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Article: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Expanding Afterschool Programs, Finds Poll Released on Eve of National Rally for Afterschool
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 9, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Large, bipartisan
majorities of American voters support expanding afterschool programs
in their communities and around the nation.
Seven in ten voters want afterschool programs to be available to
all children even if it means increasing the current $846 million
federal appropriation by an additional $800 million per year. That
support crosses all lines: Republicans support the increase by a
margin of 62 to 26; Democrats by a margin of 78 to ten; women by a
margin of 72 to 17; men by 66 to 18; married voters by 70 to 16; and
single voters by 71 to 15. Most voters also are willing to pay $100
more per year in state taxes to make afterschool available. ...