June 1-8, 2009: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll—Nationwide poll includes two questions on taxes and state government programs for low-income people.
“Earlier you said you favored increasing taxes on soda and sugary soft drinks (to help pay for health care reform and provide coverage for more of the uninsured). What if you heard that this kind of tax increase would hit low income people the hardest. Would you still favor increasing taxes on soda and soft drinks, or would you now oppose the increase?”
74% Still favor
23% Oppose
3% Don۪t know/Refused
Subpopulation/Note: Those who favor increasing taxes on soda and sugary soft drinks (53%).
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, June 1 – June 8, 2009 and based on 1,205 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. 804 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 401 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 157 who had no landline telephone.. [USPSRA.061509HTP.R16]
Formal Citation
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, Jun, 2009. Retrieved Sep-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(Now I’m going to read you some different ways to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance. As I read each one, please tell me whether you would favor or oppose it.)…Expanding state government programs for low-income people, such as Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Do you favor or oppose this? (If Favor/Oppose, ask:) Is that strongly favor/oppose or somewhat favor/oppose?”
46% Favor strongly
29% Favor somewhat
10% Oppose somewhat