New poll: Americans support higher minimum wage | Tampa Bay Times

A majority of Americans support increasing the minimum wage, according to a new poll released Thursday by the Associated Press and GfK.

The poll found that 60 percent of respondents favor raising the federal minimum wage, while 19 percent oppose it. That’s up from 55 percent in favor a year before.

The data isn’t broken down by state, so it’s impossible to know where Floridians stand on the issue from looking at these numbers. But Florida’s minimum wage, at $8.05, is higher than the federally mandated $7.25 per hour.