Poll Finds Upturn in Sentiment on Tax Overhaul and Economy
- 6 years ago
Poll Finds Upturn in Sentiment on Tax Overhaul and Economy
“I won’t say that Trump deserves all the credit for that, but it is true
that the economy just really picked up,” said Mr. Moran, who described himself as a political moderate who leans Republican but voted for neither Mr. Trump nor his opponent Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The tax overhaul that Mr. Trump signed into law just before Christmas remains relatively unpopular
and highly polarizing, according to a new poll conducted for by SurveyMonkey.
A year into his term, Mr. Moran still isn’t a fan, but he said he was “pleasantly surprised” by Mr. Trump’s stewardship of the economy.
Forty-six percent of Americans strongly or somewhat approved of the law in early
January, up from 37 percent when the bill was nearing passage in December.
A Gallup poll published last week found that approval for the law had risen to 33 percent in
January from 29 percent in December, an increase that was not statistically significant.
Over all, 42 percent of Americans believe the national economy is better than it was a year ago,
according to the Times survey, which polled 10,509 adults in the first week of January.
Supporters of the tax law dismissed its poor poll numbers in the fall, saying Americans
would like it more once they began to see its benefits in their take-home pay.
“I won’t say that Trump deserves all the credit for that, but it is true
that the economy just really picked up,” said Mr. Moran, who described himself as a political moderate who leans Republican but voted for neither Mr. Trump nor his opponent Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The tax overhaul that Mr. Trump signed into law just before Christmas remains relatively unpopular
and highly polarizing, according to a new poll conducted for by SurveyMonkey.
A year into his term, Mr. Moran still isn’t a fan, but he said he was “pleasantly surprised” by Mr. Trump’s stewardship of the economy.
Forty-six percent of Americans strongly or somewhat approved of the law in early
January, up from 37 percent when the bill was nearing passage in December.
A Gallup poll published last week found that approval for the law had risen to 33 percent in
January from 29 percent in December, an increase that was not statistically significant.
Over all, 42 percent of Americans believe the national economy is better than it was a year ago,
according to the Times survey, which polled 10,509 adults in the first week of January.
Supporters of the tax law dismissed its poor poll numbers in the fall, saying Americans
would like it more once they began to see its benefits in their take-home pay.