Poll: 53% oppose federal bailout for the states

Sixty-two percent (62%) opposed bailouts for states in July 2009 when California’s severe budget woes were in the headlines, but opposition had fallen to 48% by October of last year.

Republicans (67%) and voters not affiliated with either of the major parties (66%) strongly oppose state bailouts, while Democrats by a 44% to 28% margin think they’re a good idea.

Voters have consistently expressed opposition to bailouts of any kind. Fifty-three percent (53%) say, looking back, that the bailouts of banks, auto companies and insurance companies were bad for the United States.