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Voter Poll: Children's Issues in the Presidential Campaign (2008)

This poll of 800 registered voters in the 2008 general election finds that voters are pessimistic about the future of their children and want both Presidential candidates and parties to address children's issues.
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Voter Survey: How Voters Approach Children's Issues (2007)

Primary Polls

In June 2007, the Every Child Matters Education Fund held briefings in the early primary states of New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada showing the importance voters place and children's issues and want specific platforms from the candidates. We followed this up with a national poll of likely general election voters and combining the results of the polls in all four early states.

National/4 Early Primary States Likely Voters June 2007

Results

2005-2006 Polls

Colorado
The Every Child Matters Education Fund held a briefing in Denver Colorado to release results of a statewide poll showing broad support for investing in children and proposals to address problems facing children and families in the next session of the legislature. Also, voters say they oppose recent budget cuts made by the U.S. Congress.

Minnesota
The Every Child Matters Education Fund held a briefing in the state capitol buiding in St. Paul to release results of a statewide poll.

Virginia
The Every Child Matters Education Fund, Afterschool Alliance, and Voices for Virginia's Children held a briefing in Newport News to release results of a statewide poll.

National
This poll gives the Congress low marks on improving the health, safety, and well-being of children and overwhelming supports the federal goverment guaranteeing health care for every child and are willing to draw a line in the sand and either support those in favor of or vote out their Members who oppose insuring every child.

Polls Archive

The Every Child Matters Education Fund has conducted several polls, both nationally and in specific states, about how voters view children's issues in the context of federal elections. Each survey has shown how voters strongly support increased investments in children and place a high importance on children in determining how they vote.

	Washington State Registered Voters June 2004	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	West Virginia Registered Voters June 2004	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	Iowa Post-Caucus Participants January 2004	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	Iowa General Election Voters May 2003	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	New Hampshire Post-Primary Voters January 2004	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	New Hampshire General Election Voters May 2003	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	National Registered Voters March 2003	Results Crosstabs Analysis
	Arkansas Registered Voters May 2002	Results Crosstabs Analysis

Reports by Every Child Matters

How Voters Approach Children's ssues (2004)
This report summarizes how voters feel about children's issues in our polling done over two years nationally and in Washington, West Virginia, Iowa, New Hampshire, and Arkansas.

Federal Budget and Tax Break Reports
The report details how federal budget and tax priorities have threatened decades of gains made on behalf of children, shows how state budget cuts are hurting children, and presents our child investment agenda. A report about President Bush's 2008 budget is forthcoming.
>>December 2003 report
>>July 2003 report

Other Reports 

Confidentiality in Child Welfare
The Every Child Matters Education Fund recent work on confidentiality in child welfare was completed in conjunction with the Legacy Family Institute.