NEW DATA FOR PROGRESS POLLING SHOWS DEEP SUPPORT FOR BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15 2021
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NEW DATA FOR PROGRESS POLLING SHOWS DEEP SUPPORT FOR BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA
Continued evidence of broad support of Build Back Better Agenda as a whole, individual provisions, and ways to pay for the package
Washington, D.C. — New research from Data for Progress shows that President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda continues to enjoy broad support from the American people. Voters in 12 key states give the Build Back Better agenda, which includes provisions to expand Medicare, lower the cost of healthcare, child care, and long-term care, invest in clean energy and extend tax cuts for families with children, majority support by at least a +15 percentage point margin.
Additional new Data for Progress research also showed that the American’s public’s support for reform that would lower the cost of prescription drugs — a key component of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda — is overwhelmingly popular with voters across the country. In every Congressional district and in every state, Americans support allowing Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. Overall, 86% of voters support this plank of the Build Back Better agenda, and only 12% buy Big Pharma’s argument that this change would harm innovation.
This latest polling reflects earlier research that shows that the broader Build Back Better agenda is more popular than ever. Recent August polling from multiple groups including Navigator, Data for Progress, and Morning Consult consistently show that more than 60 percent of voters support the agenda. The immense support for the President’s agenda and its individual components comes as no surprise given that the historic legislation will create millions of good-paying jobs, lower costs, and cut taxes for everyday families.
“The immense popularity of President Biden’s plans — from investing in caregiving to lowering the cost of prescription drugs is evidence that our message is resonating because our priorities are the priorities of working families in this country,” said Building Back Together Executive Director Danielle Melfi. “We will continue to work to ensure the Build Back Better Agenda is successfully passed into law.”
This latest data adds to other research showing that the Build Back Better Agenda emerges from recess more popular than ever:
- In all 12 states surveyed (AZ, CO, GA, MI, MT, NH, NC, OR, PA, WA, WV, WI), the Build Back Better agenda is supported by a majority of likely voters.
- Majorities of voters in all 12 states support individual provisions of the Build Back Better agenda, including investing $400 billion in long-term care, ensuring 80% of the U.S.’ power is from emission free sources by 2030, and creating a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and essential workers like farmworkers.
- A majority of voters in all 12 states also support proposals to pay for the Build Back Better agenda, including increasing the capital gains tax, higher taxes on the wealthy, limiting deductions for business owners, increasing the corporate tax rate and increasing I.RS. enforcement.
- creating a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and essential workers like farmworkers. Support ranges from sixty-two percent of voters in Montana to 80 percent of voters in Oregon.
Data for Progress/Protect Our Care/Patients for Affordable Drugs, 8/20-8/30
- 86% of Americans back reforms that give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, a key component of the Build Back Better Agenda
- 81% of Americans believe prescription drug costs are “unreasonable”
- 67% of Americans are more concerned Congress will not do enough to rein in the costs of prescription drugs
Navigator Research Poll, 8/26-8/30
- 70% of Americans support President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda
- 71% of Americans say it is urgent that we pass President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda
- 86% of Americans support reducing the cost of prescription drugs by giving Medicare the power to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies,
- 85% support the President’s plan to expand Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing
- 79% support raising wages for home care workers
- 77% support expanding access to long-term care for families that can’t currently afford i
- 77% support increasing funding to crack down on tax evasion by large corporations and the wealthiest Americans
- 72% support investing in clean energy infrastructure
- 64% support expanding the Child Tax Credit
Data for Progress Poll/Invest in America, 8/27-8/30
- 61% of Americans support the budget proposal
- 80% of Americans support investing in long-term care
- 74% of Americans support modernizing the electric grid
- 73% of Americans support modernizing K-12 school buildings
- 61% of Americans support a pathway to citizenship
- 60% of Americans support universal Pre-K
- 59% of Americans support creating a Civilian Climate Corps
- 59% of Americans support tuition-free community college
- 58% of Americans support lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60
- 53% of Americans support extending child tax benefits
Morning Consult/Politico Poll, 8/28-8/30
- 81% of Americans support expanded home care for older and disabled Americans
- 73% of Americans support paid family and medical leave
- 67% of Americans support free pre-kindergarten
- 66% of Americans support measures to boost renewable energy
- 66% of Americans support federal funding for affordable child care
- 61% of Americans support federal funding for housing
- 56% of Americans support tuition-free community college
About Building Back Together:
With leadership in the White House and Congress that shares our values, we have a critical opportunity to advance a progressive agenda. But we know that it will take smart advocacy to build the case for these policies. Building Back Together — a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit focused on advancing progressive policies in the Build Back Better agenda — was formed to get the job done, by creating winning campaign coalitions to achieve our goals and growing public support for our agenda.
Our name is intentional: we can’t do this work alone. We’ll partner with organizations to achieve policy successes and work together to communicate with the American people about how the Build Back Better agenda is changing lives in communities across the country.
The team at Building Back Together will:
- Convene progressive organizations to partner on coordinated campaigns at the local, state and national level
- Create usable resources like message research, guidance and tools
- Invest in innovative digital strategies and partnerships
- Develop effective advertising campaigns
Learn more: buildingbacktogether.org