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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, 2020 · 51,547 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 | 17% | 19% | 38% | 14% | 12% | 51547 | ±0.6 | |
| AK † |
Cooperative Election Study 2020 · 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 Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 51,547 |
| 13% |
| 19% |
| 42% |
| 10% |
| 16% |
| 89 |
| ±15 |
| AL | 13% | 14% | 43% | 16% | 13% | 754 | ±5 |
| AR | 14% | 17% | 40% | 20% | 9% | 414 | ±7 |
| AZ | 19% | 20% | 34% | 13% | 14% | 1289 | ±4 |
| CA | 19% | 23% | 37% | 11% | 11% | 4236 | ±2 |
| CO | 17% | 19% | 36% | 14% | 14% | 919 | ±4 |
| CT | 13% | 19% | 43% | 15% | 10% | 555 | ±5 |
| DC | 40% | 27% | 27% | 3% | 2% | 156 | ±11 |
| DE | 16% | 12% | 46% | 9% | 16% | 205 | ±9 |
| FL | 16% | 20% | 38% | 14% | 12% | 3925 | ±2 |
| GA | 19% | 17% | 36% | 14% | 13% | 1614 | ±3 |
| HI | 20% | 22% | 39% | 13% | 6% | 176 | ±11 |
| IA | 12% | 20% | 38% | 17% | 12% | 550 | ±5 |
| ID | 10% | 15% | 44% | 14% | 17% | 274 | ±9 |
| IL | 19% | 19% | 35% | 14% | 12% | 1932 | ±3 |
| IN | 14% | 18% | 38% | 17% | 13% | 1230 | ±4 |
| KS | 17% | 18% | 30% | 21% | 13% | 393 | ±6 |
| KY | 12% | 16% | 43% | 13% | 16% | 840 | ±5 |
| LA | 19% | 13% | 33% | 17% | 17% | 509 | ±6 |
| MA | 21% | 25% | 34% | 11% | 9% | 1057 | ±4 |
| MD | 18% | 25% | 38% | 12% | 7% | 954 | ±4 |
| ME | 18% | 19% | 43% | 9% | 11% | 308 | ±8 |
| MI | 17% | 18% | 39% | 16% | 11% | 1699 | ±3 |
| MN | 15% | 19% | 39% | 14% | 13% | 879 | ±4 |
| MO | 14% | 18% | 36% | 17% | 14% | 1192 | ±4 |
| MS | 21% | 15% | 36% | 17% | 11% | 349 | ±7 |
| MT | 11% | 17% | 29% | 13% | 31% | 206 | ±10 |
| NC | 16% | 19% | 38% | 14% | 13% | 1611 | ±3 |
| ND | 11% | 20% | 48% | 10% | 12% | 137 | ±13 |
| NE | 9% | 19% | 37% | 22% | 12% | 286 | ±8 |
| NH | 23% | 18% | 33% | 15% | 11% | 337 | ±9 |
| NJ | 16% | 20% | 40% | 12% | 11% | 1474 | ±4 |
| NM | 18% | 18% | 44% | 12% | 9% | 329 | ±8 |
| NV | 19% | 21% | 33% | 13% | 14% | 611 | ±5 |
| NY | 18% | 20% | 37% | 12% | 12% | 3092 | ±3 |
| OH | 17% | 18% | 38% | 14% | 13% | 2225 | ±3 |
| OK | 14% | 20% | 39% | 15% | 12% | 444 | ±7 |
| OR | 21% | 24% | 31% | 13% | 12% | 792 | ±4 |
| PA | 13% | 20% | 38% | 16% | 13% | 2754 | ±2 |
| RI | 16% | 16% | 41% | 19% | 8% | 173 | ±12 |
| SC | 12% | 16% | 42% | 15% | 15% | 872 | ±5 |
| SD | 19% | 11% | 44% | 12% | 15% | 147 | ±12 |
| TN | 14% | 18% | 41% | 14% | 13% | 1177 | ±4 |
| TX | 16% | 19% | 37% | 14% | 14% | 3555 | ±2 |
| UT | 13% | 19% | 45% | 12% | 11% | 418 | ±7 |
| VA | 16% | 24% | 35% | 13% | 12% | 1567 | ±3 |
| VT | 10% | 20% | 48% | 13% | 9% | 135 | ±13 |
| WA | 19% | 22% | 35% | 12% | 12% | 1162 | ±3 |
| WI | 12% | 18% | 39% | 17% | 14% | 1072 | ±4 |
| WV | 15% | 16% | 47% | 12% | 11% | 388 | ±7 |
| WY † | 15% | 11% | 32% | 24% | 18% | 85 | ±15 |