Voters across party lines, age groups, gender, race, and educational status oppose efforts to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations on the backs of students and working families with student debt.
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Poll comes as Trump continues unconstitutional authoritarian takeover of federal agencies and prepares to take excecutive action to dismantle U.S. Department of Education.
The following memorandum provides a brief overview of the narrative in the wake of this historic election and offers a first look at new polling affirming that student debt motivated and mobilized voters to the polls.
Just as President Biden announce student debt cancellation plan, new SBPC-Data for Progress poll shows broad public support for action.
SBPC poll finds that 71 percent of likely voters ages 18-34 support student debt cancellation for all borrowers; 56 percent of Republican younger voters support cancellation; Younger voters with no debt support cancellation by a 3:1 margin.
As Biden contemplates an imminent decision on student debt relief and the Senate Banking Committee prepares for a major student loan-focused hearing featuring SBPC Executive Director Mike Pierce, SBPC and Data for Progress release the latest in a series of polls tracking the impact of student debt on American families.
More than 6-in-10 Latino Voters Expect “Major Changes to Saving or Spending” if Payments Resume in Five Weeks; Supermajority of Latino Voters Support Action by President Biden to Extend Payment Pause, Cancel Student Debt
SBPC and Data for Progress released this tracking poll demonstrating widespread public support for federal action to protect people with student debt.
This SBPC-Data for Progress 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.
SBPC and Data for Progress released a new tracking poll revealing that 63 percent of likely voters support action by the federal government to cancel some or all student debt for all borrowers.