Americans Want Huge Increase In Foreign Aid

Why Fixing the Budget Is Hopeless

American Public Opinion on Foreign Aid

November 30, 2010

Questionnaire

 

Dates of Survey: November 6-15, 2010 Margin of Error: +/- 3.4%

Sample Size: 848

 

Just based on what you know, please tell me your hunch about what percentage of the federal budget goes to foreign aid. You can answer in fractions of percentage points as well as whole percentage points.

Mean.....................................................................27%

Median...................................................................25

 

What do you think would be an appropriate percentage of the federal budget to go to foreign aid, if any?

Mean.....................................................................13%

Median...................................................................10

 

Source: WorldPublicOpinion.org (November 30. 2010)

 

Note: In fiscal year 2009, bilateral foreign aid totaled $22.5 billion: 0.6 percent of federal outlays.