Just over a third of American voters say that passing an infrastructure spending bill should be a top priority for Congress, according to a Morning Consult-Politico poll out this week — lower than the share who want lawmakers to prioritize economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic (55%), reduction of the federal budget deficit (42%) or enact health care reform (41%).
While 35% call infrastructure legislation a top priority, another 31% say it is “an important, but lower priority” and 21% say it’s not too important or should not be done.
The poll also found that Biden’s proposal for a 15% corporate minimum tax is the most popular option among proposed ways to finance new infrastructure spending (see chart below). Biden’s nearly $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal garnered slightly more support than the nearly $1 trillion counteroffer from Senate Republicans, which the president rejected.
The survey of 1,990 registered voters was conducted from June 4-7 and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
