Show Of Hands asked: 03/15/2011
If you have to cut a budget, should you cut a little bit across the board (wide), or pick an expense area to eliminate altogether (deep)?
Wide Deep
Wide Deep
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Wide Deep
60% 40%
8,738 Votes
60% 40%
Gender
MF
55% 2545 small pie chart
69% 1816 small pie chart
Age
<2121-40>40 50%65%58%
50% 6 small pie chart
65% 1780 small pie chart
58% 2401 small pie chart
Income
<50k50-100k>100k 63%62%55%
63% 1218 small pie chart
62% 1083 small pie chart
55% 1090 small pie chart
Party
DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian 69%55%61%48%
69% 1090 small pie chart
55% 1271 small pie chart
61% 1094 small pie chart
48% 214 small pie chart
Alaska (25 votes)
52% 48%
Alaska
(25 votes)
52% 48%
Alabama
(56 votes)
50% 50%
Arkansas
(46 votes)
52% 48%
Arizona
(80 votes)
67% 33%
California
(507 votes)
60% 40%
Colorado
(96 votes)
65% 35%
Connecticut
(62 votes)
66% 34%
Wash. D.C.
(13 votes)
23% 77%
Delaware
(16 votes)
68% 32%
Florida
(236 votes)
62% 38%
Georgia
(133 votes)
55% 45%
Guam
(1 votes)
100%
Hawaii
(17 votes)
58% 42%
Iowa
(37 votes)
70% 30%
Idaho
(21 votes)
52% 48%
Illinois
(187 votes)
64% 36%
Indiana
(101 votes)
59% 41%
Kansas
(35 votes)
74% 26%
Kentucky
(71 votes)
56% 44%
Louisiana
(50 votes)
60% 40%
Mass.
(102 votes)
62% 38%
Maryland
(79 votes)
63% 37%
Maine
(18 votes)
55% 45%
Michigan
(124 votes)
64% 36%
Minnesota
(108 votes)
62% 38%
Missouri
(105 votes)
60% 40%
Mississippi
(31 votes)
48% 52%
Montana
(7 votes)
85% 15%
N. Carolina
(129 votes)
61% 39%
N. Dakota
(8 votes)
62% 38%
Nebraska
(25 votes)
60% 40%
N. Hampshire
(17 votes)
70% 30%
New Jersey
(114 votes)
57% 43%
New Mexico
(19 votes)
68% 32%
Nevada
(32 votes)
53% 47%
New York
(229 votes)
65% 35%
Ohio
(177 votes)
62% 38%
Oklahoma
(78 votes)
66% 34%
Oregon
(88 votes)
63% 37%
Penn.
(170 votes)
62% 38%
Puerto Rico
(4 votes)
75% 25%
R. Island
(22 votes)
63% 37%
S. Carolina
(52 votes)
57% 43%
South Dakota
(11 votes)
81% 19%
Tennessee
(79 votes)
54% 46%
Texas
(375 votes)
58% 42%
Utah
(76 votes)
63% 37%
Virginia
(149 votes)
56% 44%
Virgin Is.
(0 votes)
100%
Vermont
(10 votes)
40% 60%
Washington
(147 votes)
64% 36%
Wisconsin
(93 votes)
67% 33%
W. Virginia
(26 votes)
57% 43%
Wyoming
(9 votes)
77% 23%
Last updated: 2025-06-30T22:22:52+00:00