US: New POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds that 43% of Americans are in favour of a UBI

US: New POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds that 43% of Americans are in favour of a UBI

A new poll POLITICO/Morning Consult conducted between the 14th and 17th September 2017 surveying 1,994 registered US voters, found that, of those asked whether they would support or oppose ‘ a proposal in which the government would provide all Americans a regular, unconditional sum of money, sometimes referred to as universal basic income ’, 43% either ‘strongly supported’ or ‘somewhat supported’ the idea.

The subgroup data showed that 23% ‘strongly supported’ the notion, 20% ‘somewhat supported’ it, 14% ‘somewhat opposed’ it, 25% ‘strongly opposed’ it, and 18% ‘didn’t know’ or ‘had no opinion’ on the idea. Males were slightly more […]

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