April 15-20, 2011: CBS News/New York Times Poll—Nationwide poll solicits the public۪s views on whether providing health care coverage for the poor is the responsibility of the federal government.
“Do you think providing health care coverage for the poor is the responsibility of the federal government, or is this not the responsibility of the federal government?”
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56% Government responsibility
38% Not government responsibility
6% Don۪t know/No answer
Methodology: Conducted by CBS News/New York Times, April 15 – April 20, 2011 and based on 1,224 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult including an oversample of republicans. The interviews were conducted by land-line and cell phones. There were a total of 543 Republicans interviewed. Results were weighted to be representative of a national adult population. [USCBSNYT.042111.R41]
Formal Citation
CBS News/New York Times Poll, Apr, 2011. Retrieved Apr-27-2011 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html