Voters in West Virginia . . .
Voters in West Virginia Support the Build Back Better Agenda, Senior Analyst, Ethan Winter, Data for Progress, August 27, 2021
From August 20, to August 27; Data for Progress organization “conducted a survey of 348 likely voters in West Virginia” to discover whether there was voter support for Biden’s Build Back Better bill. As you know, Senator Joe Manchin has claimed he has to go back to West Virginia and explain it to its voters.
If this survey adequately explains whether there is support for BBB, I am not sure of what explaining Manchin has to do. It is said miners are in favor of it and most likely because it helps fund the Black Lung program for miners with black lung disease/disorder. Of course, it will be popular for these miners. It will also be popular will families with small children, people who could not afford healthcare insurance, etc.
I am not sure of Joe Manchin’s reasoning if constituents are in favor of the BBB’s outcomes. Maybe it is just more taxes on higher incomes and his pet industries to which he is heavily invested?
There is more information including charts on the Data for Progress site.
I would not rule out the possibility that blue collar laborers might actually believe that a tangible economy, one that makes things and builds stuff, does more to grow worker economic security than one invested in finance and globalization or even retail and delivery services.
I try to square how it is Manchin’s constituency can be so in favor of the bill yet all the news talking heads ever mention is how Manchin is from a state that massively voted for Trump so he has too…blah, blah, blah based on they voted for Trump.
What about these Trump voters being for the bill?
I also read that he’s not up until 24 so maybe he just doesn’t care and will be out by his choice then.
Daniel:
I believe he will just retire in 24. He has his nest egg. He can still take donations and retire in 2024. It is a whacky system.
Stabenow said she was retiring in 2024. I got a message asking for a campaign donation. I wrote back explaining I would not contribute if she was retiring.
Yup, Steven Colbert did a great series on just how played these PACs are. In the end he made his just disappear. Implying it just goes into the Pols pocket.
I’m not a big fan of polls, but I fail to see the point of doing a poll that talks to 348 people. Even W VA had 800,000 voters in 2020.
EM
Depends on the construct of the poll done in a week, a short period. It is a quick survey which points in a direction needing more exploration just like LSS would do initially.
Small Business Support
Coal Miners ask Manchin to Reverse Opposition
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy urges Manchin to reconsider position on Build Back Better
CAPS Gaspard explains how Build Back Better will benefit West Virginians
The survey is small and its authenticity is dependent on how it was done. It does point in a direction. I have listed others who are in support of Build Back Better. I believe the overall support is there minus Manchin’s interests, Republicans who hope Biden fails, those who do not and never will understand what socialism is and is not, etc.
It needs to pass.
For Manchin, when his constituents’ issues do not align with those of Charles Koch, he goes with Koch & his ‘Americans for Prosperity’ PAC, sure & certain they will come around.
donations to Sen. Joe Manchin’s PAC surged as he fought President Biden’s agenda