Poll of the Day: Americans Oppose Wide Range of State Spending Cuts
This probably won’t come as a surprise, but a majority of Americans oppose their state government cutting spending on areas including K-12 public education, police and safety, Medicaid and social services, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll. But a majority of adults (57%) do support having their state cut spending on transportation as a step toward closing budget shortfalls.
The tracking poll also finds that, among those who live in the 14 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, two-thirds (66%) say they want their state to expand the program to cover more low-income uninsured.
Just over a quarter of Americans (26%) say they or a member of their household have skipped meals or relied on government or charity food programs since February. And nearly half (48%) of Americans say someone in their household has delayed medical care due to the pandemic, but more than two-thirds of those postponing treatment expect to get the care in the next three months.