On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 the US Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that features $550 billion in new federal spending over five years on American infrastructure including clean drinking water, roads, bridges, airports, railroads, high speed internet, environmental remediation, power and electric vehicle infrastructure. The bill now heads to the House of Representatives for a vote and approval before it can be sent to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
Americans were asked if they believed the federal government’s proposed infrastructure bill will add jobs and benefit American workers. Of the respondents, 55% said yes, 24% said no and 21% were unsure or had no answer. Male respondents said yes at a higher rate (59%) than female respondents (51%).
Americans were asked if they agreed with the federal government’s proposed infrastructure bill components. The percentage of Americans that said yes to the proposed infrastructure bill components include: clean drinking water (70%); roads, bridges, and major projects (62%); public transit/passenger and freight rail (59%); power infrastructure (58%); airports, ports, and waterways (58%); high-speed internet (56%); environmental remediation (55%) and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure (49%).
National poll results found that 41% of respondents said they believe the federal government will not create new taxes for anyone making less than $400,000. 37% of respondents said they did not believe that no new taxes would occur. 22% of respondents were unsure or had no answer.
This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis online poll was conducted through SurveyMonkey from August 11 – 12, 2021 among a national sample of 1,539 adults ages 18 and up. Respondents for this survey were selected from over 2.5 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. Data for this week have been weighted for age and gender using the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States. The modeled error estimate for this survey is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
