of all likely voters in our 31 October polls support government businesses when asked with USPS and TVA examples
19,102 responses from 13,010 likely voters · margin of error ±1.3 points
Examples have higher support in 31 of 31 reportable polls; 28 pointwise gap intervals exclude zero in that direction. Disjoint randomized wording arms with their own saved weights. Descriptive pooled difference, not a national treatment effect. Do not combine arms into one topline. Pooled across our 31 separate state and district polls; not a national sample. Likely voters in the named October state and district polls; not a national sample or forecast. Pooled figures are respondent-proportional descriptive summaries of separate electorates. Each poll’s subgroup weights are normalized to its answered-question n; repeated people remain in record n but their weights are collapsed for Kish effective n. MOEs are approximate pointwise 95% half-widths in percentage points, without adjustment for exploratory multiple comparisons. They do not include all coverage, nonresponse, recall, calibration or selection uncertainty. Wald intervals can extend outside percentage bounds; an observed zero is not a population zero. Unknown and indifferent answers remain in denominators. Fewer than 50 distinct people is suppressed; 50–99 means interpret with caution.
21.0% of all likely voters in our 31 October polls support government businesses when asked without examples (95% margin of error ±1.1 points). 34.5% of all likely voters in our 31 October polls support government businesses when asked with USPS and TVA examples (95% margin of error ±1.3 points). 59.4% of all likely voters in our 31 October polls oppose government businesses when asked without examples (95% margin of error ±1.4 points). 47.5% of all likely voters in our 31 October polls oppose government businesses when asked with USPS and TVA examples (95% margin of error ±1.4 points). The featured estimate uses 19,102 responses from 13,010 distinct people, with an effective sample size of 4853.6. Examples have higher support in 31 of 31 reportable polls; 28 pointwise gap intervals exclude zero in that direction. Disjoint randomized wording arms with their own saved weights. Descriptive pooled difference, not a national treatment effect. Do not combine arms into one topline. Pooled across our 31 separate state and district polls; not a national sample. Likely voters in the named October state and district polls; not a national sample or forecast. Pooled figures are respondent-proportional descriptive summaries of separate electorates. Each poll’s subgroup weights are normalized to its answered-question n; repeated people remain in record n but their weights are collapsed for Kish effective n. MOEs are approximate pointwise 95% half-widths in percentage points, without adjustment for exploratory multiple comparisons. They do not include all coverage, nonresponse, recall, calibration or selection uncertainty. Wald intervals can extend outside percentage bounds; an observed zero is not a population zero. Unknown and indifferent answers remain in denominators. Fewer than 50 distinct people is suppressed; 50–99 means interpret with caution.
The questions, as asked
Consider new businesses that a local, state or federal government would own and run. Public money would help start them, they would charge customers for their goods or services, and private companies would keep operating alongside them. In general, do you support or oppose governments starting businesses like this?
Consider new businesses that a local, state or federal government would own and run. Public money would help start them, they would charge customers for their goods or services, and private companies would keep operating alongside them. Two that exist today: the U.S. Postal Service, which delivers packages alongside private companies like UPS and FedEx, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally owned company that sells electricity. In general, do you support or oppose governments starting businesses like this?