Strong Support for Minimum Wage Hikes

Polls Show Strong Support for Minimum Wage Increases

October 31, 2006

Initiatives to increase the minimum wage are on the ballot in six states on November 7, and all six are enjoying strong support in pre-election polls. A national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in March 2006 found that 83 percent of Americans favored raising the minimum wage.

While most of the poll numbers in the states with ballot measures aren’t quite that high, they nonetheless show strong voter support for raising the minimum wage:

Polling Data on Minimum Wage Ballot Measures

State

% Support

% Oppose

% Undecided

Margin of Error

Source

Arizona

73

22

5

5%

Grand Canyon State Poll, 10/11-16/06

Colorado

69

26

5

4.4%

Ciruli Associates, 9/26-10/2/06

Missouri

63

29

8

3.5%

St. Louis Post-Dispatch/KMOV, 10/23-26/06

Montana

73

16

11

4%

Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, 9/26-28/06

Nevada

72

20

8

4%

Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, 9/19-21/06

Ohio

81

11

8

3%

Ray C. Bliss Institute, 8/20-9/29/06

Source: Data gathered by NCSL, October 17-31, 2006

Read a summary of minimum wage measures on the ballot.

For more information, contact Jennie Drage Bowser in NCSL’s Denver office.