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? [Education]
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
State spending on education · Asked in 1 wave, 2018 · 51,647 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 | 41% | 28% | 24% | 4% | 3% | 51647 | ±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 | 51,647 |
| 39% |
| 22% |
| 25% |
| 9% |
| 5% |
| 90 |
| ±17 |
| AL | 45% | 26% | 25% | 2% | 1% | 788 | ±5 |
| AR | 41% | 31% | 24% | 2% | 3% | 438 | ±7 |
| AZ | 47% | 26% | 22% | 3% | 2% | 1388 | ±4 |
| CA | 45% | 26% | 22% | 4% | 3% | 4507 | ±2 |
| CO | 37% | 25% | 28% | 5% | 4% | 892 | ±4 |
| CT | 32% | 31% | 28% | 4% | 4% | 568 | ±5 |
| DC † | 62% | 25% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 113 | ±16 |
| DE | 39% | 30% | 27% | 3% | 1% | 194 | ±10 |
| FL | 43% | 27% | 24% | 3% | 2% | 3839 | ±2 |
| GA | 44% | 27% | 24% | 3% | 2% | 1614 | ±4 |
| HI | 37% | 37% | 22% | 0% | 4% | 177 | ±13 |
| IA | 40% | 27% | 26% | 4% | 2% | 497 | ±6 |
| ID | 37% | 26% | 27% | 6% | 3% | 290 | ±7 |
| IL | 41% | 26% | 25% | 5% | 3% | 2109 | ±3 |
| IN | 34% | 30% | 30% | 3% | 3% | 1203 | ±4 |
| KS | 41% | 28% | 19% | 7% | 5% | 403 | ±6 |
| KY | 40% | 28% | 25% | 5% | 2% | 776 | ±5 |
| LA | 45% | 28% | 21% | 3% | 3% | 595 | ±6 |
| MA | 36% | 29% | 29% | 4% | 3% | 1034 | ±4 |
| MD | 46% | 25% | 23% | 4% | 2% | 918 | ±4 |
| ME | 35% | 35% | 25% | 2% | 3% | 281 | ±8 |
| MI | 40% | 27% | 26% | 3% | 4% | 1636 | ±3 |
| MN | 37% | 29% | 21% | 7% | 6% | 862 | ±5 |
| MO | 41% | 28% | 25% | 3% | 4% | 1309 | ±4 |
| MS | 53% | 24% | 20% | 2% | 1% | 373 | ±8 |
| MT | 32% | 28% | 24% | 12% | 5% | 233 | ±9 |
| NC | 45% | 30% | 20% | 3% | 2% | 1582 | ±3 |
| ND † | 38% | 27% | 31% | 2% | 1% | 141 | ±14 |
| NE | 35% | 29% | 29% | 5% | 2% | 301 | ±7 |
| NH | 32% | 37% | 23% | 5% | 2% | 269 | ±8 |
| NJ | 37% | 28% | 27% | 5% | 3% | 1336 | ±4 |
| NM | 48% | 19% | 24% | 4% | 5% | 346 | ±8 |
| NV | 45% | 25% | 22% | 5% | 3% | 571 | ±6 |
| NY | 42% | 26% | 24% | 5% | 4% | 2944 | ±3 |
| OH | 38% | 27% | 28% | 4% | 3% | 2188 | ±3 |
| OK | 57% | 24% | 16% | 1% | 2% | 527 | ±6 |
| OR | 40% | 28% | 24% | 3% | 5% | 824 | ±4 |
| PA | 37% | 29% | 26% | 5% | 3% | 2732 | ±2 |
| RI | 38% | 24% | 37% | 1% | – | 157 | ±13 |
| SC | 45% | 31% | 20% | 3% | 2% | 789 | ±5 |
| SD | 27% | 38% | 21% | 13% | 1% | 138 | ±12 |
| TN | 40% | 30% | 25% | 2% | 3% | 1122 | ±4 |
| TX | 46% | 27% | 20% | 4% | 3% | 3671 | ±3 |
| UT | 39% | 35% | 20% | 2% | 5% | 524 | ±6 |
| VA | 44% | 30% | 19% | 4% | 2% | 1525 | ±4 |
| VT | 27% | 29% | 26% | 7% | 10% | 117 | ±13 |
| WA | 36% | 28% | 29% | 5% | 3% | 1191 | ±4 |
| WI | 37% | 28% | 28% | 4% | 3% | 1055 | ±4 |
| WV | 42% | 33% | 22% | 2% | 2% | 380 | ±7 |
| WY | 25% | 35% | 33% | 5% | 2% | 90 | ±13 |