[PEN-L:31542] Re: question about polling data

[Joel Blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ellen:

Try Fay Lomax Cook and Edith J. Barrett, Support for the American Welfare
State (NY: Columbia University Press, 1992).

It was published ten years ago, but except for a slight diminution of the
antipathy to welfare, I'd be surprised if you found major swings in the data.

Joel Blau


Ellen Frank wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a good source (book,
> article, internet) on polling data regarding American 
> views on socio-economic policy?  I often hear it said
> that Americans support Social Security and want drug
> coverage, for example, but I can't find any polls to confirm
> this (on the other hand, I haven't looked very hard).  
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Ellen Frank 
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