Americans Views on Candidates and Medical Progress

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1 Americans Views on Candidates and Medical Progress July 2016 National public opinion survey commissioned by Research!America

2 National Survey Methodology This nationwide online survey was conducted by Zogby Analytics on behalf of Research!America in June 2016, among 1,001 adults ages 18+. This survey has a theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.2 percentage points* The minority oversampling was conducted by Zogby Analytics on behalf of Research!America in June 2016, among 419 Hispanic, 305 Asian and 407 African-American adults ages 18+ with a theoretical sampling error of +/- 4.9 percentage points for African-Americans, +/- 4.9 percentage points for Hispanics, and +/- 5.7 percentage points for Asians.* *Due to rounding, the total may not add up to 100 on some slides

3 Majority Agree Medicines Have Improved Their Quality of Life Do you agree or disagree that medicines available today have improved your quality of life? 6% 4% 10% 36% Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Disagree Strongly Disagree 45%

4 Important to Develop Better Medicines In your opinion, how important is it to develop better medicines for conditions we currently treat? 3% 1% 5% 23% 68% Very important Somewhat important Not too important Not important at all

Less Than a Quarter say Congressional Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running

5 Less Than a Quarter say Congressional Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for Congress listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 9% 7% 38% 17% Very Well Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all 30%

6 One-Third say Presidential Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for President listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 10% 8% 31% 25% Very Well Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all 28%

7 Few say Congressional Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for Congress listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 12% 20% 30% 30% 8% 8% 18% 22% 34% 30% 28% 29% 10% Very Well Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all 6% 16% 31% 40% 8%

8 Few say Presidential Candidates Listen to and Understand Health Concerns of Americans How well do you think candidates running for President listen to and understand the health concerns of people like you? 15% 24% 33% 21% 6% 22% 29% 31% 26% 23% 20% 14% 15% Very Well Somewhat Well Not too Well Not Well at all 7% 23% 30% 33% 8%

9 Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 10% 4% 8% 35% 43% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not Important at all

10 Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 10% 5% 9% 34% 43% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not Important at all

Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and

11 Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? Democrats Independents 36% 56% 35% 31% 10% 7% 6% 12% 5% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important Republicans 35% 39% 14% 5% 7%

Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and

12 Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? Democrats Independents 38% 56% 33% 28% 8% 10% 5% 8% 14% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important Republicans 33% 40% 13% 6% 8%

13 Important for Next President to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next President to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 53% 33% 7% 5% 43% 41% 38% 35% 10% 4% 6% 8% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important 36% 43% 12% 7%

14 Important for Next Congress to Assign High Priority to Research and Innovation In your view, how important is it for the next Congress to assign a high priority to putting health research and innovation to work to assure continued medical progress? 52% 35% 7% 5% 45% 39% 31% 39% 13% 8% 8% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important 39% 36% 10%

15 Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? 22% 12% Yes No 66%

16 Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? 19% 9% Yes No 72%

17 Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? Democrats 18% 63% 19% Republicans 70% 19% Yes No Independents 6% 66% 28%

18 Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? Democrats 12% 69% 19% Republicans 74% 15% Yes No Independents 3% 72% 25%

Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60

19 Very Few Americans Have Heard Presidential Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for President discuss medical research? 23% 58% 19% 13% 12% 62% 66% 26% 22% Yes No 67% 21%

Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last 30-60 days, have you heard any of

20 Very Few Americans Have Heard Congressional Candidates Discuss Research Recently To the best of your recollection, in the last days, have you heard any of the candidates for Congress discuss medical research? Hispanics 15% 62% 22% Asians Non-Hispanic Whites 9% 9% 64% 74% 27% 17% Yes No African-Americans 9% 68% 23%

Americans Support Paying Additional Taxes to Invest in Research Would you support paying an additional $1 per week in taxes if you knew for sure that

21 Americans Support Paying Additional Taxes to Invest in Research Would you support paying an additional $1 per week in taxes if you knew for sure that it would go towards the U.S. investing more in research to improve health? 16% 29% Strongly Support Somewhat Support Somewhat Oppose Strongly Oppose 33%

22 Americans Support Paying Additional Taxes to Invest in Research Would you support paying an additional $1 per week in taxes if you knew for sure that it would go towards the U.S. investing more in research to improve health? 40% 34% 8% 7% 32% 29% 36% 39% 13% 7% 9% 15% Strongly Support Somewhat Support Somewhat Oppose Strongly Oppose 26% 34% 13% 16%

23 Americans Support Paying Additional Taxes to Invest in Research Would you support paying an additional $1 per week in taxes if you knew for sure that it would go towards the U.S. investing more in research to improve health? Democrats Republicans 24% 43% 30% 32% 14% 10% 24% 7% 8% 8% Strongly Support Somewhat Support Somewhat Oppose Strongly Oppose Independents 18% 38% 10% 19% 17%

24 Opinions Split on Whether Medical R&D Part of Solution to Rising Health Care Costs When it comes to rising health care costs, would you say medical research and development is part of the problem or part of the solution? 32% 32% Part of the problem Part of the solution 36%

25 Opinions Split on Whether Medical R&D Part of Solution to Rising Health Care Costs When it comes to rising health care costs, would you say medical research and development is part of the problem or part of the solution? Republicans 42% 33% 25% Independents 29% 31% 40% Part of the Solution Part of the Problem Democrats 26% 43% 31%

26 Opinions Split on Whether Medical R&D Part of Solution to Rising Health Care Costs When it comes to rising health care costs, would you say medical research and development is part of the problem or part of the solution? 33% 35% 32% 32% 30% 43% 42% 25% 28% Part of the Problem Part of the Solution 29% 38% 33%

Important for the U.S. to Remain a Global Leader in New Medicines How important do you think it is that the U.S. remains the global leader in bringing new medicines to patients?

27 Important for the U.S. to Remain a Global Leader in New Medicines How important do you think it is that the U.S. remains the global leader in bringing new medicines to patients? 7% 3% 6% 28% 57% Very important Somewhat important Not too important Not important at all

Majority say Important to Invest in Health Care Delivery Research A type of research called health care delivery research seeks to translate discoveries from research into medical

28 Majority say Important to Invest in Health Care Delivery Research A type of research called health care delivery research seeks to translate discoveries from research into medical practice. How important do you think it is for the United States to invest in health care delivery research? 6% 2% 33% 49% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not at all Important

29 Important to Know if Congressional Candidates Support More Federal Investments in Research How important is it for you to know whether your candidates for Congress believe the government should invest more in medical research? 3% 9% 38% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not Important at all 39%

30 Important for the Federal Government to Support Incentives for Private Sector Research How important is it for the federal government to support incentives for private sector investment in new treatments and cures? 12% 5% 30% 42% Very Important Somewhat Important Not too Important Not Important at all

31 Nearly Half Say Not Enough Progress in Developing Medicines Do you believe we are making enough progress in developing new medicines? 21% 32% Yes No 48%

32 More than Half Say Not Enough Collaboration Between Academia, Government and Industry Do you believe that there is enough collaboration between academics, government, and industry scientists on research projects to discover and develop new medicines? 21% 25% Yes No 54%

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