Student Borrower Protection Center and Data for Progress released the following tracking poll exploring the impact of student debt on American families examining voters of color. The poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters. Similarly, nearly two-thirds of likely voters support government action to cancel some or all student loan debt for all borrowers, including three quarters of Black likely voters and 80 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.
The current pause on student loan payments, last extended by President Biden in December 2021, is slated to expire on May 1, 2022. Among respondents with student debt, a large majority expect to make “major changes to saving or spending” if student loan payments resume. In contrast, just 1-in-5 likely voters with student debt are “very confident” in their ability to resume making payments in May. These results underscore that extending the payment pause will offer tens of millions of families badly needed relief—and that doing so would be extremely popular across the political spectrum.
Read the Poll: https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2022/2/dfp_SBPC_2_tabs.pdf
Read the Press Release: New Poll: As Joe Biden Addresses the Nation, Voters of Color Overwhelmingly Support Action to Cancel Student Debt, Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments