Polls conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy For America, CREDO Action, and Social Security Works. More details on each poll can be found at the bottom of the page, including poll dates and sample sizes.

EXPANDING SOCIAL SECURITY

A proposal in Congress would increase Social Security benefits, resulting in a worker at age 75 receiving $452 more in benefits per year and a worker at age 85 receiving $807 more per year. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

Do you support or oppose the idea of increasing Social Security benefits and paying for that increase by having the wealthy pay the same rate into Social Security as everyone else?

SCRAP THE CAP

Right now, wealthy Americans only pay Social Security taxes on the first $113,000 of their income. In order to strengthen Social Security, do you support or oppose scrapping this cap so that wealthy Americans pay the same rate on their income as ordinary Americans? 

NO CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Do you support or oppose the recent White House proposal to cut the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits, resulting in a worker at age 75 receiving $658 less in benefits per year?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Social Security benefits, which is the government retirement program for the elderly?

JAIL THE BANKERS

Currently, no Wall Street bankers have been put on trial or gone to jail for their role in the economic meltdown. Do you believe Wall Street bankers should be more fully investigated and criminally prosecuted if they broke the law?

Currently, no Wall Street bankers have been put on trial or gone to jail for their role in the economic meltdown. If one candidate strongly supported investigating Wall Street bankers more fully and criminally prosecuting them if they broke the law, would it make you more or less likely to support that candidate, or would it not make a difference?

BRING BIG BANKS TO TRIAL

Some in Congress are calling on the SEC to bring big banks that broke the law to trial, not just agree to out-of- court settlements with them. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

END "TOO BIG TO FAIL"

Do you support or oppose breaking up financial institutions that are deemed “too big to fail,” even if that means breaking up some of the major power players on Wall Street?

PASS ELIZABETH WARREN'S STUDENT LOAN FAIRNESS ACT

The federal government currently lends to banks at very low interest rates. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has offered a plan to extend those same low interest rates to students borrowing money to pay for their college education. Do you support or oppose Senator Warren’s plan?

PASS A FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT

In these economic times, do you think the government should consider passing a "Full Employment Act," guaranteeing that any American who wants a job will have one -- including public works projects like repairing bridges and roads, wiring rural America with high-speed Internet, and other long-term investments in our economy?

NEGOTIATE MEDICARE & MEDICARE DRUG PRICES

Do you support or oppose the national government being able to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid bene¬ficiaries?

PUBLIC OPTION FOR HEALTHCARE

Do you support or oppose the national government offering everyone the choice of buying into a government-administered health insurance plan -- something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get -- that would compete with private health insurance plans?

REJECT CORPORATE PAC MONEY

If a candidate for Congress refused to take corporate PAC or lobbyist money, would you be more or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

NSA Spying and Government Intelligence

Do you believe the government should have the right to collect the phone and Internet records of millions of ordinary Americans without a specific warrant, or not?

Do you believe Edward Snowden did the right thing or the wrong thing by revealing that the Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about whether the government was collecting millions of phone and internet records from ordinary Americans?

Edward Snowden revealed that the Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about whether the government was collecting millions of phone and Internet records from ordinary Americans. The Director has since admitted he did not tell the truth. Do you think the Director of National Intelligence should be prosecuted for perjury?

MITCH McCONNELL

If Republican Mitch McConnell supported any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits, including raising the retirement age or reducing cost-of-living adjustments, would you be more or less likely to support his candidacy for U.S. Senate, or would it not make a difference?

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Republican Mitch McConnell is handling his job as U.S. Senator?

If the general election for U.S. Senate were held today, and the choices were Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, for whom would you vote?

After 30 years in the U.S. Senate, do you believe Republican Mitch McConnell deserves re-election, or not?

RUBEN GALLEGO

How likely are you to vote in next month’s Democratic primary election for U.S. House and other important offices? Will you definitely vote, probably vote, are the chances 50/50, or will you probably not vote?

The Democratic candidates for U.S. House are Ruben Gallego and Mary Rose Wilcox. If the election was today, who would you vote for?

(Asked only of those with a candidate choice:) Are you firmly committed to that candidate, or is there a chance you could change your mind between now and the primary?

If one candidate strongly supported expanding Social Security benefits, paid for by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share into the Social Security system, would that make you more or less likely to support that candidate, or would it not make a difference?

REPRESENTATIVE HONDA

If the primary for Congress were held today, and the candidates were Democrat Mike Honda and Democrat Ro Khanna, for whom would you vote?

If Democrat Mike Honda campaigned on the idea of increasing Social Security benefits, would that make you more supportive or less supportive of his candidacy for Congress, or would it not make a difference?

JOHN CORNYN

If Republican John Cornyn supported any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits, including raising the retirement age or reducing cost-of-living adjustments, would you be more or less likely to support his candidacy for U.S. Senate, or would it not make a difference?

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Republican John Cornyn is handling his job as U.S. Senator?

After 12 years in the U.S. Senate, do you believe Republican John Cornyn deserves re-election, or not?

DEFICIT REDUCTION

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting military spending?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting waste in military spending?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose ending agriculture subsidies to big agricorporations?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose ending subsidies to big oil companies?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Social Security benefits, which is the retirement program for the elderly?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Medicare benefits, which is the government health insurance program for the elderly?

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Medicaid benefits, which is the government health insurance program for the poor, disabled, and children?

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Do you support or oppose criminal background checks to keep guns out of the wrong hands?

Do you support or oppose banning assault weapons?

2012 MANDATE

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose raising taxes on those with incomes over $250,000 a year?

Personal income above $1,000,000 is taxed at 35%. To avoid cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, would you support or oppose a proposal that said personal income above $1,000,000 would be taxed at 45%, income above $20,000,000 dollars would be taxed at 47%, and income above $1,000,000,000 would be taxed at 49%?

Right now, personal income above $1,000,000 is taxed at 35%. To avoid cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, would you support or oppose raising taxes on personal income above $1,000,000 to 50%, which was the rate under President Reagan?

OBAMA's MANDATE

Which do you think more accurately reflects President Obama’s mandate in this election: reducing the debt or creating jobs?

Which do you think more accurately reflects President Obama’s mandate in this election: compromise with the Republicans or standing up for regular families -- even if that means fighting? *

PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS

In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose instituting public financing of congressional elections -- to end the legalized bribery that lets campaign donors get billions of tax dollars in the form of corporate welfare?

Public financing of congressional elections would only cost $1 billion and could save taxpayers as much as $100 billion from big campaign donors writing our tax laws. If one candidate strongly supported public financing of elections, would that make you more or less likely to support that candidate, or would it not make a difference?

SENATOR WARNER

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Democrat Mark Warner is handling his job as US Senator?

If the election for Senate were held today, and the choices were Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Bob McDonnell, who would you vote for?

If Senator Mark Warner supported any cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits, including raising the retirement age or reducing cost of living adjustments, would that make you more or less likely to vote for him, or would it make no difference to your vote?

SENATOR SHAHEEN

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is handling her job as US Senator?

If the election for Senate were held today, and the choices were Jeanne Shaheen and John Sununu, for whom would you vote?

If Senator Shaheen supported any cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits, would that make you more or less likely to vote for her, or would it make no difference to you?

If Senator Shaheen led the national fight to raise taxes on the rich, would that make you more or less likely to vote for her, or would it make no difference to you?

MASSACHUSETTS 5th CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY

In the state legislature, Katherine Clark co-sponsored a bill which would change current wiretapping laws to give police more power to listen in on private conversations of people not suspected of breaking the law or only suspected of minor offenses. Does that make you more or less likely to vote for Katherine Clark, or does it not impact who you support?

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