Moonglow
Diamond Member
Overwhelming majorities of people from all political parties said they supported "Buy America" policies that would mandate that taxpayer money can only be used on goods that were made in America.
Nearly 9 out of 10 Republicans and Independents and 91 percent of Democrats said they support "Buy America" preferences, according to the survey,which was conducted by the Democratic-leaning Mellman Group.
Close to a quarter of the survey respondents said they had heard something about "Buy America" policies from ABC's Diane Sawyer as part of her "Made in America" series .
About half of the respondents said they have heard Romney talk about made in America policies and 66 percent said they've heard Obama push for U.S. made good.
Paul said the president has done a "better than average" job supporting Buy America policies. All of his campaign swag is made in the U.S.A., as is Romney's. But four of the former GOP presidential contenders- Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Herman Cain - got their campaign t-shirts overseas.
'Made In America' Policies Hugely Popular, Survey Shows - Yahoo! News
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