@Demosthenes “I feel like that’s probably not far off from the feelings of a good portion of this country. :)”
September Poll:
Do you support or oppose the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework?
Support: 64%, Oppose 24%
Support or oppose 3.5 Trillion investment plan?
Support: 62%, Oppose 30%
Universal Pre-K?
Support: 59%, Oppose 30%
2 years of tuition free community college?
Support: 58%, Oppose 33%
Lowering Medicare eligibility from 65 to 60?
Support: 59%, Oppose 32%
Repairing and modernizing K-12 school buildings?
Support: 73%, Oppose 18%
Pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers?
Support: 56%, Oppose 34%
Modernizing the electric grid, improving reliability, and funding new research?
Support: 74%, Oppose 16%
Civilian Climate Corps to add jobs to address climate change and conservation?
Support: 58%, Oppose 30%
Extending Child Tax benefits for families?
Support: 50%, Oppose 41%
Allowing Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs?
Support: 73%, Oppose 15%
Investing in long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities?
Support: 79%, Oppose 12%
Increasing funding for the I.R.S so that they can make sure that the wealthiest 2% of Americans and large corporations pay the taxes that they owe?
Support: 64%, Oppose 27%
Raising income taxes on Americans that make more than $400,000?
Support: 64%, Oppose 28%
Increasing taxes on large corporations from a rate of 21% to 28%?
Support: 62%, Oppose 29%
Increasing taxes on people who earn over $1 million a year from selling stocks and bonds?
Support: 66%, Oppose 26%
Raising taxes on the wealthiest 1% of business owners by limiting what expenses they can deduct from their taxes?
Support: 68%, Oppose 25%
It’s just one poll, but I believe there are other similar ones out there. It’s when you put labels on them that people start to dislike the bills. Americans are way more progressive than people think.