12/05/2017
Two new polls have bleak news for the GOP tax plan.
Just 29% of voters approve of the plan while 53% are opposed, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Independents break against the plan, 54% to 27%. Among people making $50,000 to $100,000, just 35% approve.
The one group that approves: Republicans, 67% of whom support the overhaul. Just 6% of Democrats do.
The plan is a $1.5 trillion tax cut over a decade, but voters don’t think they’ll see much of that. In all, 41% expect to pay more and just 20% expect to pay less. An analysis from the Tax Policy Center yesterday found that 7% of households would pay more in 2019 while 75% would get tax cuts.
Most poll respondents said they thought the wealthy would be the biggest beneficiaries and that it wouldn’t lead to economic growth and job creation, countering the GOP’s arguments for the measure. Voters now say Democrats can do a better job handling tax policy, 47% to 39%, according to Quinnipiac.
The Gallup poll found similar levels of support, with just 29% in favor of the tax plan. Independent voters, according to Gallup, oppose the plan, 56% to 25%.
Among Republicans, 70% approve. Just 7% of Democrats do.
The Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,508 voters nationwide from Nov. 29 to Dec. 4 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. The Gallup poll was conducted Dec. 1-2 with 1,020 adults, ages 18 and older. For results based on the total sample, the sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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