A new Quinnipiac Poll shows that President Donald Trump and his 2026 budget, which he refers to as the "big, beautiful bill," are underwater with the American public.
Huffington Post senior politics editor Kevin Robillard posted screen captures of the crosstabs on X, showing that just 27% of Americans support the bill. He also noted that polling specifically looking at attitudes on the GOP tax bill has "been relatively rare."
Democrats are also "far more likely to have an opinion on the bill than Republicans and Independents," Robillard added.
"Among independents, it's 37 points underwater," said NBC News' Sahil Kapur.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) noted that the poll also found only 10% of Americans support the cuts to Medicaid included in the budget bill passed by the House.
"Last month, nearly every House Republican voted for the largest Medicaid cut in American history," Nadler wrote on X. "Today, they have a choice when they vote for technical changes to reconciliation: Double down on stripping health care from millions, or finally listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans and vote no on $800 billion in devastating Medicaid cuts."
"The poll also has a very bad approval rating for Trump, with 38% approval and 54% disapproval, so I would expect it to also be more negative on the tax bill than some other surveys might be," he also cited.
That is a dramatic drop for Trump. It also shows that he's falling behind in the economy, once his best issue. Polling from Marquette University Law School three weeks ago showed Trump slipping by 16% in his handling of the economy, with just 42% approving of his handling and 58% against.
In the Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday, 51% of Americans believe that the economy is "worse" under Trump. Only 28% think it's improved.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star correspondent Nick Field noticed that Americans also want to continue granting birthright citizenship, with 64% in support and 31% opposed.
Data journalist G. Elliott Morris cautioned it's "possible this isn’t the dominant issue for Trump that some people have assumed! Trump at -11 net approval on immigration and -16 on deportations in new Quinnipiac poll."
