# Most oppose letting candidates spend campaign money on child care

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/most-oppose-letting-candidates-spend-campaign-money-on-child-care/

> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

Verasight surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults from September 25 to 30, 2026. Only 31.3% of Americans support letting candidates use campaign funds for child care, while 68.7% oppose it.

Strong opposition accounts for 37.3%, compared with 6.9% strong support. The question asks about candidates using campaign funds to pay for child care.

## Topline

Candidates being allowed to use their campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses?

Most oppose letting candidates spend campaign money on child care.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly Oppose: 37.3%
- Oppose: 31.4%
- Support: 24.4%
- Strongly Support: 6.9%

## 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: 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-30
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Democracy, Politics, & Participation
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-36](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-36)

## Citation

APSA Omnibus Survey #2026-153, fielded September 25-30, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-36](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-36)