New Poll Spotlights Key Role of the Child Tax Credit in 2022
The expired, popular credit could be a winning issue for Democrats
Democrats looking towards the the 2022 midterm elections — in which their slim congressional majorities are at stake — seem to have gotten some new guidance in the form of the results of a recent public opinion poll.
Particularly, the expanded child tax credit —which Democrats enacted last year with their emergency COVID relief legislation, but subsequently has expired — could be a popular issue on which to run, according to the results of the poll from Democracy Corps.
Democracy Corps conducted a national web survey with more than 2,000 registered voters in early June that includes an oversample in the state battlegrounds and an oversample of over 500 registered voters in the 27 most competitive districts that will decide who controls the House after the 2022 elections.
Democracy Corps is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making the government of the United States more responsive to the American people. It was founded in 1999 by Democratic strategist James Carville and pollster Stanley Greenberg.
This is a tough year where Democrats are behind in the generic vote (-2) and enthusiasm (-4) in this large national, battleground and congressional district survey, but this survey shows the Democrats can gain with major groups by spotlighting the Child Tax Credit, along with assault weapon purchaser age, abortion, and other issues, according to a statement from Democracy Corps.
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is very important to CTC recipients who are 15 percent of the electorate; parents are fully 25 percent, the statement said.
The COVID relief law boosted the maximum Child Tax Credit from $2,000 to $3,600 for children under 6 years of age, and $3,000 for children aged 6-17 (the first time 17-year-olds were included).
Democrats attempted to extend the credit as part of their Build Back Better Act legislation, but that bill collapsed once Democratic Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia refused to support it.
In the base, Black Americans form 12 percent and Hispanics, 11 percent, of all voters. And one in 10 voters are white working class women under 50 years of age. Highlighting the CTC pushes up Democratic votes for all.
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