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Poll: Iowa Voters Support Increased Foreign Aid and U.S. Leadership to Make the World Better and Safer
Better Safer World Campaign Releases Poll with Strong Numbers in Support of Humanitarian and Economic Assistance to Help Make the World Safer
Des Moines , IA - With less than one week until the Iowa Caucuses, a new poll shows that Democrats and Republicans alike support an active role and greater foreign assistance to make the world better and safer. In fact, Iowans who are certain to vote in the 2004 general election want the U.S. Government to commit more economic and humanitarian aid to the war on global poverty in order to ensure the safety of all nations. The survey, conducted by the Better Safer World campaign, shows that eight out of 10 Iowans believe that fighting poverty and hunger in foreign countries is essential to ensuring safety and security around the world.
Highlights of the survey include:
- 81 percent believe the U.S. government should do more to help poor and developing countries
- 57 percent favor the U.S. government increasing foreign assistance to poor and developing countries.
- 73 percent support a special fund that would ch all enge other countries to join the U.S. in providing more foreign assistance to countries that eliminate corruption and use the funds to improve education and health care, and create economic opportunity
- 68 percent urge Congress and other elected officials to fully fund the President's initiative to combat AIDS around the world
- 54 percent agree that the U.S. and other countries should commit $25 billion a year-or less than 1 percent of our GNP-to aid for countries vowing to end corruption and improve education, health care and economic opportunities for the poor.
"These numbers are phenomenal," said Mary Eversole, the Better Safer World Campaign Director. " Iowa voters overwhelmingly support increasing foreign aid to make the world a better and safer place. It's clear - when people hear about this issue, they support it."
The Better Safer World Campaign, a coalition of nine leading relief and development organizations, including CARE; Childreach/Plan; International Medical Corps; International Rescue Committee; Mercy Corps; Oxfam; Save the Children; World Concern; and World Vision, has been on the ground in Des Moines working to raise awareness of and support for increased foreign aid and the relief and development work of NGOs.
"Iowans are sending a clear mandate to the Presidential candidates," said Mary Eversole, the Better Safer World campaign director. "In order to win our vote in next week's Caucuses, you must have a vision for protecting our children's future, ensuring the nation's security and addressing global poverty."
The poll was conducted by Lake Snell Perry Associates from December 15 - 17, 2003 of 400 registered Des Moines voters and has a margin of error +/- 4 percent. The concept for the Better Safer World campaign was created when nine well-respected international humanitarian organizations - CARE; Childreach/Plan; International Medical Corps; International Rescue Committee; Mercy Corps; Oxfam; Save the Children; World Concern; and World Vision - came together after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. They saw the need to address global instability and decided to ch all enge each other, American citizens and the U.S. government to do more to help the over one billion people on our planet who live in extreme poverty on less than $1 a day. The result of this ch all enge is the national launch of the Better Safer World campaign in Des Moines - a grassroots effort to make a better, safer world by helping poor people in developing countries to help themselves. To learn more visit www.bettersaferworld.org.
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