Attention, NLRB: Federal Regulations Worry Union Households, Too

Amid continued concern over the economy, a national survey finds that voters -- including union households -- see federal government regulations as a threat to recovery.

A poll of 1,000 registered voters by the conservative advocacy group Resurgent Republic found that by a margin of 55 percent to 36 percent, voters are more concerned that the federal government has too many regulations that will hurt the economy, rather than too few regulations to hold private businesses accountable.

Republicans are more concerned about too many regulations by 77-16, as are independents by 55-35. Only Democrats are concerned about too few regulations, by 56-36.

Even a majority of union households worry about too many federal regulations:

• 53 to 39 percent among all union households;
• 57 to 34 percent among private-sector unions;
• 48 to 44 percent among public-sector unions.

Concern over regulations is even more pronounced among non-urban voters (important for 2012 battlegrounds likeIndiana, Virginia and North Carolina):

• 67 to 25 percent among rural voters;
• 59 to 33 percent among small town voters;
• 53 to 38 percent among suburban voters.
• Urban voters are split (siding with too few regulations by 48 percent to 45 percent).

"Voter concern is likely to intensify following actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board to prevent Boeing from expanding production in a right-to-work state," Resurgent concluded.

The survey sampling, conducted April 17-20, was 34 percent Democrat, 32 percent independent and 30 percent Republican, and had a margin of error of +/- 3.1.

See related NLRB article here.