A clear majority of voters supports preserving or increasing funding for the Department of Education, according to a new poll from Morning Consult.
Twenty-two percent of more than 2,200 registered voters surveyed over Valentine’s Day weekend said funding should remain level for the department, and 41 percent said it should receive more funding. Those figures include 18 percent of Republican voters who want funding to remain the same and 31 percent who would boost it.
Twenty-four percent of all voters surveyed—and 37 percent of GOP voters—said ED should receive less or no funding.
The online survey research technology company also asked respondents about funding for other federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the United States Agency for International Development. USAID fared the worst, with half of all respondents in favor of maintaining or increasing funding, including 34 percent of Republican voters.