Predictors of Public Support for Social Safety Net Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

U.S. residents had varying experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and social safety net policy in 2020. Past research has suggested that partisanship, ideology, racial attitudes, and personal experience may each influence policy attitudes. In this study, we explore whether variation in support for social safety net policy in 2020 is predicted by negative experiences of the pandemic when controlling for racial attitudes, partisanship, and ideology.

Methods

Support for 12 social safety net policies in 2020 was estimated using data from a nationally representative panel survey of U.S. adults conducted in 2020 (n=1,222). Logistic regression was used to examine differences in the predicted probability of supporting a majority of social safety net policies related to he

SUBMITTER: Hatton CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8853750 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature