More Americans are optimistic about life soon returning to normal, but they’re skeptical of just how much they’ll benefit from Democrats’ expansive Covid relief package.
About one-third of Americans, including less than half of Democrats, believe the recent stimulus — one of the largest economic rescue plans in American history — will significantly help them, according to a new POLITICO-Harvard poll exploring the public’s views on the post-pandemic landscape. The stimulus itself has generally polled well, but the new survey indicates President Joe Biden and his party face a challenge convincing voters they got major help from the sweeping legislation, which in addition to new checks to Americans included an extension of jobless benefits, a major expansion of Obamacare subsidies and the child tax credit, and a flood of new public health resources to help quash the pandemic. CONTINUED
Dan Goldberg, Politico
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