July 8-11, 2010: Gallup Poll—Nationwide poll includes seven questions on Social Security, taxes, and the federal deficit.
“(Assumingthere would be no change in Social Security benefits for those who are now age55 or older, do you think each of the following would be a good idea or a badidea to address concerns with the Social Security system?) How about…limitingbenefits for wealthy retirees?”
63% Good idea
35% Badidea
2% Noopinion
Subpopulation/Note: .
Methodology: Conducted by GallupOrganization, July 8 – July 11, 2010 and based on 1,020 telephone interviews.Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landlinetelephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones forrespondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10JLY00008.R37B]
Formal Citation
GallupPoll, Jul, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Centerfor Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(Assumingthere would be no change in Social Security benefits for those who are now age55 or older, do you think each of the following would be a good idea or a badidea to address concerns with the Social Security system?) Howabout…requiring higher income workers to pay Social Security taxes on all oftheir wages?”
67% Good idea
30% Badidea
3% Noopinion
Subpopulation/Note: .
Methodology: Conducted by GallupOrganization, July 8 – July 11, 2010 and based on 1,020 telephone interviews.Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landlinetelephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones forrespondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10JLY00008.R37E]
Formal Citation
GallupPoll, Jul, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Centerfor Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(Assumingthere would be no change in Social Security benefits for those who are now age55 or older, do you think each of the following would be a good idea or a badidea to address concerns with the Social Security system?) How about…reducingretirement benefits for people who are currently under age 55?”
39% Good idea
57% Badidea
4% Noopinion
Subpopulation/Note: .
Methodology: Conducted by GallupOrganization, July 8 – July 11, 2010 and based on 1,020 telephone interviews.Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landlinetelephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones forrespondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10JLY00008.R37F]
Formal Citation
GallupPoll, Jul, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Centerfor Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“Ifyou had to choose one of the following approaches to ensuring Social Security’slong-term future, would you rather–raise Social Security taxes or curb theamount of benefits for future Social Security recipients?”
