# Six in ten support government help with fuel bills

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## Reading

Governments sometimes help consumers cover fuel costs like gasoline and home heating. About six-in-ten Americans (63%) support that kind of assistance, including 33% who strongly support it, according to a Verasight survey conducted Sept. 22-29, 2025.

Close to three-in-ten (29%) are neutral, and fewer than one-in-ten (8%) oppose it, including 3% who strongly oppose it.

## Topline

Which of the following responses best describes your support or opposition to governments providing financial assistance for consumers’ fuel bills?

Six in ten support government help with fuel bills.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly support: 33.4%
- Support: 29.8%
- Neutral: 28.5%
- Oppose: 5.3%
- Strongly oppose: 3.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119, fielded September 22-29, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#government-assistance-for-fuel-bills](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#government-assistance-for-fuel-bills)