New National Poll Finds Bipartisan Support for Early-Childhood Education
June 21, 2017
By: Marva Hinton
Source: Education Week
The First Five Years Fund’s 2017 national poll found support on the left and right from American voters for making quality early-childhood education more affordable, with 97 percent of Democrats in favor compared to 85 percent of independents and 82 percent of Republicans.
Improving the quality of public education overall and making sure that children have access to quality early-childhood education topped a list of government priorities for the voters surveyed. This year, 43 percent of voters listed quality ECE as extremely important.
The poll also found that the majority of voters (85 percent) support increased funding for child care that provides more access to quality programs for low- and middle-income families. That support also cut across partisan lines, with 97 percent of Democrats in support, along with 79 percent of independents and 74 percent of Republicans.
The poll was commissioned by the First Five Years Fund and conducted by a bipartisan team of researchers…