Polling by America’s New Majority Project reveals strong bipartisan support for President-elect Trump’s plan to prevent a federal tax increase in 2025 by extending the 2017 tax cuts he signed into law during his first term. However, describing it as preventing a tax increase gets more support than describing it as extending the tax cut.
WHY IT MATTERS
The tax cuts from the 2017 law are set to expire in 2025 without reauthorization from Congress. President-elect Donald J. Trump ran on an economic platform of lower taxes, including extending the low tax rates for individuals and businesses he signed into law during his first term.
HOW TO USE THIS DATA
Advocates for extending the tax cuts should consider shifting their language to emphasize stopping the tax increase.
When asked about their support for Trump’s 2017 Act, our February 2023 poll of 1,000 likely voters found:
- 68% of Americans support making the 2017 Act permanent
- 17% oppose extending the Act
In our October 2023 poll of 2,000 registered voters, we asked individuals if they support or oppose preventing tax increases on the middle class and small businesses:
- 77% support preventing tax increases
- 15% oppose