Analysis of Polls Finds Majorities Support 33 Proposals in Budget Reconciliation Plan

In a comprehensive analysis of polls on major proposals in the proposed reconciliation budget—related to health care, the environment, education, and safety net programs—all 33 receive majority support, in most cases large majorities, according to a recently updated analysis conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) at the University of Maryland. For every proposal,…

Large Majorities Favor Increased Federal Spending for Higher Education, As Called For In Reconciliation Budget Plan

A large majority of voters support increases in federal spending on higher education, a central principle in the reconciliation budget plan currently being negotiated in Congress. Two specific proposals also being considered for the reconciliation budget plan-increasing Pell Grants and federally-supported tuition-free community college-also elicit support from large majorities. In the innovative survey of 2,613…

Major Report Shows Nearly 150 Issues on Which Majorities of Republicans & Democrats Agree

“Common Ground of the American People” Report Based on In-Depth Surveys of More than 80,000 Americans Defying conventional wisdom about a polarized electorate, a report based on in-depth surveys of more than 80,000 Americans shows that majorities from both parties agree on nearly 150 key policy positions across more than a dozen top policy areas. The…

Americans Favor Major Increases in US Aid Toward Sustainable Development Goals, If Other Countries Do Their Part as Well

When a representative sample of American voters were informed about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the amount of international aid needed to meet each of five of the key goals, and the proportionate share for the US, majorities favored increasing US aid to cover its share, provided other countries cover their share as well. …