By Focus Staff

This week’s Knoxville Focus poll asked voters, “over the past several years, much has been written and said concerning the size of the Federal debt.  Would you support a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced Federal budget?”

More than three-quarters of respondents said they do indeed support a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget for the Federal government.  The idea found its greatest support in the Eighth District with an astounding 97% of voters saying they favor a balanced budget for Washington.  The Second District followed with 84% of voters saying they would favor a constitutional amendment requiring the Federal government to have a balanced budget.  The Eighth District is East Knox County, while the Second District is completely inside the City of Knoxville.

The district least supportive of the idea of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced Federal budget was the Fifth District, which is centered around the Town of Farragut.  Still, more than 69% of voters in the Fifth District supported the notion of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced Federal budget.

Click here to view the poll’s breakdown by age, district and gender.