March 4-8, 2010: Pew Financial Reform Project Survey---Nationwide survey of likely voters solicits the public's views on the importance of reforming Social Security and Medicare.

"(I'm going to list some things Congress and the President (Barack Obama) could work on this year (2010). After each, please tell me whether you think that particular issue is one of the most important things for Congress and the President to work on, very important, somewhat important or not too important at all. If you don't know how you feel about a particular item please let me know and we will go on.)...Reforming Social Security and Medicare?"

24% Most Important

40% Very Important

23% Somewhat Important

11% Not Too Important

2% Don't Know

Subpopulation/Note:

Survey by Pew Financial Reform Project, Pew Economic Policy Group. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Mellman Group/Ayres, McHenry & Associates, March 4 - March 8, 2010 and based on 1,000 telephone interviews. Sample: national likely voters. Likely voters are those who are almost certain/very likely to vote in the 2010 election. [USMELL.10FINAN.R12]

Formal Citation

Pew Financial Reform Project Survey, Mar, 2010. Retrieved Sep-7-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html