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Will public support cuts to prisons during budget crunch?

I've not seen any opinion research on how Texans might prioritize budget cuts next year, but a recent poll in California, which is facing an epic budget crisis, found cutting corrections costs is one of the few reductions supported by the public. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune:The poll asked voters if they would support or oppose cuts in 14 areas of state spending to reduce the budget deficit. Majorities of voters favored making cuts in only two of the 14 categories. ?The voters really aren?t showing us the way on these kinds of things,? said Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. ?Previous surveys have shown that they do favor spending cuts over tax increases, yet when you ask them which areas of state spending would you favor cutting, the big categories are rejected by large margins...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 16, 2010 (boomark / email).