Polling

Americans understand that Congress's lack of investment in the things that really matter to families and communities is a matter of priorities.

In poll after poll, a vast majority of Americans say they want to shift tax dollars from the Pentagon to domestic and international human needs.

NEW! December 2007 Survey on NH voters' Federal Spending Priorities
Poll results (pdf)
Summary and analysis (pdf)

February 2007 Survey on Federal Spending Priorities: Iowa and New Hampshire (pdf)

Almost two thirds of New Hampshire adults support the PrioritiesNH budget shift, according to this Research 2000 poll conducted in February 2007.

Trends in National Spending Priorities, 1973-2006 (pdf)

This January 2007 survey, taken by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center, shows a dramatic increase in public support for cutting the Pentagon budget and investing savings to meet human needs.

Public Would Significantly Alter Administration’s Budget (pdf)

When presented with the facts about the federal budget by the PIPA/Knowledge Networks Poll in March 2005, two-thirds of Americans said they would change our budget priorities and shift funding away from the Pentagon and into programs that benefit communities and families.