Eight Out of 10 Americans Say the Minimum Wage Should Be Increased- A January 2005 report by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center shows Americans overwhelmingly support an increase in the minimum wage: 82 percent say it is an important priority and only 6 percent oppose an increase.
- A January 2002 poll by Lake Snell Perry & Associates for the Ms. Foundation found that 77 percent of likely voters surveyed support raising the minimum wage from $5.15 to $8 per hour. Some 79 percent of likely voters support regular increases in the minimum wage to address the effect of inflation on the real value of the minimum wage.
- A November 2001 survey conducted by Techno Metrica Institute of Policy and Politics for Investor’s Business Daily and The Christian Science Monitor found that 75 percent of the survey respondents supported raising the minimum wage as a way to stimulate the economy.
- An October 2001 survey by the Gallup Organization for Gallup, CNN and USA Today found that 81 percent of the respondents supported an increase in the minimum wage.
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