| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6593 |
| 1 | Do you think it is okay to wash a child's mouth out with soap? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Not Sure | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | |
| Yes | 38% | 42% | 34% | 46% | 35% | 28% | 40% | ** | 17% | ** | 42% | 21% | 40% | ** | 40% | 37% | 32% | ** | 33% | 43% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 29% | 42% |
| No | 60% | 56% | 64% | 52% | 63% | 71% | 58% | ** | 83% | ** | 56% | 79% | 57% | ** | 58% | 60% | 68% | ** | 63% | 55% | 59% | 62% | 60% | 67% | 57% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | ** | 0% | ** | 2% | 0% | 3% | ** | 2% | 3% | 0% | ** | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 43% | 35% | 22% | 87% | 1% | 8% | 5% | 47% | 18% | 33% | 3% | 47% | 38% | 11% | 4% | 16% | 17% | 37% | 30% | 23% | 21% | 56% |
| 2 | Do you think it is okay to spank a child? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Not Sure | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | |
| Yes | 65% | 72% | 59% | 68% | 62% | 63% | 68% | ** | 46% | ** | 68% | 58% | 66% | ** | 63% | 70% | 57% | ** | 61% | 67% | 65% | 67% | 71% | 64% | 64% |
| No | 30% | 23% | 38% | 28% | 31% | 35% | 29% | ** | 43% | ** | 29% | 33% | 30% | ** | 34% | 24% | 38% | ** | 27% | 30% | 32% | 30% | 27% | 32% | 31% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 3% | ** | 11% | ** | 3% | 9% | 4% | ** | 3% | 6% | 5% | ** | 12% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 43% | 35% | 22% | 87% | 1% | 8% | 5% | 47% | 18% | 33% | 3% | 47% | 38% | 11% | 4% | 16% | 17% | 37% | 30% | 23% | 21% | 56% |
| 3 | Do you think it is okay for a school teacher to spank a student? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Not Sure | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | |
| Yes | 15% | 21% | 8% | 10% | 15% | 23% | 14% | ** | 5% | ** | 17% | 6% | 16% | ** | 17% | 14% | 8% | ** | 20% | 20% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 15% | 17% |
| No | 83% | 74% | 91% | 88% | 81% | 75% | 84% | ** | 91% | ** | 81% | 91% | 79% | ** | 80% | 83% | 88% | ** | 73% | 78% | 84% | 88% | 89% | 80% | 81% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | ** | 5% | ** | 2% | 3% | 4% | ** | 3% | 3% | 3% | ** | 7% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 43% | 35% | 22% | 87% | 1% | 8% | 5% | 47% | 18% | 33% | 3% | 47% | 38% | 11% | 4% | 16% | 17% | 37% | 30% | 23% | 21% | 56% |