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Join me and @KSoltisAnderson on Clubhouse at 12:00pm as we release the latest @EchelonInsights national poll. Several key results pertinent to @JoeBiden’s address tonight. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/Pv3YeQqD
Several of our questions indicate that voters are growing weary of all the spending (& Biden plans to pile on another $1.8T tonight).
On balance, voters think Congress has spent too much. Rumors of fiscal conservatism's demise are greatly exaggerated. https://twitter.com/EchelonInsights/status/1387422280574242817
On balance, voters think Congress has spent too much. Rumors of fiscal conservatism's demise are greatly exaggerated. https://twitter.com/EchelonInsights/status/1387422280574242817
Voters want infrastructure to be paid for with spending cuts, not tax increases or deficit spending.
50% say spending cuts
23% say tax increases
9% say debt
50% say spending cuts
23% say tax increases
9% say debt
When given a choice between a narrowly tailored package strictly focused on infrastructure and Biden's $2T package, more people choose a smaller package like the one the GOP has proposed. 18% favor no bill at all.
*Just 29%* favor a $2T bill like the one Biden has proposed.
*Just 29%* favor a $2T bill like the one Biden has proposed.
Voters don't buy that childcare and paid family leave are infrastructure. What is considered infrastructure?
Highways, roads, bridges 75%
Drinking water, sewage, etc. 55%
Electrical grid 54%
...
Caregiving 14%
Medicaid 14%
Childcare 12%
Paid family leave 10%
Highways, roads, bridges 75%
Drinking water, sewage, etc. 55%
Electrical grid 54%
...
Caregiving 14%
Medicaid 14%
Childcare 12%
Paid family leave 10%
We ran an exercise where respondents could create their own infrastructure package, allocating various spending priorities as a share of the overall bill.
The disconnect in priorities between the spending package voters built and Biden package are striking.
The disconnect in priorities between the spending package voters built and Biden package are striking.
Another sign we are ripe for a public revolt against runaway spending: While Democrats have proposed restoring earmarks, a solid bipartisan majority of voters solidly reject this idea and want to keep the current earmark ban in place.
Turning to the GOP, @GovRonDeSantis continues to lead a non-Trump primary field (Trump leads a Trump vs. other Republican matchup by a similar margin as he did last month). DeSantis gained this month with non-Trump, party-first Republicans.
Since Biden says he's running in 2024, we re-asked whether or not people would like to see Biden run (and also Trump).
Support for repeat bids by both is in the mid-to-low 30s among registered voters.
More Trump voters want him to run than Biden voters want him to run.
Support for repeat bids by both is in the mid-to-low 30s among registered voters.
More Trump voters want him to run than Biden voters want him to run.
More nuance to the Trump vs. non-Trump GOP question...
Among Republicans+leaners
41% want a Trump led party
21% want a Trump like agenda without Trump
23% want to build on Trump's successes & move on from his failures
15% want a party free of Trump's influence
Among Republicans+leaners
41% want a Trump led party
21% want a Trump like agenda without Trump
23% want to build on Trump's successes & move on from his failures
15% want a party free of Trump's influence
The Trump question isn't black and white, and this 44% in the middle is the battleground in the 2024 primary.
