Democrats have long looked at the government to support their families through public programs and spending. Increasingly, Republicans want the same.
Details how they want to help the government in a difference. But the growing two parties agreement reflects the belief among parents that American families are in crisis and that something must change.
in diverse to Investigative studies In recent years, the majority of the Democrats and Republicans have appeared Support For the family Policies Such as paid leave, child care at reasonable prices and tax credits for parents. The big majority in deal The government must do more to regulate the use of social media for youth. And the Americans believe that K-12 education It needs repair.
The latest evidence A poll conducted by 1300 parents on Monday Through logical media, a non -profit organization. In this, 73 percent of Democrats, 65 percent of independents and 55 percent of Republicans said the federal government spends very little on programs that benefit children.
Analysts say that the presence of a small majority of Republicans embraces government spending on children is a noticeable shift. It is a recognition that American families are struggling, especially those who are of the working class, and it is an increasing share of Republican voters. Most parents in the new survey said that things are fair or poor for their families like them. In a second survey released on Monday by Common Sense, from 1,100 children between the ages of 12 and 17, he said only 4 percent of things were excellent for families like them.
“I am not amazed at all to see Republicans resemble the Democrats,” said Christine Sultis Anderson, the founding partner of Echelon Insights, a Republican polling company that has surveyed with Lake Research Partners, a democratic poll. “There is a strong consensus, especially among republican women, that the current situation is not good.”
Ms. Anderson, a contributor to the New York Times, and other opinion polls, warned that even if the voters say that family policies are important to them, their top priority is rarely. When it comes to detail, such as how to organize or pay for them and who should benefit, the two -party agreement often collapses. Even if the majority of Republican voters in investigative studies say that they support such policies, important stocks do not do so.
Michel Russell, a five -year -old mother and owner of Honey & Rue, a dining truck in the Whitchta region, said. “I personally don’t think it is just because we have children, we need a bulletin like help or greater tax credit.”
Mrs. Russell, who voted for President Trump, does not agree that the government should organize social media. “The government does not raise my children,” she said. “This is exactly why my children are studying at home.”
But the other Trump voters said they wanted him to pursue family policies. Jessica Amana, a social worker and a teenage mother, said that she supported a paid vacation, supported child care, child credit systems and social media – all “100 percent”.
She said she expected Mr. Trump to support these types of policies as well, and she believed that he had already shown that he would help families and children by trying this Prevented It is a converting to the transgender students, and Empowerment Schools to speak frankly about religion.
While some policy makers became concerned about the low fertility rates, and as many countries led by Republicans have banned abortions, some Republican officials said. The party needs more effort To support child raising. In the presidential campaign, Trump spokeswoman said he supported the main family policy goals.
But the Trump administration has so far focused on cutting federal programs, not a new startup.
It is scheduled to end the authority to increase the child tax that was enact in the first Trump administration later this year, and the Republicans have Suggested plans to renew them. Caroline Levit, the White House press secretary, did not say whether Mr. Trump intends to follow up on child care policies or paid, but he referred to other things the administration made for families, such as calling for politics recommendations to Expanding the scope of access to fertilization in the laboratory.
She said in a statement that Mr. Trump is helping working families by “returning to education to the states, reducing costs and removing dangerous criminals from our societies.”
The Democrats in Congress – with some support through the corridor – provided draft laws to submit Paid family vacation Child care helpExpansion Child tax credit To reach 16 million Poor children who do not get full credit. But the Republicans prevented the recent efforts to increase support to families.
In the new parental poll, about 85 percent of Democrats said that children will be better if there is a paid family leave, more governmental funding for children’s care and post -school care, and more tax credits for families. Between two -thirds and three quarters of Republicans agreed. The child’s care was less popular among Republicans, which reflects conflicting opinions on whether children were better with a parent at home.
Eighty-six percent of parents in general said that the best public schools than K-12 will improve the lives of American children, and said 82 percent of the free school stage.
Parents and adolescents expressed their concerns about the effects of technology on young people and expressed the desire for government organization. Nearly two -thirds of parents said social media had a negative impact often on children. Teenagers were likely to say it was more positive than negative, but they also said it was the main cause of the youth health crisis.
Most of the respondents said they want the government to impose handrails on social media for youth. There was widespread support for warning names on the impact of social media on mental and luxury health. Most parents support children under 16 years of age from having accounts, and about half of adolescents.
“I definitely think that social media, there should be more organization there, because children face a problem and do not understand the repercussions,” said Lisa Gulson, a physiotherapist and mother of two children in Kenyolic.
It is independent voted for Mr. Trump, and it is careful that the government does a lot and made people depend on it. It does not agree with all the proposals of Democrats for family policies. But it believes that the government should do more to meet the needs of families.
She wanted to see a limited paid family leave, for a few weeks, not for new parents. She wants to expand the child tax, including while children are in the kidney. She does not believe that the Ministry of Education should be closed – but it must be renewed to focus on improving the teaching of basic academic subjects. It supports the audience before the kindergarten.
Will Mr. Trump do these things? “I got a lot of the most urgent things,” she said. “If it arrives at the end of the year, I will be happy.”