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State legislatures must make choices when making spending decisions on important state programs. How would you like your legislature to spend money on each of the five areas below? [Welfare]
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
State spending on welfare · Asked in 1 wave, 2018 · 51,689 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Post-election wave item: weight with extra.weight_post (commonpostweight). Wording from the year's CES guide.
| Group | Greatly increase | Slightly increase | Maintain | Slightly decrease | Greatly decrease | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 13% | 18% | 36% | 16% | 16% | 51689 | ±0.6 | |
| AK † |
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 51,689 |
| 7% |
| 11% |
| 38% |
| 19% |
| 25% |
| 90 |
| ±17 |
| AL | 10% | 15% | 40% | 20% | 15% | 788 | ±5 |
| AR | 13% | 18% | 35% | 17% | 17% | 439 | ±7 |
| AZ | 15% | 19% | 36% | 15% | 15% | 1390 | ±4 |
| CA | 15% | 22% | 38% | 12% | 13% | 4506 | ±2 |
| CO | 10% | 18% | 38% | 16% | 19% | 895 | ±4 |
| CT | 9% | 18% | 38% | 17% | 18% | 566 | ±5 |
| DC † | 39% | 24% | 20% | 11% | 5% | 113 | ±16 |
| DE | 4% | 17% | 42% | 21% | 16% | 194 | ±10 |
| FL | 13% | 17% | 36% | 17% | 16% | 3848 | ±2 |
| GA | 16% | 16% | 37% | 16% | 15% | 1617 | ±4 |
| HI | 11% | 17% | 34% | 28% | 10% | 177 | ±13 |
| IA | 10% | 19% | 38% | 18% | 15% | 497 | ±6 |
| ID | 9% | 13% | 35% | 22% | 20% | 290 | ±7 |
| IL | 14% | 21% | 34% | 16% | 15% | 2110 | ±3 |
| IN | 9% | 19% | 38% | 17% | 16% | 1203 | ±4 |
| KS | 11% | 23% | 34% | 18% | 14% | 401 | ±6 |
| KY | 12% | 14% | 42% | 18% | 14% | 776 | ±5 |
| LA | 11% | 14% | 39% | 17% | 19% | 595 | ±6 |
| MA | 15% | 16% | 40% | 16% | 13% | 1035 | ±4 |
| MD | 12% | 20% | 39% | 15% | 14% | 918 | ±4 |
| ME | 14% | 24% | 36% | 12% | 14% | 279 | ±9 |
| MI | 12% | 17% | 38% | 18% | 16% | 1635 | ±3 |
| MN | 9% | 21% | 31% | 19% | 20% | 863 | ±5 |
| MO | 12% | 19% | 33% | 18% | 18% | 1309 | ±4 |
| MS | 15% | 16% | 36% | 15% | 18% | 375 | ±8 |
| MT | 13% | 21% | 28% | 14% | 24% | 233 | ±9 |
| NC | 14% | 17% | 35% | 18% | 16% | 1585 | ±3 |
| ND † | 9% | 22% | 27% | 19% | 24% | 141 | ±14 |
| NE | 12% | 15% | 34% | 16% | 24% | 300 | ±7 |
| NH | 7% | 25% | 41% | 13% | 15% | 268 | ±8 |
| NJ | 13% | 17% | 41% | 14% | 15% | 1337 | ±4 |
| NM | 12% | 23% | 33% | 12% | 20% | 347 | ±8 |
| NV | 12% | 21% | 35% | 16% | 16% | 571 | ±6 |
| NY | 15% | 19% | 38% | 13% | 16% | 2944 | ±3 |
| OH | 12% | 17% | 36% | 19% | 16% | 2190 | ±3 |
| OK | 13% | 18% | 32% | 20% | 17% | 525 | ±6 |
| OR | 12% | 24% | 33% | 15% | 16% | 826 | ±4 |
| PA | 11% | 19% | 35% | 18% | 17% | 2743 | ±2 |
| RI | 9% | 19% | 37% | 23% | 11% | 157 | ±13 |
| SC | 10% | 17% | 40% | 15% | 19% | 787 | ±5 |
| SD | 8% | 12% | 49% | 19% | 12% | 139 | ±12 |
| TN | 11% | 15% | 37% | 18% | 18% | 1125 | ±4 |
| TX | 14% | 16% | 33% | 18% | 18% | 3675 | ±3 |
| UT | 13% | 21% | 35% | 17% | 13% | 526 | ±6 |
| VA | 13% | 22% | 34% | 16% | 15% | 1527 | ±4 |
| VT | 12% | 26% | 34% | 15% | 13% | 117 | ±13 |
| WA | 14% | 21% | 38% | 12% | 16% | 1194 | ±4 |
| WI | 8% | 17% | 41% | 17% | 16% | 1054 | ±4 |
| WV | 17% | 14% | 36% | 17% | 16% | 378 | ±7 |
| WY | 11% | 15% | 41% | 18% | 14% | 91 | ±13 |