October 21-26, 2010: CBS News/New York Times Poll—Nationwide poll solicits the public’s views on Social Security benefits and Medicare.
“As you may know, Congress recently decided that people who receive Social Security benefits will not be getting an increase in 2011. Do you approve or disapprove of Social Security recipients not getting an increase in 2011?”
38% Approve
57% Disapprove
5% Don’t know/No answer
Subpopulation/Note: .
Methodology: Conducted by CBS News/New York Times, October 21 – October 26, 2010 and based on 1,173 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult including an oversample of blacks. There was a total of 273 interviews with African Americans. Results were weighted to be representative of a national adult population. The interviews were conducted by land-line and cell phones. [USCBSNYT.102710.R064]
Formal Citation
CBS News/New York Times Poll, Oct, 2010. Retrieved Nov-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
“Which comes closer to your view? People receiving Social Security benefits should get an increase each year because prices are always going up or people receiving Social Security benefits should get an increase only in years where prices have risen substantially?”
45% Increase every year
51% Increase when prices have risen substantially
4% Don’t know/No answer
Subpopulation/Note: .
Methodology: Conducted by CBS News/New York Times, October 21 – October 26, 2010 and based on 1,173 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult including an oversample of blacks. There was a total of 273 interviews with African Americans. Results were weighted to be representative of a national adult population. The interviews were conducted by land-line and cell phones. [USCBSNYT.102710.R063]
Formal Citation
CBS News/New York Times Poll, Oct, 2010. Retrieved Nov-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
“If it were necessary to keep the Social Security program paying benefits as it does now, would you favor or oppose raising the age at which a person can retire and receive full Social Security benefits?”