64 percent opposed to GOP megabill: Survey
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults have an unfavorable opinion of President Trump's agenda-setting "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that narrowly passed the House last month, a new survey found.
The KFF Health Tracking Poll released Tuesday found 64 percent of adults surveyed said, based on what they know about the tax and spending megabill, they do not like it — including the majority of Democrats, independents and Republicans who do not identify with the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) wing of the GOP.
Just 35 percent of respondents said they view the proposal favorably, with the biggest bloc of support coming from MAGA-backing Republicans, who overwhelmingly approve of the bill at 72 percent.
"The public hasn’t had much time to digest what’s in the big, beautiful, but almost incomprehensible bill as it races through Congress, and many don’t have a lot of information about it," KFF president Drew Altman said in a statement. "Our poll shows that views toward the bill and its health-care provisions can shift when presented with more information and arguments about its effects, even among MAGA supporters."
The survey attempted to gauge how much people know about the details of the bill.
According to KFF's findings, more than half of people surveyed knew the bill would increase federal spending on border security (58 percent). About half knew it would increase the federal budget deficit (50 percent), decrease federal spending on food assistance for low-income Americans (53 percent) and Medicaid (51 percent).
More than a quarter of people surveyed said they "didn't know" when asked about one of eight specific impacts the proposed legislation would have.
Trump has made what he dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" a centerpiece of his second presidency, pushing GOP lawmakers to roll most of his agenda points into it, but the sweeping legislation has been divisive even among some of the president's staunchest supporters.
Trump and Elon Musk had a dramatic falling out earlier this month after the tech billionaire left his role as head of the White House's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and quickly began bashing the proposal as a "disgusting abomination."
Republican senators are wading through revisions to the House version they want to make before taking a vote on the measure, which Trump wants to have on his desk to sign by July 4.
"We're continuing to have meetings with groups and committees," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told The Hill last week. "Full speed ahead, a lot of conversations, getting everybody comfortable."
The KFF poll surveyed 1,321 U.S. adults June 4-8. It has margins of error of 3 percentage points for total findings and 6 percentage points on results broken down by party.