New Poll: Americans Approve of Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill By 23 Points
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President Joe Biden’s approval ratings continue to suffer, but a new poll shows that the $1 trillion infrastructure bill he negotiated has strong support from the American people.
The president’s poll numbers have been a hot topic with the media and a sore subject for the White House, but the infrastructure bill that was passed last Friday is shaping up to be a bright spot for the administration.
According to a Politico/Morning Consult poll published Wednesday, Americans overwhelmingly support the bill. Respondents were asked “As you may know, the U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan bill to improve America’s infrastructure. Do you support or oppose this infrastructure bill?”
Overall, 54 percent said they either “strongly support” or “somewhat support” the bill, versus 31 percent who said they “strongly oppose ” or “somewhat oppose” the bill — a 23-point margin.
Among independent voters, the split was close to the overall number, with 53 percent support versus 28 percent opposed. But even among voters who disapprove of Biden, a not-too-shabby 31 percent said they support the bill.
So far, Biden’s approval rating in the top polling averages is essentially unchanged since the bill was passed on Friday, and has ticked up a point since the last Politico/Morning Consult survey.
But Biden and the White House obviously have high hopes that the infrastructure deal — and the prospect of passing the larger Build Back Better plan — will change that.
Since Friday, the president has been messaging non-stop on the infrastructure bill and urging passage of the Build Back Better plan, and White House officials say this will continue in the days and weeks ahead.
The $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill passed a procedural vote on Friday, and if it passed the full House, would need to pass in the Senate under reconciliation rules, with a simple 51-vote majority (or 50 plus Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote).
