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Support for the proposal to spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, rail, transit, airports, water systems, and broadband, asked in the 2022 and 2024 CES.
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Latest: 80% answered “Support” in CES: Spend $150 billion a year on infrastructure for 8 years, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Support for infrastructure spending bill | Support for infrastructure spending bill Over the past two years, Congress voted on many issues. Do you support each of the following proposals? [Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on construction and repair of roads and bridges, rail, public transit, airports, water systems and broadband internet] Caveat: Reference wording; asks 'favor/oppose' in a list of congressional proposals from the past two years | identical | Favor → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Spend $150 billion a year on infrastructure for 8 years | Spend $150 billion a year on infrastructure for 8 years Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on construction and repair of roads and bridges, rail, public transit, airports, water systems, broadband internet, and electric grid] Caveat: 2024 version adds electric grid to the list and uses a general support/oppose framing rather than past congressional votes | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |