March 10-13, 2011: ABC News/Washington Post Poll—Nationwide poll solicits the public۪s views on cutting state funding for Medicaid to reduce state budget deficits.
“(Now thinking about budget problems at the state level. I’m going to name some proposals that may help reduce state budget deficits. For each, please tell me if that’s something you would support strongly, support somewhat, oppose somewhat or oppose strongly in your state.) How about…cut state funding for the Medicaid health insurance program?”
11% Support strongly 
11% Support somewhat
23% Oppose somewhat
53% Oppose strongly
3% No opinion
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of half sample.
Survey by ABC News, Washington Post.
Methodology: Conducted by Langer Research Associates, March 10 – March 13, 2011 and based on 1,005 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted by TNS Intersearch. The interviews included landline and cell-phone-only respondents. [USABCWP.031711.R21B]
Formal Citation
ABC News/Washington Post Poll, Mar, 2011.Retrieved Mar-23-2011 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for PublicOpinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html