Certain parts of the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda touted by President-elect Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have the support of a majority of Democrats and Republicans. I'm getting it. A poll was found.
of investigation Overall, the results showed that 78% of Americans strongly or somewhat support mandatory nutrition education in federally funded schools. According to the poll, this percentage was even higher among Democrats at 84% and among Republicans at 83%.
Polls show that nearly 60% of Americans have heard of “Make American Healthy Again,” compared to 48% of Democrats and 70% of Republicans. The American public also has a favorable view of the movement, 36 percent to 11 percent.
The poll found that the percentage of Democrats who strongly or somewhat support banning certain food additives, including food coloring, is about the same as the U.S. population as a whole, at 74%. According to the survey, 81% of Republicans support a ban.
But the partisan divide widened over some of Kennedy's more controversial ideas, such as lifting restrictions on the sale of raw milk and removing fluoride from water.
The poll found that 32% of Democrats strongly or somewhat support removing fluoride from water, while 56% of Republicans said the same. According to the survey, nearly half of Republicans (49%) support lifting restrictions on raw milk sales, compared to a quarter of Democrats who strongly or somewhat support the idea. are.
Food safety, air and water quality, and health care access rank in the top three of the issues that Americans say are “very important” for the government to address at 80%, 74%, and 73%, respectively. did. showed.
The survey also found that Democrats and Republicans agree on the issue of food safety, with the majority of Republicans at 77% citing it as a top priority for the government to address. According to the poll, food safety has 87% support, making it the second-highest Democratic health-related issue behind health care, which 88% of Democrats want the government to address.
The survey also found that most Americans support stronger regulation, particularly for the pharmaceutical industry (74%), health insurance industry (64%), health care industry (60%), and food and beverage industry (57%). It became. .
The poll was conducted between November 19th and 20th among 1,064 American adults. The margin of error was approximately 4 percentage points.
