Cash Tax Credits
69% of Registered Voters Support the Child Tax Credit
01. 31. 2024
Would voters support a bipartisan proposal in Congress to expand and improve the Child Tax Credit?
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Polling from Navigator, developed in partnership with Economic Security Project Action, shows clear and overwhelming support for an expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC). Poll questions below:
As you may know, there is a bipartisan proposal in Congress to temporarily expand and improve the Child Tax Credit to refund poor, working, and middle-class families more money for each child under age 17. It is paid for by ending some COVID-era relief programs for businesses. Would you support or oppose this agreement?
Jan-29 | Dem | Ind | Rep | Afr Am | Hisp | White | AAPI | |
Strongly support | 33% | 45% | 28% | 22% | 50% | 40% | 31% | 29% |
Somewhat support | 36 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 34 |
Somewhat oppose | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Strongly oppose | 8 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
Not sure | 13 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
SUPPORT (NET) | 69% | 80 | 64 | 59 | 80 | 70 | 68 | 63 |
OPPOSE (NET) | 17 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 23 |
If Congress fails to pass this bipartisan proposal to expand and improve the Child Tax Credit, who would you blame most?
Jan-29 | Dem | Ind | Rep | Afr Am | Hisp | White | AAPI | |
Republicans in Congress | 27% | 47% | 12% | 12% | 34% | 34% | 26% | 31% |
Democrats in Congress | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
Both | 28 | 22 | 42 | 31 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 34 |
Neither | 10 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
Don’t know enough to say | 18 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 16 |
Source: Navigator Research, January 29, 2024