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Posted: 2022-08-03T05:02:16Z | Updated: 2022-08-03T13:23:25Z

A new Democratic survey shows roughly two-thirds of voters support the health care and climate change package negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the first public polling data on what is expected to be President Joe Biden s signature domestic achievement.

The Navigator Research poll, conducted by the Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and obtained exclusively by HuffPost , tested both halves of the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act . One questioned asked about the various ways the legislation would raise revenue a minimum tax on corporations and beefed-up Internal Revenue Service enforcement, while another asked about the legislations spending on health care and climate change mitigation.

Both questions found about two-thirds of voters supported the plan, while 24% opposed it. The plan was popular with seemingly every class of voters except Republicans , with majorities of independents, Latino voters, white voters and both college-educated and non-college-educated voters supporting it.

The widespread support for the Inflation Reduction Act across partisanship is consistent with the steady popularity of President Bidens economic agenda throughout Navigators tracking, said Bryan Bennett, an advisor to Navigator Research. Democrats in Congress and the White House should emphasize that the legislation will put money back in working Americans pockets and hold corporations accountable, and call out Republicans opposing the bill for prioritizing the wealth of their campaign donors and corporations over the needs of their constituents.