Poll: The more Democrats cut, the less popular Build Back Better gets

Republicans, for their part, make no distinction between the two versions of BBB, both of which they reject. Less than a quarter (23 percent) say they favor the original $3.5 trillion plan; exactly the same number (23 percent) say they favor its half-price successor. By shaving $1.75 trillion off the price tag, Democrats gain precisely zero Republican support in the poll.

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What they do instead, however, is start to discourage their own party. While a full 80 percent of Democrats say they favor the initial, $3.5 trillion iteration of BBB, just half as many (40 percent) say they feel the same about the latest $1.75 trillion version. Among 2020 Biden voters, support and opposition are now evenly split at 39 percent apiece for the slimmer package.

Even more striking is the sentiment among independents. Unlike Republicans, non-affiliated Americans favor a $3.5 trillion BBB 43 percent to 38 percent. They feel very differently, though, about Democrats’ new $1.75 trillion compromise, opposing it by a two-to-one margin (50 percent to 25 percent). That’s a staggering 20-point shift away from the shrinking legislation, on net.

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