Infrastructure is now on the front burner in Congress, with the debate not so much over whether to pass an infrastructure bill, but rather what form it should take. …
I have previously noted the strong general interest Americans have in tending to the nation’s infrastructure, most recently summarizing the data with the self-explanatory title, “Infrastructure Action Should Be a No-Brainer.” My review included Gallup data from a few years ago showing that Americans agreed with proposals to “spend more federal money to improve infrastructure, including roads, buildings and waterways” and “enact a $1 trillion program to improve U.S. infrastructure such as roads, bridges and tunnels.”
Recent survey research reaffirms these earlier findings, with continuing majority support for infrastructure legislation across several different ways of asking about the issue. CONTINUED
Frank Newport, Gallup