Seventy-Eight Percent of Likely Voters Support $2,000 Coronavirus Relief Checks 

Seventy-eight percent of likely voters also say $600 checks are “not enough”

Today, Data for Progress released new national polling that shows an overwhelming majority of likely voters (78 percent) either strongly or somewhat support a coronavirus relief payment of $2,000. A majority (57 percent) “strongly support” this proposal. Tonight, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on $2,000 checks for Americans. 

  • 57 percent strongly support $2,000 checks

  • 21 percent somewhat support $2,000 checks

  • 10 percent somewhat oppose

  • 7 percent strongly oppose

  • 5 percent don’t know

 
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Additionally, Data for Progress asked likely voters whether the one-time $600 payments passed by Congress earlier this month is enough. Seventy-eight percent indicate that the one-time $600 stimulus payments are “not enough.”  

  • 78 percent say $600 payments are not enough

  • 16 percent say $600 payments are enough

  • 6 percent don’t know

 
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If $2,000 one-time coronavirus payments pass through the House of Representatives this evening, the fate of these payments will likely lie in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — and the Georgia electorate in the upcoming Senate runoffs. Earlier this month, Data for Progress polling found that 63 percent of likely Georgia voters indicated they would be more likely to support candidates who supported more coronavirus relief. 

Read the full crosstabs of Data for Progress’ polling here.

From December 22 to December 28, 2020, Data for Progress conducted a survey of 1,115 likely voters nationally using web-panel respondents. The sample was weighted to be representative of likely voters by age, gender, education, race, and voting history. The survey was conducted in English. The margin of error is ±2.9 percentage points

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