zorg1000 said:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/03/26/canceling-student-loan-debt-a-key-issue-ahead-of-election-survey.html 48% say cancelling student debt is important but broken down by demographic, 70% of Gen Z, 72% of black & 68% of Hispanic people agree with it. So overall it’s a very mixed topic but when looking at various demographics that traditionally vote Democrat it’s very popular. |
| the-pi-guy said: To be fair, 40% like Trump. There's so much polarization today, that nothing would get done if we avoided anything that was 50/50. |
These points are where I was going to go in my reply. Also keep in mind that the majority of voters with four-year degrees are likely to vote blue:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/10/26/what-the-2020-electorate-looks-like-by-party-race-and-ethnicity-age-education-and-religion/
So I feel like calling it "half the country" is not entirely accurate without looking at demographic breakdowns.
Also, post your source for this: Just read a NPR article. 55% support 10k forgiveness, which I assume means 45% do not. I would avoid talking about something that almost half the country doesn't agree with.
How much of the country supports 20k forgiveness? I'd like to see the data to find out, because I wouldn't be surprised if a similar percentage would also support it as well.
So yeah, maybe it's not an issue that gets a huge portion of traditionally Republican voters to veer left, but it would galvanize young voters to show up to the polls - the same ones that did so in 2020 that weren't looking forward to four more years of Biden.
EDIT: Also, what tax breaks did Trump promise and deliver on?
Last edited by burninmylight - on 25 July 2024
