A rare poll in Delaware shows a sizeable majority of voters support President Joe Biden accepting a slimmed-down infrastructure bill.
That was the finding of a No Labels survey in the president’ss home state.
The poll found only about a third of those surveyed favored a more expensive infrastructure bill pushed by the progressive Democrats.
Polls are rare in Delaware, a solidly blue state with a population of just shy of one million:
Findings:
- 73% of Delaware voters — including 67% of Democrats—want the President to take the $1.2 trillion bipartisan deal that’s on the table instead of holding out for a bigger deal.
- 66% of Delaware voters want Biden to “compromise with Republicans, spend less and hold the line on taxes” instead of 34% who advocate going along with The progressive wing of the Democratic Party represented by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The progressive wing wants a $4 billion deal and tax increases.
The Delaware poll is part of a broader campaign by No Labels to reveal the broad support a two-party infrastructure deal enjoys across America.
The group admits it wants to get the president’s attention, who spends most of his weekends in the state.
No Labels has launched a partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable, which No Labels co-chair and Maryland GOP Governor Larry Hogan announced.
Several notable Delaware civic leaders, including Ben duPont and the state’s former U.S. Attorney and Attorney General Charles Oberly, are part of the effort, which also includes a No Labels TV ad campaign in Delaware and D.C. that draws on footage of President Biden from six consecutive decades talking about the importance of bipartisanship.
Other findings from the survey — which can be viewed in full here — include:
- A 53% majority of Delaware voters say that the Democrats should only pass an infrastructure bill on a strictly partisan basis as a last resort; 27% say passing the bill on a partisan basis should be the Democrats’ focus, and 20% say Democrats shouldn’t work on a partisan bill under any circumstances.
- A 54% majority of Delaware voters say pursuing a bipartisan compromise on the infrastructure bill is worth the risk of not passing a bill. The majority holds for 70% of Republicans and 50% of Independents, and even 49% of Democrats agree that securing bipartisan compromise on the bill is worth the risk.
- Two-thirds (67%) of Delaware voters say President Biden should spend far less than $4 trillion on new infrastructure and should reduce any increases in taxes and the deficit. Majorities of all major parties agree on this point, with 87% of Republicans, 78% of Independents, and 51% of Democrats saying this statement is closer to their view than spending $4 trillion on infrastructure, raising taxes, and increasing the deficit.
About President Joe Biden
- 60% of Delaware voters approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as President, including 88% of Democrats, 52% of Independents, and 19% of Republicans.
- A 55% majority of Delaware voters think President Biden truly believes in the importance of bipartisanship. r, 76% of Republicans and 57% of Independents are not convinced and say Biden’s talk about bipartisan solutions are for political purposes. Democrats outnumber Democrats in Delaware.
A 77% majority of Democrats drive this figure. The survey was conducted online within the United States from June 17-22 among 488 registered voters in Delaware by HarrisX. Results were weighted for age, gender, party, race, education, and income to align them with their actual proportions in the population in the state. The margin of error is plus or minus 4%.
