Embargoed Poll Data Shows Public Would Significantly Alter Budget

[kerrygoddess]

Embargoed Poll Data Shows Public Would Significantly Alter Administration’s Budget
7 March 2005

I just received an email containing embargoed poll data that is due to be released at 12:30 pm, today. The poll was conducted by Knowledge Networks between February 18-25 with a nationwide sample of 1,182 American adults. Changes were favored by both Democrats and Republicans with slightly higher numbers by Democrats.

Presented with a major breakdown of the Administration’s discretionary federal budget, respondents were given the opportunity to redistribute it and make major changes. Among the most dramatic changes advocated by respondents were “deep cuts in defense spending, a significant reallocation toward deficit reduction, and increases in spending on education, job training, reducing reliance on oil, and veterans.”

Here’s a breakdown on what the poll reflects:

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[Toots]

1. We know who will be receiving a good bashing from GOP

Knowledge Networks is in for a few words from the Hate Radio crowd.

[GiovanniC]

2. Here's A Great Simulation Tool

http://www.budgetsim.org/nbs/longbudget04.html

Allows you to tweak the budget (slightly outdated but the general principle remains the same). We used this all the time in my Poly Sci classes.