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 legislature spending on welfare · Asked in 1 wave, 2024 · 49,431 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 | 14% | 18% | 40% | 15% | 13% | 49431 | ±0.7 | |
| AK † |
Cooperative Election Study 2024 · 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 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 49,431 |
| 7% |
| 34% |
| 39% |
| 10% |
| 11% |
| 108 |
| ±17 |
| AL | 16% | 14% | 41% | 14% | 15% | 715 | ±6 |
| AR | 14% | 16% | 37% | 17% | 16% | 429 | ±8 |
| AZ | 15% | 14% | 39% | 18% | 14% | 1238 | ±5 |
| CA | 13% | 19% | 45% | 12% | 11% | 3873 | ±3 |
| CO | 10% | 20% | 40% | 13% | 16% | 850 | ±5 |
| CT | 12% | 16% | 45% | 14% | 13% | 491 | ±7 |
| DC | 26% | 32% | 35% | 5% | 2% | 128 | ±12 |
| DE | 9% | 20% | 46% | 19% | 7% | 176 | ±10 |
| FL | 14% | 20% | 39% | 16% | 11% | 3610 | ±3 |
| GA | 16% | 16% | 42% | 15% | 12% | 1608 | ±4 |
| HI | 15% | 14% | 44% | 18% | 9% | 165 | ±10 |
| IA | 11% | 19% | 40% | 13% | 16% | 545 | ±8 |
| ID | 8% | 16% | 39% | 15% | 23% | 270 | ±11 |
| IL | 14% | 20% | 40% | 14% | 11% | 1897 | ±4 |
| IN | 13% | 16% | 43% | 19% | 9% | 1079 | ±5 |
| KS | 9% | 18% | 41% | 19% | 13% | 413 | ±8 |
| KY | 13% | 17% | 37% | 20% | 12% | 746 | ±6 |
| LA | 13% | 14% | 39% | 16% | 18% | 546 | ±6 |
| MA | 16% | 21% | 42% | 10% | 10% | 967 | ±5 |
| MD | 17% | 17% | 45% | 11% | 10% | 853 | ±5 |
| ME | 13% | 26% | 40% | 12% | 10% | 263 | ±7 |
| MI | 16% | 15% | 42% | 13% | 14% | 1649 | ±4 |
| MN | 12% | 18% | 40% | 17% | 14% | 892 | ±5 |
| MO | 13% | 18% | 36% | 17% | 16% | 1135 | ±5 |
| MS | 18% | 16% | 39% | 12% | 15% | 384 | ±8 |
| MT | 12% | 24% | 33% | 14% | 16% | 202 | ±9 |
| NC | 12% | 18% | 40% | 17% | 14% | 1558 | ±4 |
| ND | 7% | 16% | 42% | 21% | 14% | 102 | ±12 |
| NE | 14% | 15% | 37% | 15% | 18% | 301 | ±9 |
| NH | 15% | 22% | 39% | 16% | 10% | 268 | ±7 |
| NJ | 13% | 19% | 41% | 14% | 13% | 1336 | ±5 |
| NM | 16% | 19% | 37% | 13% | 15% | 335 | ±8 |
| NV | 18% | 17% | 34% | 17% | 14% | 609 | ±7 |
| NY | 15% | 20% | 41% | 12% | 12% | 2785 | ±3 |
| OH | 13% | 19% | 39% | 17% | 13% | 2139 | ±3 |
| OK | 12% | 16% | 38% | 23% | 12% | 578 | ±6 |
| OR | 16% | 21% | 37% | 15% | 11% | 880 | ±5 |
| PA | 12% | 16% | 41% | 17% | 13% | 2613 | ±3 |
| RI | 16% | 23% | 39% | 14% | 8% | 188 | ±9 |
| SC | 13% | 18% | 39% | 14% | 16% | 809 | ±6 |
| SD | 18% | 9% | 43% | 15% | 15% | 146 | ±10 |
| TN | 14% | 16% | 40% | 15% | 15% | 1180 | ±5 |
| TX | 15% | 19% | 40% | 13% | 13% | 3679 | ±3 |
| UT | 16% | 18% | 38% | 15% | 14% | 423 | ±7 |
| VA | 15% | 20% | 39% | 13% | 13% | 1341 | ±4 |
| VT | 27% | 19% | 31% | 9% | 13% | 115 | ±12 |
| WA | 17% | 21% | 40% | 12% | 11% | 1204 | ±5 |
| WI | 12% | 14% | 45% | 14% | 15% | 1168 | ±5 |
| WV | 12% | 25% | 36% | 15% | 13% | 363 | ±10 |
| WY † | 15% | 10% | 45% | 15% | 14% | 79 | ±15 |