Interesting stuff. An excerpt:
Slightly less than half the Democrats gave a 1 to 3 response to the question. One in five Democrats gave the most extreme response favoring a nanny state. Three out of four Democrats gave a median response or higher.
ANES also asked about whether spending should be increased in various ways. Here are the percentages of Democratic respondents who favored increased spending on:
Aid to the poor 73.9%
Social Security 72.1%
Public Schools 87.3%
Science and Technology 57.3%
Dealing with Crime 68.4%
Child care 72.4%
Border security, illegal immigration 57.3%
In a few cases, a majority of Democrats did not favor increased spending. Here are the percentages of Democrats who favored increased spending on:
Highways 35.9%
Welfare programs 28.7%
War on terrorism 38.3%
Foreign aid 14.1%
However, on each of these issues, the percentage of Democrats who favored either increasing spending or keeping it the same was
Highways 90%
Welfare programs 75%
War on terrorism 71.7%
Foreign Aid 60.1%
No Democratic majority could be found that favored decreasing spending on any issue broached by the ANES survey.