January 9-13, 2013: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Political Survey—Nationwide poll on 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 (2013). 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?
57%Top priority
32%Important but lower priority
6%Not too important
3%Should not be done
2%Don۪t know/Refused
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form 2 half sample.
Survey by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, January 9 – January 13, 2013 and based on 1,502 telephone interviews. Sample: National adult. 752 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 750 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 369 who had no landline telephone. [USPSRA.012413.R30PF2]
Formal Citation
Pew Research Center for the People, Jan, 2013. Retrieved Jan-28-2013 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html