Opinion on which group most needs more COVID-19 stimulus spending by party U.S. 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 30, 2022

According to a July 2020 survey, a majority of Democrats believe that poor people are most in need of a second round of COVID-19 stimulus spending, while Republicans are split between the working and middle classes. During the survey, 57 percent of respondents who identified with the Democratic party chose poor people. Conversely, 31 percent of Republicans selected poor people as the group most in need, while another 31 percent chose middle-class people.

Opinion of U.S. adults on which group most needs a second round of COVID-19 stimulus spending, as of July 2020, by political party

Characteristic	Poor people	Middle-class people	Wealthy people	Small businesses/small organizations	Big business/large organizations	State governments	Local governments
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Release date

July 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

July 26 to 28, 2020

Number of respondents

1,491 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Survey method not disclosed by the source.
Original question: "Which group do you think needs the most from a second round of stimulus spending to combat the economic effects of the COVID-19?"
The source does not indicate why some values do not total 100 percent.

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