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.

 

 

April 25, 2013: Being In the Middle Class Means Worrying About Falling Behind

Topic(s): General

April 24-28, 2013: CBS News/New York Times Poll---Nationwide poll on programs to reduce government spending

Topic(s): General

April 15-20, 2013: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income people

Topic(s): Health, Economic Opportunity

March 26-April 1, 2013: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute---Nationwide poll on increasing the number of people eligible for Medicaid coverage

Topic(s): Health, Economic Opportunity

March 25-27, 2013: Morning Joe/Marist Poll---Nationwide poll on reducing the federal budget deficit

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity; Health

March 15-17, 2013: CNN/ORC---International Poll on who the Republican Party favors

Topic(s): General

March 9-12, 2013: Democracy Corps/Women’s Voices. Women Vote/Voter Participation Center Poll---Nationwide poll on the most important issues to focus on

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity

March 7-10, 2013: Gallup Poll---Nationwide poll on how worried people are about hunger and homelessness

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity; Health

March 7-10, 2013: ABC/Washington Post Poll---Nationwide poll on cutting spending for Medicaid

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity, Health

March 5-10, 2013: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---Nationwide poll on the healthcare law and Medicaid

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity; Health

March 4-7, 2013: McClatchy/Marist Poll---Nationwide poll on closing the federal budget deficit

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity; Health

March 4-7, 2013: YG Network Survey---Nationwide poll on what areas of the federal budget should be changed in order to cut spending

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity; Health

February 21-24, 2013: NBC News/Wall Street Journal---National Poll on raising the minimum waged

Topic(s): Workers

February 20, 2013: American job seekers think increasing the minimum wage would be good for them, and the country

Topic(s): Workers

February 14-19, 2013: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll---International poll on undocumented immigrants and medicaid

Topic(s): Health, Economic Opportunity

February 13-18, 2013: Pew Research Center for People & the Press Political Survey---Nationwide poll on spending for economic assistance to needy people

Topic(s): General

February 5, 2013: Americans Say Postsecondary Degree Vital, But See Barriers

Topic(s): Education

January 10-14, 2013: Democracy Corps Poll---Nationwide poll on the Republican and Democratic parties and aid to the poor

Topic(s): General

January 9-13, 2013: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Political Survey---Nationwide poll on dealing with the problems of poor and needy people.

Topic(s): General

January 7-9, 2013: Gallup Poll---National poll on the nation’s efforts to deal with poverty and homelessness

Topic(s): General

January 3-9, 2013: Kaiser/Harvard/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation---National poll on government programs for low-income individuals

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity, Health

December 18, 2012: A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity

December 13-16, 2012: ABC News/Washington Post Poll---Nationwide poll on cutting Medicaid spending to avoid the ‘fiscal cliff’.

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity

An Overview of Research on Attitudes Toward Expanding Opportunity

Topic(s): General

December 7-10, 2012: Bloomberg Poll---Nationwide poll on cutting Medicaid to reduce the deficit.

Topic(s): Economic Opportunity

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