A majority of voters, 53%, oppose the Republican package of tax and spending cuts, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
As Senate Republicans debate changes to the legislation — and the House makes additional tweaks to the version it passed in an effort to keep the bill on track to pass via a simple majority in the Senate — the Quinnipiac poll found that just 27% of voters back the package. A fifth of voters offered no opinion.
Democrats are nearly universally opposed to the bill, with 89% against it and 10% not offering an opinion. Republicans largely favor the bill, with 67% supporting it. More than half of independents, 57%, oppose the legislation.
Medicaid cuts in the package are particularly unpopular. “Nearly half of voters (47 percent) think federal funding for Medicaid should increase, 40 percent think it should stay about the same, and 10 percent think federal funding for Medicaid should decrease,” Quinnipiac said in a news release. Even among Republicans, just 18% say federal funding for Medicaid should decrease while 21% say it should increase and 56% say it should stay about the same.
The poll also found that President Trump’s approval rating has slipped to 38%, down from 41% in an April 9 survey.