Child Care-Polls

04/21/1998 19:10 20- FENN, Child Care This is an important electorate with the new base of the Democratic Party. Right now the gender gap Is 42/30 in favor of the Democrats among women. Once given the message including child care, that increases to 57/30. This is an issue that counts with our growing womem's constituency. Americans support expanding child care to help working families to better afford it and because so many parents are now forced to put their kids into unregistered and inadequate facilities. 69% / 27% support expanding child care The major theme for the next event should be making childcare more affordable for working families, which is heavily favored by Democrats and independents. Some people say that we need to pass legislation Tot D R I to regulate and expand child care Which of the following Is the best reason to pass legislation to expand child care? Better education and child development programs for 14 9 30 9 our kids Current child care options are inadequate and do not 24 21 19 26 meet our needs To make child care more affordable for working 38 49 29 37 families To improve the safety of the nation's child care 12 20 7 10 facilities Which of the following Is the best reason to pass Tot D R I legislation expanding child care? 60% of mothers with children under 6 work outside 26 27 22 24 the home 45% of kids under 1 are in child care 2 1 2 3 5 million children are left unattended after school 22 28 21 18 Only 1 in 7 child care facilities provides good care 9 11 8 8 Only 13% of child care facilities are registered and 26 29 27 25 50% of the unregistered facilities do not provide adequate care.