07.30.25

Americans Increasingly Support the Republican Agenda

The More Americans Learn About Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the More They Support Its Provisions

AMERICANS SUPPORT MAKING TAX CUTS PERMANENT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO WORKERS IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT

“This legislation not only prevents the biggest tax hike in history, but it also provides significant tax relief for hardworking families through measures like increasing and making the doubled child tax credit permanent, and enhancing tax benefits that make child care more affordable.” – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

 

  • By a margin of over 2-to-1 (54%-25%), Americans say they’re more likely to support Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act thanks to “[c]hanges it makes to tax laws, such as permanent extension of the tax cuts passed in 2017, temporarily ending taxes on tips, and expanded tax breaks for seniors and parents.” (CNN poll – 7/16/25)
  • 68% of voters approve of making tax cuts permanent for those making less than $250,000. (Fox News poll – 7/23/25)
  • Republicans’ law prevents an over $2.6 trillion tax hike on households earning less than $400,000 per year. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: One Big Beautiful Bill Act – accessed 7/29/25)
  • Individuals making less than $50,000 per year are receiving the largest proportional benefit of Republicans’ tax cuts. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: One Big Beautiful Bill: New Tax Relief Overwhelmingly Benefits Working Class – 7/1/25)
  • “According to the new tax law, workers who customarily receive tips will be able to deduct from their taxed wages up to $25,000 made in tips. This includes workers such as barbers, hair stylists, bartenders, nail technicians, and tipped spa and restaurant staff, among others.” (USA Today: Tax breaks for tipped workers: What to know for your tax returns – 7/24/25)

 

AMERICANS ALSO SUPPORT INCREASING DEFENSE AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SPENDING, KEY COMPONENTS OF THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT

“The reconciliation bill is an investment in the future of the United States. Through this legislation, the Senate secured a down payment on a generational upgrade for our nation’s defense capabilities.” – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

  • By a 13-point margin, Americans say they’re more inclined to support the One Big Beautiful Bill Act because “[i]t increases defense and military spending.” (CNN poll – 7/16/25)
  • Among those who have heard of the law, 66% support the provisions “boosting military and naval spending…” (Harvard-Harris poll – 7/14/25)
  • Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act provides over $150 billion to rebuild America’s military, including:
    • “$29 billion for shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base.”
    • “$16 billion to improve readiness, including through modernization of depots, additional spare parts for aircraft, and expanded naval maintenance.”
    • “increas[ing] scale production of innovative low-cost and next-generation weapons like drones, counter-drone tech, low-cost munitions, and artificial intelligence.” (Sen. Wicker: Wicker Details the Provisions of the Reconciliation Bill – 7/3/25)
  • By an 8-point margin, Americans say the “increased spending on border security, immigration enforcement and detention” are more of a reason to support the bill than oppose it. (CNN poll – 7/16/25)
  • The One Big Beautiful Bill ensures that the Trump administration has the resources it needs to secure the border for President Trump’s entire term, including:
    • “$46.5 billion to complete construction of the border wall.”
    • “$14.4 billion for removal transportation.”
    • “$4.1 billion to hire additional CBP personnel, including 3,000 more customs officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents.”
    • Funding for ICE “to hire 10,000 new agents, which would allow the rate of deportations to reach as high as 1 million per year.” (U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Noem Commends President Trump and One Big Beautiful Bill Signing into Law: Historic Win for the American People and the Rule of Law – 7/4/25)

WHAT AMERICANS DEFINITIVELY DON’T LIKE? THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

  • “The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, with voters seeing Republicans as better at handling most issues that decide elections.” (The Wall Street Journal: Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds – 7/25/25)
  • “The new survey finds that 63% of voters hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party—the highest share in Journal polls dating to 1990 and 30 percentage points higher than the 33% who hold a favorable view.” (The Wall Street Journal: Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds – 7/25/25)
  • “[J]ust 28% of Americans view the Democratic Party favorably, the lowest mark for Democrats in the history of CNN’s polling going back to 1992.” (CNN poll – 7/17/25)
  • “Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say most of the Democratic Party’s members of Congress do not deserve reelection and Democrats themselves are 7 points less likely than Republicans to believe members of Congress of their own party deserve reelection.” (CNN poll – 7/17/25)
  • “A Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll released on [July 14] found that only 4 in 10 respondents approved of the job that the Democratic Party is doing, a slight drop from June, when 42 percent of respondents answered similarly.” (The Hill: Democrats underwater in new poll – 7/14/25; Harvard-Harris poll – 7/14/25)
  • “The latest poll shows that the party’s disapproval rating sits at 60 percent, slowly inching up from 58 percent in June. Twenty-eight percent of surveyed Democrats and 71 percent of independent and other voters contributed to the overall 60 percent disapproval rating of the party.” (The Hill: Democrats underwater in new poll – 7/14/25; Harvard-Harris poll – 7/14/25)
  • “The polling underscores a broader trend for Democrats who have grappled with low approval ratings as the party has attempted to reset after a disappointing November election.” (The Hill: Democrats underwater in new poll – 7/14/25)