Polling

Georgia voters are deeply concerned about the cost of living, with healthcare and child care contributing significantly to the affordability crisis. Nearly three in four voters (73%) say healthcare is unaffordable, while more than two-thirds (68%) say the same about child care, rising to 73% among parents. These financial pressures are fueling anxiety about the future, with 69% of voters lacking confidence that life will be better for the next generation.

• A majority of voters want Georgia’s budget surplus to be used to support families with young children. By 53% to 37%, Georgia voters believe it is more important to use the state’s large budget surplus to pay for housing, education, healthcare, and other supports for families with young children rather than tax cuts, although this result is split along partisan lines: 75% of Democrats say it is more important to use it on supports for families, compared to 54% of independents and 29% of Republicans.

• Voters see government at all levels and private businesses sharing responsibility with parents for child care. While parents themselves are at the top of the list, around eight in 10 voters also assign responsibility to the Georgia state government (80%) and local government (78%), followed by the federal government (67%) and companies and employers (63%). In fact, 45% of Georgia voters say that every one of these entities has responsibility for ensuring access to child care for working parents.

• Being a pro-early education candidate is a much stronger proposition now with Georgia voters than it was four years ago. More than six in 10 (63%) voters say they would be more likely to vote for a political candidate who supports policies that give more families access to quality child care and preschool, up from 55% in 2022.

Learn more from the 2026 Georgia Likely Voter Poll Materials!