Most Americans view the “Make America Healthy Again” movement positively, but their level of support differs depending on their party affiliation, according to the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey at Purdue University and the University of Illinois.
Of the survey’s participants, those most aware of MAHA were “very conservative” (80 percent aware) and “very liberal” (71 percent aware). By contrast, only 58 percent of moderates were aware of MAHA.
Support for MAHA was strongest from very conservative participants. In this group, 76 percent hold either a “very positive view” or a “somewhat positive view” of the movement. This stands in contrast to 46 percent of very liberal participants, who held very or somewhat positive views.
Very conservative participants were also much less likely to express negative views of MAHA than the very liberal. Only five percent of very conservative participants had very negative or somewhat negative views of MAHA, versus the 26 percent of very liberal respondents who fell into this camp.
However, of participants who indicated awareness of MAHA prior to taking the survey, the large majority, regardless of political ideology, indicated that MAHA “reflected their values” across the sectors of food (78 percent), medicine (72 percent) and agriculture (77 percent).
The survey, however, did not identify which specific policies participants support. Approximately 1,000 U.S. consumers participated in the online survey, conducted in May.
This story was first reported on www.Agri-Pulse.com.
