July 9-12, 2010: Bloomberg Poll—Nationwide poll includes three questions on reducing the deficit, Medicare, and Social Security.
“(I’m going to mention some general approaches that could be considered to help decrease the deficit–some of which may mean a sacrifice for you and your household. For each, please tell me if you think this approach should be strongly considered, just considered, or taken off the table.)…Reduce Social Security and Medicare benefits.”
72% Taken Off Table
18% Considered
9% Strongly Considered
1% Not Sure
Subpopulation/Note:
Survey by Bloomberg. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Selzer & Co., July 9 – July 12, 2010 and based on 1,004 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. [USSELZER.071410A.R10I]
Formal Citation
Bloomberg Poll, Jul, 2010. Retrieved Sep-7-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html