Poll: Small-business lending program gets poor marks from voters

Forty-four percent of registered voters surveyed in the Morning Consult/Politico poll said the loans have been awarded unfairly, while 20 percent said that the loans have been distributed fairly with the intent of preserving jobs and mitigating the country’s economic situation…

Democrats were the most likely to say that the loans are being given out unfairly at 50 percent, followed by independents at 45 percent. Republicans were the least likely to think of the lending program as unfair (at 36 percent), but still chose that option at a wide margin over thinking the loans were fair at 28 percent.