Democrats, independents oppose GOP tax plan: poll
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 12/05/17 10:35 AM EST
A majority of independent and Democratic voters oppose the GOP tax overhaul, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday.
Fifty-six percent of American adults who identified themselves as politically independent said they disapproved of the GOP's tax plan, while 87 percent of Democrats said the same. Just 16 percent of Republicans polled disapproved of the plan.
When it comes to support for the poll, the divide is even more pronounced. Just 25 percent of independents said they approved of the plan, and only 7 percent of Democrats said the same. Meanwhile, 70 percent of Republicans approve of the plan, which passed the Senate in a 2:00 a.m. vote late Friday night.
Public uncertainty about the GOP tax plan is largely concentrated among independents and Republicans, a sign that support for the plan could still grow if the GOP can convince holdouts in those two groups. Nineteen percent of independents and 14 percent of Republicans told Gallup they didn't yet have an opinion of the tax plan.
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