February 14, 2014: Marist College Institute for Public Opinion — Nationwide poll on Economic Stimulus
Topic(s):Workers and Poverty (Job Quality), Economic Opportunity (Pathways to Employment)
“Which one of the following groups is most likely to be left behind by government policies: the poor, the middle class, or the rich?”
Poor | 40% |
Middle Class | 55% |
Rich | 4% |
“In this country right now,do you think people who work hard have a good chance of improving their standard of living; or still have a hard time maintaining their standard of living?”
Good Chance of Improving | 40% |
Hard Time Maintaining | 68% |
“In order to help the economy and move the nation forward, do you think the focus of government should be more on raising minimum wage and providing job training and education, or more on cutting corporate taxes and reducing regulations on businesses?”
Raising Minimum Wage | 61% |
Cutting Corporate Taxes | 35% |
Via Polling the Nations
Universe: Country: Continental UnitedStates
Method: telephone: landline and cell phone
Sample Size: 1197
Copyright Info: Reproduced with permission from the Marist Institute for PublicOpinion, Marist College.
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