia/Latino Decisions Poll---Nationwide poll of Hispanic Voters on the protections in the health reform bill for low- and moderate- income Americans.

Topic(s): Health

September 30 - October 11, 2011: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Knowledge Survey---Nationwide poll on the perceived percentage of Americans in poverty.

Topic(s): General

American Attitudes on the Poor and the Deficit: A Collection of Public Opinion Responses

A report compiled by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

September 22- October 4, 2011: Pew Research Center Poll---Registered Republican and Republican-leaning voter poll on whether the government does too little for poor people.

Topic(s): General

September 22-October 4, 2011: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Generations Survey---Nationwide poll on whether the government is doing enough for poor people.

Topic(s): General

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