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About two-thirds of Republican voters support 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
About two-thirds of Republican voters support 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
About two-thirds of Republican voters support 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Published on: 06/12/2025

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(TNND) — A majority of voters oppose President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which would extend and expand his legacy tax cuts and fund his policy priorities.

A Quinnipiac University poll of self-identified registered voters found just 27% support the massive bill working its way through Congress.

The poll found 53% oppose the bill, while a big chunk of the electorate, 20%, didn’t have an opinion.

Nearly 90% of Democrats oppose the bill, which shouldn’t come as a surprise.

But the poll found just 67% of Republicans support the bill.

Just 10% of Republicans actually oppose the bill, and 22% of Republicans didn’t have an opinion.

“Although these numbers about the OBBB are probably worrying for the White House, they can probably take some solace in the fact that the vast majority of Americans likely have very little idea what is actually in this bill,” Charles Hunt, a politics professor at Boise State University who focuses on Congress, said via email.

Hunt said even members of the House who passed their version of the bill likely didn’t have the time to really dig into it.

Casey Burgat, the Legislative Affairs Program Director at George Washington University, noted that the bill is over 1,000 pages long.

People are reacting to headlines, talking points and party cues when they’re forming an opinion on the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Burgat said.

And in those cases, folks usually default to their partisan positions.

“That’s what makes this poll interesting. We’re seeing cracks in that partisan reflex,” Burgat said via email.

Some Republicans will be concerned about cuts to programs, particularly Medicaid.

And other Republicans are going to be concerned about adding a projected $2.4 trillion to government deficits over 10 years.

The deficit increase is expected because spending cuts don’t fully offset the bill’s tax cuts.

RELATED STORY: 'One Big Beautiful Bill' faces opposing GOP forces in the Senate

The bill would fully extend most of the individual tax cuts from the 2017 law, Adam Michel, the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, previously told The National News Desk. That includes the lower individual income tax rates, the larger standard deduction, and the larger child tax credit for individuals.

The Quinnipiac poll found nearly half of voters want Medicaid funding to increase, which runs counter to the Medicaid cuts included in the bill.

Over three-quarters of Republicans want Medicaid funding to at least stay the same.

Michel downplayed the proposed changes to Medicaid as “incredibly modest.”

The bill adds work requirements and some new eligibility rules, but Michel said they aren’t the severe cuts some people are making them out to be.

KFF, however, said the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by nearly $800 billion and would increase the number of uninsured people by the millions.

The House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on May 22 with a razor-thin margin.

Now, the Senate is grappling with the same difficult issues.

Burgat said the Senate is sure to revise the House-passed bill.

And he said the changes could threaten the already fragile coalition that got it through the House in the first place.

RELATED STORY: Republicans must grapple with projected deficit impact of 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

University of Oklahoma politics professor Michael Crespin said some lawmakers want deeper spending cuts to offset tax cuts.

Other Republican lawmakers, especially those from high-tax blue states, will want to keep the House-negotiated increase to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. But that’ll add to the cost of the bill.

“Speaker Johnson was able to cut enough deals to get the bill through the House, but the dynamics will be different in the Senate,” Crespin said via email.

Senators are less likely to succumb to pressure from the White House, Crespin said.

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, for example, has come out against cuts to Medicaid.

Crespin said Hawley isn’t up for reelection until 2030, which might empower him to defy Trump on this issue.

Hunt said the new Quinnipiac poll numbers show a big problem for the White House if opponents of the bill can make the fight about Medicaid and cutting benefits.

And Burgat said the new poll numbers give the Senate more cover to scale back Medicaid cuts.

“To me, the more worrying numbers in this poll for the White House would be Trump's approval on individual issues, including issues like immigration, which is typically a strong suit of his,” Hunt said.

The Quinnipiac poll found just 38% of voters approve of the way Trump is handling his job.

The poll asked about some specific policy areas, including immigration and trade.

About 40% of voters said they approve of the way Trump is handling immigration and deportations.

Forty percent also approved of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 38% approved of Trump’s handling of trade with other countries.

Under 40% of voters approved of how Trump is handling the wars between Israel and Hamas and between Ukraine and Russia.

The Quinnipiac poll also asked voters to weigh in on Congress’ job performance.

Around a fifth of voters approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their job.

Just 41% of Democrats approve of the way the members of their party in Congress are handling their job.

Around a third of voters approve of the way Republicans in Congress are handling their job.

Most Republicans, 79%, approve of the way Republicans in Congress are handling their job.

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