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, 2022 · 50,953 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 | 18% | 21% | 36% | 12% | 13% | 50953 | ±0.6 | |
| AK † |
Cooperative Election Study 2022 · 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 2022 | 2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15 | web | 60,000 | 50,953 |
| 20% |
| 21% |
| 31% |
| 13% |
| 14% |
| 112 |
| ±18 |
| AL | 19% | 21% | 36% | 13% | 11% | 772 | ±6 |
| AR | 20% | 20% | 37% | 13% | 10% | 455 | ±7 |
| AZ | 19% | 21% | 34% | 14% | 13% | 1398 | ±4 |
| CA | 19% | 23% | 36% | 10% | 12% | 4104 | ±2 |
| CO | 18% | 19% | 35% | 15% | 13% | 887 | ±5 |
| CT | 15% | 26% | 40% | 12% | 7% | 516 | ±6 |
| DC | 37% | 24% | 30% | 5% | 4% | 138 | ±11 |
| DE | 19% | 18% | 45% | 7% | 11% | 182 | ±11 |
| FL | 15% | 21% | 37% | 14% | 13% | 3711 | ±2 |
| GA | 20% | 21% | 35% | 12% | 11% | 1624 | ±3 |
| HI | 11% | 21% | 47% | 12% | 9% | 181 | ±11 |
| IA | 17% | 20% | 38% | 12% | 14% | 523 | ±6 |
| ID | 17% | 18% | 42% | 11% | 12% | 266 | ±9 |
| IL | 20% | 22% | 33% | 11% | 14% | 1911 | ±3 |
| IN | 18% | 21% | 38% | 13% | 11% | 1122 | ±4 |
| KS | 19% | 23% | 32% | 13% | 14% | 396 | ±9 |
| KY | 16% | 20% | 35% | 13% | 16% | 804 | ±5 |
| LA | 18% | 16% | 37% | 9% | 19% | 573 | ±7 |
| MA | 19% | 24% | 34% | 11% | 11% | 966 | ±4 |
| MD | 18% | 23% | 37% | 11% | 11% | 872 | ±5 |
| ME | 17% | 20% | 41% | 10% | 12% | 296 | ±7 |
| MI | 14% | 20% | 38% | 13% | 15% | 1707 | ±3 |
| MN | 14% | 18% | 38% | 16% | 15% | 888 | ±4 |
| MO | 17% | 24% | 33% | 14% | 12% | 1118 | ±4 |
| MS | 21% | 22% | 34% | 14% | 9% | 382 | ±7 |
| MT | 10% | 19% | 43% | 15% | 12% | 206 | ±11 |
| NC | 18% | 23% | 32% | 15% | 12% | 1678 | ±3 |
| ND † | 11% | 10% | 59% | 14% | 6% | 113 | ±19 |
| NE | 16% | 17% | 40% | 13% | 14% | 304 | ±8 |
| NH | 13% | 29% | 35% | 9% | 13% | 258 | ±8 |
| NJ | 17% | 19% | 40% | 14% | 11% | 1368 | ±4 |
| NM | 22% | 24% | 36% | 9% | 9% | 343 | ±9 |
| NV | 16% | 20% | 37% | 14% | 13% | 622 | ±6 |
| NY | 21% | 23% | 35% | 10% | 11% | 3115 | ±3 |
| OH | 17% | 21% | 37% | 14% | 10% | 2161 | ±3 |
| OK | 19% | 17% | 41% | 13% | 11% | 558 | ±6 |
| OR | 18% | 23% | 37% | 8% | 14% | 862 | ±5 |
| PA | 14% | 21% | 38% | 13% | 14% | 2708 | ±3 |
| RI | 24% | 22% | 36% | 10% | 7% | 173 | ±9 |
| SC | 13% | 18% | 38% | 15% | 16% | 809 | ±5 |
| SD | 9% | 13% | 43% | 25% | 10% | 148 | ±14 |
| TN | 17% | 21% | 34% | 13% | 15% | 1113 | ±4 |
| TX | 21% | 21% | 34% | 11% | 13% | 3839 | ±2 |
| UT | 18% | 20% | 38% | 13% | 11% | 442 | ±7 |
| VA | 17% | 20% | 37% | 14% | 12% | 1405 | ±4 |
| VT | 13% | 23% | 36% | 14% | 14% | 105 | ±13 |
| WA | 16% | 23% | 35% | 12% | 14% | 1147 | ±4 |
| WI | 12% | 19% | 37% | 17% | 16% | 1104 | ±4 |
| WV | 16% | 21% | 39% | 16% | 8% | 384 | ±8 |
| WY † | 29% | 12% | 35% | 10% | 14% | 84 | ±14 |