Who Should Decide on Education, Healthcare, and Welfare?

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• When it comes to education, healthcare, and welfare payments, 54% of voters say they should be set at the state level so that they are suited to the unique needs of each state’s residents.
  • Forty percent (40%) disagree and say they should be set at the federal level so that they are the same for people in all the states.
• When asked if states should have the option to choose between receiving less funding from the federal government in exchange for fewer regulations and more control over how the programs operated, a plurality (43%) said yes.
  • Thirty-seven percent (37%) disagreed.
• When given two different scenarios, one option produced a similar split response, while another had an unquestionable preference for giving states more control.
• In the first scenario, voters were simply asked what they would prefer if their state was given an option between accepting the option to run these programs with fewer regulations and more state control in exchange for receiving 10% less funding from the federal government.
  • A plurality (48%) would want states to opt for more control, while 42% would want to keep the federal government funding.
  • Forty-two percent (42%) would opt to keep the federal government money.
• In the second scenario, voters were asked what they would choose if their state had the option to accept 10% less money from the federal government in exchange for 10% of their federal taxes.
  • By a two-to-one margin, voters opted for the tax cut.
  • Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters chose the tax cut, while just 27% said they would prefer to keep the government funding for their state.

The most recent data cited is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen August 21, 2025. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.