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RELEASE: New Polling Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Federal Aid for People in Need
Date: March 10, 2021
Contact: Julia Cusick
Washington, D.C. A new poll from the Center for American Progress, in partnership with GBAO Strategies, shows that there is strong bipartisan support for policies that will help provide short-term relief for Americans navigating the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as long-term investments to strengthen the social safety net and many other poverty alleviation policies. Notably, two-thirds of voters believe it is more important for the federal government to invest in ensuring basic living standards for all people than it is to reduce its spending to address budget deficits.
Americans Want the Federal Government To Help People in Need
New Polling Illustrates Voters’ Opinions on Economic Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By John Halpin, Karl Agne, and Nisha Jain
March 10, 2021, 6:00 am Getty/The Boston Globe/Suzanne Kreiter
A woman walks with her daughter after picking up her breakfast and lunch in Revere, Massachusetts, on December 11, 2020. She is among many low-income parents in Massachusetts who have struggled to receive their promised free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The United States recently reached a grim milestone: 500,000 Americans dead from COVID-19.
1 The country continues to claw its way out of the public health and economic crisis, which has hit low-income and other vulnerable populations particularly hard. As Congress and the Biden administration debate additional legislation to address the immediate economic downturn, as well as longer-term policies for national recovery, they should consider h