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Trump Out of Step with Voters on Key Issues

February 23, 2017 at 1:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Quinnipiac poll finds that President Trump’s policy agenda is not very popular with most American voters:

  • 62% to 31% are against reducing taxes across the board, even if it increases the deficit
  • 51% to 38% are against restarting the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines
  • 76% to 18% are against lowering taxes on the wealthy
  • 50% to 43% are against lowering taxes on businesses and corporations
  • 54% to 34% are against removing regulations on businesses and corporations
  • 63% to 27% are against removing specific regulations intended to combat climate change
  • 54% to 43% are against repealing the Affordable Care Act
  • 60% to 37% are against building the wall on the Mexican border, with 65% to 33% against the wall if the U.S. must pay for it

Said pollster Tim Malloy: “He rattled the rafters with bold calls for pipelines and tax cuts, a big wall and a new health care plan. But while his base may be eating it up, a broad portion of the electorate is telling President Trump there is a big difference between campaign bravado and an agenda that works for all Americans.”

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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