An example from a KFF tracking poll [1]:
> The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that was passed by House Republicans and is currently being discussed by the U.S. Senate is viewed unfavorably by a majority of adults (64%), including large majorities of independents and Democrats. Six in ten Republicans have a favorable opinion of the bill, but this support is largely driven by supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, while two-thirds of non-MAGA Republicans view the bill unfavorably. Among both Republicans and MAGA supporters, support drops at least 20 percentage points, with less than half of each group viewing the law favorably after hearing it would increase the country’s uninsured rate and decrease funding for local hospitals.
Here's an article summarizing a whole bunch of polls [2]. It contains some good examples of how when people learn more about the bill support falls, such as
> The Post-Ipsos poll found that 52% of Americans supported work requirements for able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid, while 33% opposed them. But that policy became unpopular when voters were told that the CBO estimates 8 million people would lose health coverage as a result of the bill: 63% said that is unacceptable, while 18% said that’s acceptable. (The latest version of the bill is projected to result in more than 10 million losing their coverage, according to the CBO.)
[1] https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/kff-health-trackin...
[2] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/polls-trump-bill-u...
> “It would impose a steep penalty on all new wind and solar farms […] unless they follow […] requirements to disentangle their supply chains from China.”
Even the president couldn’t market his presidential campaign without the help of Chinese made products/tchotchkes.
This has been the Republican playbook for my entire adult life (the 21st century). With Trump they no longer have to pretend.
some_furry•7mo ago