About half of the public think child care costs and improving health outcomes for pregnant women should be high priorities for the federal government, just 12% think encouraging families to have more children should be a top priority.
Fifty-eight percent of the public think it is okay for religious chaplains to provide support services in public schools. Around 4 in 10 feel teachers should be allowed to lead a class in prayer. Thirty-two percent think religion has too much influence on what children are taught in public schools and 38% think it has too little influence.
The public is generally supportive of increasing or upholding existing domestic spending by the federal government, but want less funding allocated to foreign aid.
