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President Obama sends his fiscal 2015 budget<\/a> to Congress today filled with proposals aimed at contrasting Democratic economic approaches with those of Republicans. While many of those proposals may fall by the wayside in the GOP-controlled House during this midterm election year, one issue on which Obama can count on strong public support is his call for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10.<\/p>\n\n

Half of all adults say they would be more likely to vote for a congressional candidate who supports increasing the minimum wage, according to a Washington Post\/ABC News poll<\/a> conducted Feb. 27-Mar.2. About three-in-ten (28%) said a candidate\u2019s stance on the issue wouldn\u2019t make much difference and 19% said they would be less likely to vote for a lawmaker who backed the wage hike.<\/p>\n\n

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Democrats would be more likely than Republicans to vote for a wage hike backer by a 72% to 26% margin. Independents fall about in the middle with 50% saying they\u2019d be more likely to support a candidate who backs the hike, compared with 30% who said it wouldn\u2019t make much difference and 19% who would be less likely to vote for\u00a0<\/i>such a candidate.<\/p>\n\n

A Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted last month found strong support for increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, with 73% of those surveyed in favor.<\/p>\n\n

When Obama joins a group of Northeastern governors on Wednesday in Connecticut to push for the wage hike<\/a>, he will be going to a state where voters support an increase in a state-set minimum wage by a 71% to 25% margin, although only 42% would take it to $10.10, according to a new Quinnipiac University survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Surveys in three other states<\/a> conducted among registered voters by a group of other polling institutions found about two-thirds or more backed the increase in Virginia (65%), New Jersey (69%) and New York (77%). (The polls were conducted by the Roanoke Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, Rutgers-Eagleton and the Siena Research Institute).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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