HOW DID I MISS THIS: Poll: 74% of Americans Want A Federal Spending Cap. “Just 19 percent of Americans say they “strongly disagree” or “disagree” with capping federal spending. Slightly more than a quarter of Democrats, 27.5 percent, are against a federal spending cap. And opposition to a government spending cap drops significantly from there: only 17 percent of independents and 10 percent of Republicans oppose a cap.”