Amid efforts to roll back current federal laws and regulations that aim to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases and to expand offshore drilling, a new national survey finds that bipartisan majorities support keeping: These findings come from a survey by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), fielded March 12-18, 2025 with…
Favor Increasing SNAP Benefits and Tax Credits for Low-Wage Workers The American public overwhelmingly opposes cuts to federal assistance programs for low-income households, and in most cases favor increasing their benefits. Large majorities of Republicans and Democrats: These are some of the findings from a new in-depth survey by the University of Maryland’s Program for…
In the midst of current debates about expanding Presidential authority, a new survey finds majority opposition among the public. Large majorities (65-69%) – bipartisan in all but one case – oppose putting seven currently independent agencies under direct Presidential control. A bipartisan majority of two-thirds (67%) say Presidents should not be able to unilaterally remove…
College Park, MD – An overwhelming majority of 89% of Americans say the US should spend at least one percent of the federal budget on foreign aid – the current amount the US spends on aid. This includes 84% of Republicans and 94% of Democrats. Fifty-eight percent oppose abolishing the US Agency for International Development…
Surveys in Six Swing States and Nationwide Find Over Fifty Policies Supported by Majorities of Both Republicans and Democrats A series of surveys conducted in battleground states and nationwide asked about 66 Federal policy issues across a wide range of controversial topics, and found that for 55 of them majorities of Republicans and Democrats in…
As housing affordability has become a major issue for many Americans, a new survey in six swing states and nationally finds majority support – bipartisan in most cases – for the Federal government taking a variety of actions to make housing more affordable, especially for low and middle-income households. These include: providing billions in grants…
Favor Deterring Illegal Border Crossings by Mandating E-Verify for Employers, While Also Increasing Number of Work Visas As the issue of immigration figures prominently in campaigns across the country, a new survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) in six swing states and nationally finds numerous policies on which majorities of Americans agree, including, in…
As major proposals to change US international trade policy have come into the discourse, a new public consultation survey finds bipartisan majorities of Americans in six swing states, as well as nationally, support the US continuing to have low tariffs with other countries on a mutual basis so long as they abide by agreed-upon rules,…
Support for Higher Child Tax Credit, Universal Preschool, Subsidized Childcare, Paid Leave September 19, 2024 – As many costs for families, especially those with children, continue to rise faster than wages, a new public consultation survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) finds bipartisan majorities of Americans in the six swing states of Arizona,…
The question of whether to continue aid for Ukraine was the focus of an innovative town hall with Congressman Jamie Raskin on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The discussion was prompted by a new public consultation survey of a representative sample of Maryland’s 8th Congressional District, which found that majorities of both Democrats and Republicans support the US…
