(03/12/10) -

Americans Divided on Placing Reagan’s Portrait on $50 Bill

While 60 per cent of Republicans favor the proposal, just 33 per cent of Democrats concur.

While 60 per cent of Republicans favor the proposal, just 33 per cent of Democrats concur.

A recent proposal to print $50 bills with the portrait of former president Ronald Reagan has divided views in the United States, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.

In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,007 American adults, 41 per cent of respondents support the initiative from Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) to place Reagan’s face on the $50 bill, while 39 per cent oppose the plan.

The division is clear all across the country, but there is a slight gender gap. Women are more likely to come out in favor of the proposal (39% support it, 35% oppose it) whereas men are almost evenly divided (44% support it, 42% oppose it).

The level of “strong opposition” to this idea stands at 26 per cent nationally, while the level of “strong support” is 15 per cent.

Three-in-five Republicans (60%) support McHenry’s bill, but only 43 per cent of Independents and 33 per cent of Democrats concur. The level of strong opposition from Democrats (30%) is almost equal to the level of strong support from Republicans (30%).

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