Rainy Day Fund (February 2011)

Rainy Day Fund (February 2011)

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categorycolumn-1
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts9%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts24%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts55%
Don't know12%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts13%11%6%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts12%30%32%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts64%48%51%
Don't know11%11%11%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts7%4%6%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts39%25%31%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts47%53%53%
Don't know7%17%10%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts9%7%18%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts6%11%14%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts77%72%54%
Don't know7%10%13%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts18%9%6%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts13%17%31%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts61%54%54%
Don't know8%19%10%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts8%5%5%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts21%33%37%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts65%50%48%
Don't know6%11%10%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts16%12%34%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts13%11%17%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts66%66%40%
Don't know5%11%9%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts17%6%6%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts12%35%35%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts60%48%53%
Don't know11%10%7%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts8%13%10%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts26%11%19%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts53%65%59%
Don't know12%11%13%

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categoryMaleFemale
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts10%9%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts27%21%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts55%55%
Don't know8%15%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts12%8%8%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts18%27%26%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts58%55%51%
Don't know12%11%15%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Spend all of that money to avoid budget cuts11%12%6%8%8%9%
Spend none of that money to avoid budget cuts22%24%23%23%22%30%
Spend some, but not all, of that money to avoid budget cuts44%49%58%60%64%55%
Don't know23%14%12%10%6%5%

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