IBOPE Inteligência Poll: 78% Expected Deficit Committee to Fail; 53% Want Automatic Cuts Enforce
80% Say Jobs Should Be A Consideration in Deficit Reduction
UTICA, NY--More than three-quarters of likely voters expected the Congressional deficit reduction Super Committee would fail to reach an agreement, and a slight majority says that the $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts called for if no agreement is reached should be enforced. Also, 80% believe that job creation should be considered in any deficit-reduction plan.
The new IBOPE Inteligência interactive poll, conducted from Nov. 15-17, also found that likely voters most support closing tax loopholes, reducing spending on programs outside of entitlements, cuts to military spending and ending the "Bush tax cuts" for those in the highest income brackets.
As part of the agreement to extend the nation's debt ceiling limit, a bi-partisan Congressional "Super Committee" was created to propose a deficit reduction plan to all of Congress for an up or down vote. Its deadline is November 23, 2011 to propose at least $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction steps over a ten-year period. If the committee fails to agree on a plan, this would automatically trigger $1.2 trillion in cuts, beginning in 2013, split between defense and domestic programs, including cuts to Medicare providers.
How likely do you believe it is that this "Super Committee" will reach an agreement by Nov. 23?
|
Response |
% |
|
Likely |
19 |
|
Unlikely |
78 |
|
Not sure |
3 |
Do you believe that any proposals made by the "Super Committee" should include consideration of how these may impact jobs in the U.S.?
|
Response |
% |
|
Yes |
80 |
|
No |
13 |
|
Not sure |
3 |
Do you approve or disapprove to each of these possible proposals the "Super Committee" might make to reach its goal of at least $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction over the next 10 years?
|
Deficit reduction proposals |
Approve |
Disapprove |
Not sure |
|
Closing tax loopholes |
89% |
6% |
4% |
|
Reduced spending on any programs outside of entitlements and defense |
66% |
15% |
19% |
|
Ending the Bush tax cuts for people in the highest income brackets |
59% |
36% |
6% |
|
Cuts to defense spending |
58% |
34% |
8% |
|
Cost-cutting changes to Social Security |
45% |
47% |
8% |
|
Reduced spending on Medicaid |
42% |
47% |
11% |
|
Reduced spending on Medicare |
36% |
54% |
11% |
|
Any tax increases of any form or amount |
38% |
45% |
17% |
|
Ending some tax exemptions, such as interest on mortgage payments or charitable contributions. |
30% |
57% |
12% |
If the "Super Committee" deadlocks and cannot reach agreement, should the $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts be enforced?
|
Response |
% |
|
Yes |
53 |
|
No |
25 |
|
Not sure |
21 |
IBOPE Inteligência International conducted an online survey of 2,064 likely voters. A sampling of IBOPE Inteligência's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the US, was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.
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