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# Update: 76% of Americans Favor Raising the Minimum Wage
- URL: https://ivn.us/update-76-americans-favor-raising-minimum-wage/
- Published: 2013-11-11T22:35:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:42:55.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

Up 5 percentage points from March, 76% of Americans would vote in favor of raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour.

The [Gallup poll ](http://www.gallup.com/poll/165794/americans-raising-minimum-wage.aspx?utm%5Fsource=alert&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=syndication&utm%5Fcontent=morelink&utm%5Fterm=All%20Gallup%20Headlines)comes shortly after a White House official confirmed President Obama's support for the Fair Minimum Wage Act, a bill introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and widely supported by Democrats.

“The President has long supported raising the minimum wage so hardworking Americans can have a decent wage for a day’s works to support their families and make ends meet, and he supports the Harkin/Miller bill that accomplishes this important goal,” [the official told TIME](http://nation.time.com/2013/11/07/obama-supports-10-minimum-wage/?ref=ivn.us).Of those polled, , the same percentage of Americans who support it as a whole.

Minimum wage currently rests at $7.50 and is not adjusted for inflation. If it did keep up with inflation, the minimum wage would be about [$10.70](https://ivn.us/2013/08/14/why-we-should-raise-the-national-minimum-wage/).

![Raising_the_minimum_wage](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/Raising_the_minimum_wage.jpg)

Those [opposed](https://ivn.us/2013/08/15/why-we-should-not-raise-the-national-minimum-wage/) to raising the minimum, however, argue that it wont actually reduce poverty, it could lead to less working hours, and it will have a detrimental impact on young Americans.

## ***Would you support raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour? What about $10.10 per hour, as proposed in the Fair Minimum Wage Act?***