Swing States Favor Democratic Stimulus Over The GOP Plan

The charts above reflect the results of a new CNBC / Change Research Poll -- done between July 24th and 26th of a swing-state sample (Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin) of 2,565 likely voters, with a 1.9 point margin of error.

The Democrats in the House passed a new stimulus plan. It would give citizens another $1200 check, provide monetary relief for state and local governments, continue the $600 enhanced unemployment benefit, and deny legal protection from businesses that bring workers back in a dangerous situation.

The Republicans in the Senate revealed their plan a couple of days ago. They would also give another round of $1200 checks to citizens, but then their plan takes a different path. They would not provide monetary relief for state and local governments, would not continue the $600 enhanced unemployment benefits (cutting it to $200 and quickly reducing that to three-fourths of the worker's pay), and would protect corporations from legal cases from workers who get sick after being called back to work.

A quick look at the charts above shows the voters (at least in the important swing states) prefer the Democratic plan over the Republican plan. It's almost as if the Republicans don't want to win the November election!

Republicans still cling to the idea that if they can just get workers back on the job, the economy will quickly bounce back. That's not going to happen. The economy can't recover until the Coronavirus is under control, and even then it's going to be a long tough recovery -- and it will be even longer if they fail to help workers hurting in this recession.