---
title: "How Republicans and Democrats View Federal Spending"
description: "If you were making up the budget for the federal government this year, would you increase spending, decrease spending or keep spending the same for …   See related report: “Little Public Support for Reductions in Federal Spending”"
date: "2019-04-11"
authors:
  - name: "Abigail Geiger"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/04/11/how-republicans-and-democrats-view-federal-spending/"
categories:
  - "Government Spending & the Deficit"
  - "Government Spending & the Deficit"
---

# How Republicans and Democrats View Federal Spending

If you were making up the budget for the federal government this year, would you increase spending, decrease spending or keep spending the same for ...

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See related report: ["Little Public Support for Reductions in Federal Spending"](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/04/11/little-public-support-for-reductions-in-federal-spending/)