| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #14901 |
| 1 | Should the Federal Government allow big auto manufacturers to fail? Or should the government spend taxpayer dollars to keep them afloat? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Allow To Fail | 64% | 71% | 59% | 70% | 62% | 62% | 64% | 64% | ** | ** | 70% | 58% | 66% | 71% | 60% | 65% |
| Keep Them Afloat | 24% | 20% | 28% | 21% | 23% | 29% | 25% | 23% | ** | ** | 23% | 27% | 23% | 21% | 29% | 24% |
| Not Sure | 11% | 9% | 13% | 9% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 13% | ** | ** | 7% | 15% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 41% | 29% | 85% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 23% | 39% | 36% | 28% | 47% | 21% |
| 2 | If the Federal Government did spend taxpayer money to keep auto manufacturers afloat do you think it would work eventually? Or not work at all? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Work Eventually | 37% | 33% | 40% | 32% | 38% | 40% | 37% | 49% | ** | ** | 28% | 43% | 36% | 30% | 40% | 40% |
| Not Work At All | 53% | 60% | 48% | 59% | 51% | 50% | 53% | 48% | ** | ** | 67% | 49% | 49% | 63% | 47% | 52% |
| Not Sure | 10% | 7% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 3% | ** | ** | 4% | 9% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 41% | 29% | 85% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 23% | 39% | 36% | 28% | 47% | 21% |