A guest post by AAM intern Whitney Stack:

A poll of 1,000 voters conducted July 28 -29 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner confirms findings regarding manufacturing in an earlier poll conducted for the Alliance for American Manu A poll of 1,000 voters conducted July 28 -29 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner confirms findings regarding manufacturing in an earlier poll conducted for the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM). Both polls found that voters are more concerned about reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing than they are about the budget deficit.  Simply put, they want the U.S. government to provide support for American manufacturing. The new poll was commissioned by Campaign for America’s Future and Democracy Corps, with support from MoveOn.org; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the Service Employees International Union. The AAM survey was conducted last spring by the bi-partisan pollsters Mark Mellman and Whit Ayres. Poll results from both show tremendous support for government action to renew American manufacturing. In the poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, 60 percent of respondents favored investing in new industries and rebuilding the country over the next 5 years. All groups surveyed-- Democrats, Independents and Republicans-- supported eliminating tax breaks for corporations that outsource jobs. Democrats favored that the most at 69 percent, but even a strong majority of Republicans – 61 percent – did. Fifty-four percent said the nation can’t return to the old economy based on bubbles and bursts but must instead create a new economy based on investing in education and training, a 21st century infrastructure, leadership in the green industrial revolution and balancing trade so that products are made in America. These responses mirror those in the AAM poll that prompted Democrats to create their Make It in American program to support American manufacturing. The new poll shows Americans believe that campaign is the right track for the country. ##