Sure components of the Make America Wholesome Once more agenda touted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s choose to steer the Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS), have the backing of nearly all of Democrats and Republicans, a brand new YouGov ballot discovered.
The survey confirmed that general, 78 % of U.S. residents strongly or considerably assist necessary vitamin schooling in federally funded faculties. The share was even greater for Democrats, at 84 %, and Republicans, at 83 %, the ballot discovered.
Practically 60 % of Individuals have heard about Make American Wholesome Once more, which includes 48 % of Democrats and 70 % of Republicans, the ballot confirmed. U.S. residents even have a extra favorable than unfavorable view of the motion, 36 % to 11 %.
The share of Democrats who strongly or considerably assist banning sure meals components, together with meals dyes, is tied with U.S. residents general, with 74 % assist, the ballot revealed. Eighty-one % of Republicans again the ban, the survey discovered.
However the partisan divide grew when it got here to barely extra controversial concepts that Kennedy has floated, like lifting restrictions on the sale of uncooked milk or eradicating fluoride from water.
Whereas 32 % of Democrats strongly or considerably supported eradicating fluoride from water, 56 % of Republicans stated the identical, the ballot discovered. On lifting restrictions of the sale of uncooked milk, one-fourth of Democrats strongly or considerably supported the thought, in comparison with practically half, 49 %, of Republicans that again the transfer, the survey confirmed.
Of the problems that U.S. residents stated had been “very important” for the federal government to deal with, meals security, air and water high quality, and well being care entry clocked in as the highest three at 80 %, 74 % and 73 %, respectively, the ballot confirmed.
Democrats and Republicans had been additionally extra aligned on the problem of meals security, with probably the most Republicans, 77 %, placing it as their high challenge for the federal government to deal with, the survey revealed. Meals security, at 87 % assist, was Democrats’ second highest health-related challenge, after medical health insurance, which 88 % of Democrats wished the federal government to deal with, the ballot discovered.
The survey additionally revealed that the majority Individuals additionally favor extra regulation, notably on the pharmaceutical trade, at 74 %, the medical health insurance trade, at 64 %, the well being care trade, at 60 %, and the meals and beverage trade, at 57 %.
The ballot was performed from Nov. 19 to twenty amongst 1,064 U.S. grownup residents. The margin of error was roughly 4 share factors.
