Nanny State Opposition by the Numbers

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This is page an ongoing effort by the Nanny State Liberation Front to expose and promote freedom-loving Americans’ overwhelming opposition to Nanny State policies and the big government bureaucrats who craft them. If you see a poll worth noting, please email us: info[at]nannystateliberationfront.com

Americans Strongly Oppose Big Government Assaults on Their Health and Diets

Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose an “obesity” tax on soft drinks and fast food
Harris Poll; April 23-27, 2010

Fifty-five percent of Americans oppose government limits on how much salt they can consume.
Rasmussen Reports; April 23-24, 2010

Eighty-percent of parents oppose Santa Clara County, Calif.’s ‘Happy Meal’ toy ban
California Restaurant Association; April 17-19, 2010

Fifty-nine percent of Republicans and sixty-seven percent of Independents oppose sin taxes on sodas and junk food. Democrats are evenly divided on the question.
Rasmussen Reports; March 16-17, 2010

Sixty-seven percent of Americans disagree with government statistics implying they’re obese.
McClatchy-Ipsos survey; July 30-August 3, 2009

Seventy percent of Americans oppose a national tax on all non-diet soft drinks. Eighty percent of those ages 18-29 don’t like the idea, either.
Rasmussen Reports; January 20-21, 2009

Sixty percent of New York voters oppose Gov. David Paterson’s (D) proposal to tax non-diet soft drinks.
Quinnipiac University Poll; December 17-21, 2008

Ninety percent of American voters believe that lawsuits targeting restaurants for the problems of overweight, obesity, and heart disease are frivolous and should be dismissed.
National Restaurant Association; October 2003

Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Big Government

Nearly fifty percent of Americans see the federal government as a threat to their individual rights
Rasmussen Reports; June 18-19, 2010

Seventy-eight percent of Americans say they have little faith that the massive federal bureaucracy can solve the nation’s ills.
Pew Research Center; March 11-21, 2010

Sixty-one percent of Americans view big government a greater threat to the nation than big business.
Gallup Poll; March 27-29, 2009

Nearly seventy percent of Americans have concerns about federal interventions into the economy.
Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll; June 2009

Americans Think They’re Better Parents than the Nanny State

Fifty-six percent of Virginians oppose a proposal to raise the age requirement for car booster seats.
News-7/Survey USA poll; February 2007

Fifty-seven percent of California parents oppose State’s spanking ban providing for criminal prosecution.
CBS-5 (Sacramento); January 18, 2007