A majority of voters want new infrastructure spending to be paid for by other spending💵 cuts, not tax increases or adding to the national debt. 68% of GOP voters feel the same, compared to just 31% of Democrats.
A plurality of voters prefer a smaller $500 billion spending package focused solely on infrastructure🛣️ projects compared to Biden's proposed $2 trillion spending package, $1.5 billion of which is allocated to non-infrastructure projects.
A small percentage of voters consider childcare (12%), paid family leave (10%), Medicaid (14%), and elderly care (14%) to be infrastructure. 75% consider highways, bridges🌉, and roads to be infrastructure.
If given the choice, voters would focus more on core infrastructure🚢 projects rather than the other non-infrastructure ventures the Biden plan allocates spending towards.
Up +3% points from March, @JoeBiden's overall approval👍 rating is far higher than his approval rating for immigration - a majority of voters disapprove of his job handling this issue.
In a non-Trump 2024 GOP🐘 Primary, @GovRonDeSantis maintains his lead from March with 20% of support. Former VP @Mike_Pence comes in at a close second with 16% of support.
Among GOP voters who say they're Trump-first, @GovRonDeSantis leads with 24% of support, with @DonaldJTrumpJr in 2nd🥈 with 15%. @Mike_Pence leads with Party-first Republicans with 24% of support.
A majority of GOP🐘 voters want Trump to run in 2024, while only 32% of total registered voters feel the same.
The Republican Party is evenly divided➗ between Trump-first and Party-first members: 47% say they're Party-first, while 44% say they're Trump-first.
When given the option to donate $1,000💰 to political campaigns or causes, GOP voters overall said they'd donate the most to electing Republicans to state or local offices. In contrast, Trump-first voters said they'd donate the most to funding Trump's political interests.
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While both parties are near-equal in their concern for economic damage from COVID-19, there is a sharp gap on concern for spread: 87% of Democrats say they’re extremely/very concerned about the spread of COVID-19, compared to just 55% of Republicans🐘.
Of likely primary issues tested only with Republicans: illegal immigration, lack of support for the police🚔, and high taxes are listed as their primary concerns, with 81% saying they’re extremely/very concerned about illegal immigration.
New insights from our February Omnibus (fielded from Feb 12-18, n=1005 RVs nationally, and n=430 GOP+Lean):
Republican sentiments towards Trump running in 2024 have warmed since January: 55% of GOP🐘+Lean voters now want to see it happen, compared to just 45% in January.
The 10-point lead between GOP voters supporting the Republican Party over Trump and those supporting Trump over the Party has narrowed📉 since January, with just 44% now supporting the Party over Trump and 42% supporting Trump over the GOP.
Net support for Trump in a hypothetical 2024 primary went from +7 in January to +22 in February, with 41% of GOP+Lean voters saying they would definitely vote🗳️ for Trump.
QAnon was viewed favorably by only 5% of total voters. Republicans were more likely to have not heard📢 of QAnon than Democrats: 27% of GOP voters said they had never heard of QAnon, compared to just 17% of Democrats.
39% of voters rate COVID-19😷 as the biggest issue facing the country today. 53% of Democrats rate COVID-19 as the biggest issue, while just 24% of Republicans say the same.
Almost all of the 20% of voters who believe Trump won the election were unmoved after reading the facts. Only 5% reversed course and responded that Biden was in fact legally elected🗳️.
Republicans have shifted from supporting Trump over the GOP: 48% support👍 the GOP over Trump, while 38% said the opposite. In October 2020, only 30% supported the party over Trump.
Concern for COVID-19🦠 is directly aligned with partisanship: 67% of Democrats are extremely or very concerned about COVID-19, while only 31% of Republicans say the same.
More than 3/4 of voters said they would get vaccinated💉 for COVID-19, with 27% saying they would do so right away upon one being made available to the public.
Trump’s disapproval👎 rating is now at 60%, up 6 points from May. The gap between this and his approval👍 rating is the largest it’s been all year at 23 points.
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Biden leads Trump by 15 points in a direct match-up✅, with 43% saying they would definitely vote for Biden.