January 11-16, 2012: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Political Survey—Nationwide poll on the priority of dealing with the problems of poor and needy people.
(I’d like to ask you about priorities for President (Barack) Obama and Congress this year (2012). As I read from a list, tell me if you think each should be a top priority, important but lower priority, not too important or should it not be done.) Should…dealing with the problems of poor and needy people be a top priority, important but lower priority, not too important, or should it not be done?
52% Top priority
36% Important but lower priority
8% Not too important
2% Should not be done
2% Don۪t know/Refused
Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, January 11 – January 16, 2012 and based on 1,502telephone interviews. Sample: National adult. 902 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 600 were interviewed on a cell phone, including293 who had no landline telephone. [USPSRA.012312.R35QF2]
Formal Citation
Pew Research Center for the People , Jan, 2012. RetrievedJan-26-2012 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html