Memo: Voters Want Lawmakers to Pass the American Jobs Plan

By Danielle Deiseroth, Senior Climate Data Analyst, Data for Progress

Key Findings

  • A majority of voters are concerned about the impacts of unemployment, air and water pollution, extreme weather, and climate change on their communities

  • 61 percent of voters think the government should provide more assistance to cities and states for improving the resiliency of infrastructure to extreme weather events

  • 57 percent of voters support the American Jobs Plan without any additional information about the bill

  • Support for the American Jobs Plan jumps to 65 percent after giving voters a description of the bill that emphasizes the proposal’s key climate and clean energy provisions

  • Bipartisan majorities of voters think nearly all of the key climate and clean energy investments in the American Jobs Plan will have a positive impact on their communities

  • Two-thirds of voters think it is important that investments to create clean energy jobs are kept in the American Jobs Plan as lawmakers in Congress negotiate the proposal

  • Two-thirds of Democrats and a plurality of Independents think Congress should pass the American Jobs Plan before departing for the August recess