Memo: Polling the Biden Agenda
By Ethan Winter
Summary and Highlights
Polling has shown that President Biden’s current legislative priorities — the Build Back Better Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (formerly the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework) — are popular with likely voters nationally.
While investments in physical infrastructure are very popular with voters, we find that likely voters see policies contained in the Build Back Better Plan, including expanding Medicare benefits, investing in long-term care, and raising taxes on the wealthy, as the most important elements of the Biden agenda.
Specifically, 67% of voters see a provision of the Build Back Better plan as their top priority within Biden’s agenda.
Among Independent / Third Party voters, 74% identify a provision of the Build Back Better Plan as the most important part of the Biden agenda.
Investing in caregiving, lowering health care costs, and expanding the use of clean energy paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy and large corporations is an agenda that is both popular and seen as a priority for likely voters.
