Americans Feel More Charitable - But Not Toward Politics
Charitable giving is up, but not when it comes to political parties or candidates.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 19% of American Adults say that, compared to a year ago, they are giving more to charity. That's up six points from last December and the highest level of giving measured since 2009. But 32% say they are giving less to charity, also up slightly from the previous survey. A plurality (44%) says they are giving about the same amount. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 30-31, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.