Social Security "Very Important" to Voters; Bush, Gore Tied

April 6, 2000

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,083 adults found 74 percent of voters saying that protecting Social Security will be "very important" in determining their vote in the presidential election in November. The poll, conducted March 30 to April 2 and with a sampling error of 3 percentage points, also asked which candidate would do a better job on Social Security. Vice President Gore and Governor George W. Bush were tied at 43 percent apiece.

A second new poll, conducted by Zogby International, asked 1,028 Americans whether they would support Social Security privatization if it allowed them to invest their payroll taxes in a retirement account of their choosing. By a margin of 69 percent to 30 percent, respondents favored privatization.

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