Fox poll: Voters will blame GOP if debt deal fails
July 25th, 2011, 11:42 am · 100 Comments · posted by Martin Wisckol, Politics reporter
Share Most voters will blame congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama – 47 percent to 32 percent – if a deal to raise the debt limit fails, according to a Fox News poll.
The poll showed how respondents’ answers are colored by how questions are posed. Asked how they would vote as a Congress member, 60 percent said they would be against raising the debt limit.
But given the choice between causing a default by holding steady on the debt ceiling and raising the borrowing limit to avoid default, 50 percent would raise it and 40 percent would not.
The poll found that 35 percent would support increasing the ceiling if accompanied by a mix of both spending cuts and taxes increases, with 17 percent who would increase it if accompanied by cuts alone. Forty-two percent still say the limit should not be raised at all.