April 17-20, 2011: Resurgent Republic Survey—Nationwide poll solicits the public۪s views on whether proposed changes to entitlement programs affect support of increasing the debt limit.
“(Now I would like to read you a list of conditions that might be placed on a vote to increase the (federal) debt limit. For each one, please tell me if that condition makes you more likely to support increasing the debt limit, less likely to support increasing the debt limit, or if that condition would have no real effect on your view of raising the debt limit.)…Making changes to entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid to make those programs financially solvent in the future”
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56% More likely to support increasing debt limit
20% Less likely to support increasing debt limit
17% No real effect on view
7% Don۪t know
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form A half sample.
Survey by Resurgent Republic. Methodology: Conducted by Ayres, McHenry & Associates, April 17 – April 20, 2011 and based on 1,000 telephone interviews. Sample: national registered voters. Interviews were conducted by landline and cell phones. [USAYRES.11RESRAPR.R12A]
Formal Citation
Resurgent Republic Survey, Apr, 2011. Retrieved May-5-2011 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(Now I would like to read you a list of conditions that might be placed on a vote to increase the (federal) debt limit. For each one, please tell me if that condition makes you more likely to support increasing the debt limit, less likely to support increasing the debt limit, or if that condition would have no real effect on your view of raising the debt limit.)…Making changes to entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to make those programs financially solvent in the future”
52% More likely to support increasing debt limit
23% Less likely to support increasing debt limit