Some governments have a goal to spend 3%-5% of GDP on research and development. Some, including Japan and Korea, have already met this goal, and others, including China, have pledged to do so. How important do you think it is for the U.S. to achieve this goal?

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Some governments have a goal to spend 3%-5% of GDP on research and development. Some, including Japan and Korea, have already met this goal, and others, including China, have pledged to do so. How important do you think it is for the U.S. to achieve this goal?

Viewing: 2023 2021

	2023	2021
Very important	48.3%	47.5%
Somewhat important	32.6%	32.0%
Not too important	0.0%	7.0%
Not at all important	2.5%	3.9%
Not very important	7.0%	0.0%
Not sure	9.5%	9.6%

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