---
"title": "Appendix A: Views on federal program spending, 2001-2017"
"description": "[![Views on federal program spending](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/04/91.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2017/04/24/with-budget-debate-looming-growing-share-of-public-prefers-bigger-government/91-png/)"
"date": "2017-04-24"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Seth Rubenstein"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2017/04/24/appendix-a-views-on-federal-program-spending-2001-2017/"
"categories":
  - "Economic Policy"
  - "Government Spending & the Deficit"
"datasets":
  -
    "name": "April 2017 Political Survey"
    "url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/dataset/april-2017-political-survey/"
---

# Appendix A: Views on federal program spending, 2001-2017

[![Views on federal program spending](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/04/91.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2017/04/24/with-budget-debate-looming-growing-share-of-public-prefers-bigger-government/91-png/)

[![Views on federal program spending](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/04/10.png?w=639){.aligncenter width=400}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2017/04/24/with-budget-debate-looming-growing-share-of-public-prefers-bigger-government/10-png-6/)