February 21-24, 2013: NBC News/Wall Street Journal—National Poll on raising the minimum waged
Thinking about the proposal to raise the federalminimum wage from seven dollars and twenty-five cents an hour to nine dollarsan hour. Do you think we should raise the minimum wage because it would raisemany families out of poverty and boost the economy by giving low-wage familiesmore money to spend, or should not raise the minimum wage because it would hurtsmall businesses and could make it more difficult for low-skill workers to getwork as it would be more expensive for businesses to hire?
58% Should raise minimum wage
36% Should not raise minimum wage
4% Mixed/Both (Vol.)
2% Not sure
Survey by NBC News, Wall Street Journal.Methodology: Conducted by Hart and McInturff Research Companies, February 21 -February 24, 2013 and based on 1,000 telephone interviews. Sample: Nationaladult. The sample included 300 respondents who use a cell phone only.[USNBCWSJ.13FEB.R16]
Formal Citation
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, Feb, 2013.Retrieved Mar-18-2013 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for PublicOpinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html