Show Of Hands asked: 07/25/2010
Are most public welfare programs safety nets of societal kindness, or cruel traps that keep people impoverished and dependent?
Safety nets Cruel traps
Safety nets Cruel traps
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Safety nets Cruel traps
42% 58%
1,099 Votes
42% 58%
Gender
MF
37% 201 small pie chart
51% 137 small pie chart
Age
<2121-40>40 0%54%35%
0% 1 small pie chart
54% 151 small pie chart
35% 157 small pie chart
Income
<50k50-100k>100k 51%36%29%
51% 97 small pie chart
36% 65 small pie chart
29% 61 small pie chart
Party
DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian 74%19%50%17%
74% 83 small pie chart
19% 115 small pie chart
50% 59 small pie chart
17% 28 small pie chart
Alaska (3 votes)
33% 67%
Alaska
(3 votes)
33% 67%
Alabama
(7 votes)
14% 86%
Arkansas
(2 votes)
50% 50%
Arizona
(6 votes)
50% 50%
California
(32 votes)
43% 57%
Colorado
(9 votes)
33% 67%
Connecticut
(8 votes)
50% 50%
Wash. D.C.
(1 votes)
100%
Delaware
(0 votes)
100%
Florida
(22 votes)
50% 50%
Georgia
(9 votes)
44% 56%
Guam
(0 votes)
100%
Hawaii
(1 votes)
100%
Iowa
(5 votes)
60% 40%
Idaho
(3 votes)
33% 67%
Illinois
(13 votes)
30% 70%
Indiana
(10 votes)
80% 20%
Kansas
(4 votes)
100%
Kentucky
(2 votes)
100%
Louisiana
(4 votes)
25% 75%
Mass.
(7 votes)
42% 58%
Maryland
(2 votes)
50% 50%
Maine
(1 votes)
100%
Michigan
(11 votes)
27% 73%
Minnesota
(5 votes)
60% 40%
Missouri
(10 votes)
10% 90%
Mississippi
(6 votes)
16% 84%
Montana
(1 votes)
100%
N. Carolina
(15 votes)
60% 40%
N. Dakota
(2 votes)
50% 50%
Nebraska
(3 votes)
66% 34%
N. Hampshire
(1 votes)
100%
New Jersey
(5 votes)
40% 60%
New Mexico
(0 votes)
100%
Nevada
(4 votes)
50% 50%
New York
(14 votes)
57% 43%
Ohio
(13 votes)
53% 47%
Oklahoma
(6 votes)
16% 84%
Oregon
(10 votes)
40% 60%
Penn.
(10 votes)
40% 60%
Puerto Rico
(0 votes)
100%
R. Island
(1 votes)
100%
S. Carolina
(5 votes)
20% 80%
South Dakota
(0 votes)
100%
Tennessee
(6 votes)
16% 84%
Texas
(33 votes)
30% 70%
Utah
(11 votes)
54% 46%
Virginia
(9 votes)
77% 23%
Virgin Is.
(0 votes)
100%
Vermont
(0 votes)
100%
Washington
(16 votes)
50% 50%
Wisconsin
(2 votes)
100%
W. Virginia
(4 votes)
25% 75%
Wyoming
(1 votes)
100%
Last updated: 2024-04-20T04:37:23+00:00