State legislature spending on transportation and infrastructure

Preferred change in state spending on transportation and infrastructure, asked with the same five-point scale in the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 CES.

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Latest: 2% answered “Slightly decrease” in CES: State legislature spending on transportation and infrastructure, 2024.

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Greatly increase Slightly increase Maintain Slightly decrease Greatly decrease

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CES: State spending on transportation and infrastructure	State spending on transportation and infrastructure 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? [Transportation/Infrastructure] Caveat: Same wording and scale across years	identical	Greatly increase → Greatly increase; Slightly increase → Slightly increase; Maintain → Maintain; Slightly decrease → Slightly decrease; Greatly decrease → Greatly decrease
CES: State spending on transportation and infrastructure	State spending on transportation and infrastructure 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? [Transportation/Infrastructure] Caveat: Same wording and scale across years	identical	Greatly increase → Greatly increase; Slightly increase → Slightly increase; Maintain → Maintain; Slightly decrease → Slightly decrease; Greatly decrease → Greatly decrease
CES: State spending on transportation and infrastructure	State spending on transportation and infrastructure 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? [Transportation/Infrastructure] Caveat: Same wording and scale across years	identical	Greatly increase → Greatly increase; Slightly increase → Slightly increase; Maintain → Maintain; Slightly decrease → Slightly decrease; Greatly decrease → Greatly decrease
CES: State legislature spending on transportation and infrastructure	State legislature spending on transportation and infrastructure 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? [Transportation/Infrastructure]