Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #14901
 
1Should the Federal Government allow big auto manufacturers to fail? Or should the government spend taxpayer dollars to keep them afloat?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3%MaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Allow To Fail64%71%59%70%62%62%64%64%****70%58%66%71%60%65%
Keep Them Afloat24%20%28%21%23%29%25%23%****23%27%23%21%29%24%
Not Sure11%9%13%9%15%10%10%13%****7%15%11%8%11%11%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%48%52%30%41%29%85%5%5%4%23%39%36%28%47%21%
 
 
2If 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 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%MaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Work Eventually37%33%40%32%38%40%37%49%****28%43%36%30%40%40%
Not Work At All53%60%48%59%51%50%53%48%****67%49%49%63%47%52%
Not Sure10%7%12%9%11%9%10%3%****4%9%15%7%12%8%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%48%52%30%41%29%85%5%5%4%23%39%36%28%47%21%
 
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.