Support For Requiring Labels On GMO Foods
Is Overwhelming Across All Segments
Would you favor or oppose requiring labels for foods
that have been genetically modified or contain
genetically modified ingredients?
100%
88%
+82
80%
60%
40%
6%
6%
20%
71%
strong
3%
strong
Favor
Oppose
0%
Undecided/DK
By Key Group
Democrat ID
Independent ID
Republican ID
Moms
Dads
Young Women
Young Men
Older Women
Older Men
HS or Less
Some College
College+
Upper Middle
College Middle
Non-Coll Middle
Working/Lower
White
Black
Hispanic
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Referendum States
Heard About GMOs
Not Heard
Primary Groc Shopper
Favor
93%
86%
86%
91%
90%
85%
92%
92%
82%
87%
90%
88%
79%
92%
90%
89%
87%
89%
94%
90%
88%
90%
84%
87%
87%
90%
89%
Oppose
3%
7%
9%
3%
7%
8%
4%
4%
9%
6%
6%
6%
13%
3%
5%
7%
7%
3%
2%
4%
6%
5%
9%
11%
8%
3%
6%
11
Nearly Nine-In-Ten Believe Labels Are Important,
And A Majority Believe They Are Very Much So
100%
How important is it to you that foods which have
been genetically modified or contain genetically
modified ingredients be labeled?
87%
Important
80%
56%
60%
31%
40%
20%
7%
4%
0%
Very Impt
Split sample
Smwht Impt
Not Too
Impt
Not At All
Impt
By Key Group
Democrat ID
Independent ID
Republican ID
Moms
Dads
Young Women
Young Men
Older Women
Older Men
HS or Less
Some College
College+
Upper Middle
College Middle
Non-Coll Middle
Working/Lower
White
Black
Hispanic
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Referendum States
Heard About GMOs
Not Heard
Primary Groc Shopper
Important
Not Imp
90%
85%
85%
91%
88%
85%
90%
91%
79%
87%
89%
86%
83%
88%
87%
89%
86%
87%
91%
82%
85%
92%
86%
87%
87%
88%
87%
9%
12%
13%
9%
12%
15%
9%
5%
19%
12%
8%
13%
17%
12%
9%
9%
13%
12%
8%
18%
10%
7%
14%
12%
13%
9%
12%
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