A Majority Of Both Parties Support Post-Crisis Financial Regulations

Support for financial regulations is still running strong according to a recent Center for Responsible Lending/Americans for Financial Reform poll of likely voters, and even though there is the expected gap between political parties, a majority of Republicans favored current Wall Street regulations on most issues. 88% of Republicans said that it’s important to regulate financial products to make sure that they’re fair to consumers and 69% said Wall Street needs tougher rules and enforcement to prevent the kinds of behaviors that led to the financial crisis (96%, 88% for Democrats respectively). Financial regulations: Two-thirds of Republicans support the CFPB,…