January 20-24, 2010: State Tobacco Taxes Survey—Nationwide poll of registered voters solicits the public۪s views on reducing funding for Medicaid in order to address the budget deficit.
“(As you may have heard, virtually all states are currently facing severe budget deficits. I am going to read you a list of proposals that have been suggested as ways to address the state budget deficit. After I read each one, please tell me if you favor or oppose that proposal.)…Reduce funding for Medicaid health services…Do you favor or oppose that proposal? (If Favor/Oppose, ask:) Do you favor/oppose that proposal strongly or not so strongly?”
10% Strongly favor
6% Somewhat favor
21% Somewhat oppose
60% Strongly oppose
3% Don۪t know
Subpopulation/Note: .
Survey by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, January 20 – January 24, 2010 and based on 847 telephone interviews. Sample: national registered voters. [USICR.10TOBAC.R07]
Formal Citation
State Tobacco Taxes Survey, Jan, 2010. Retrieved Sep-2-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html