Federal Disaster Relief Poll: Majority Supports Government Help In Times Of Crisis
Posted in: Today's ChiliA new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds that a large majority of Americans think the federal government should help provide assistance to those impacted by natural disasters. Some politicians, including Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have in the past supported cuts for FEMA, the agency that provides such relief — though Romney’s campaign said this week that he would not cut FEMA.
According to the survey, 64 percent of Americans favor the federal government providing assistance to communities impacted by natural disasters, while only 19 percent say that relief should be left to state and local governments.
Even among Republicans, a 48 percent plurality said that the federal government should provide assistance, while 37 percent said it should be left to the states. The survey was conducted using YouGov’s online panel on Oct. 29-30 and has a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
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