Unpopular Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Will Be a Major Vulnerability for GOP Gubernatorial Candidates, Poll Shows

Unpopular Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Will Be a Major Vulnerability for GOP Gubernatorial Candidates, Poll Shows

National Journal: “Virginia and New Jersey are emerging as early test cases for how Democrats frame the GOP-backed spending cuts on the campaign trail”

Earlier this week, the DGA released new polling from Virginia and New Jersey finding Donald Trump’s budget bill that cuts health care is deeply unpopular and it will be a major vulnerability for GOP nominees Winsome Sears and Jack Ciattarelli, who both supported it.

Sears bragged about how Trump’s bill will do “so many great things” for Virginia — even though it’s set to take health care away from 320,000 Virginians. Meanwhile, Ciattarelli said “shame on any Republican across the country that doesn’t support this,” which could take health care away from 350,000 New Jerseyans.

Read more about how Trump’s budget bill spells trouble for Sears and Ciattarelli:

• National Journal: “Virginia and New Jersey are emerging as early test cases for how Democrats frame the GOP-backed spending cuts on the campaign trail…The poll shows voters resonating with the message.”

• Politico: “The Democratic Governors Association commissioned two polls in Virginia and New Jersey following the passage of the megabill, and both showed that upcoming Medicaid and SNAP cuts were underwater with voters. Now, the DGA is using that polling to hit GOP gubernatorial nominees Winsome Earle-Sears and Jack Ciattarelli. In both polls, 53 percent of voters said they “prefer a governor who opposes” the recently passed legislation.”
• Virginia Scope: “The legislation is poised to potentially play a pivotal role in this year’s governor’s race, with 53% of voters saying they would prefer a candidate who opposes the bill, compared to 37% who say they’d favor a candidate who supports it.”
• New Jersey Globe: “Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), this year’s Democratic nominee for governor, has spent months warning about how bad the One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, will be for New Jersey. A new polling memo from the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) argues that, on the whole, New Jersey voters agree with her.”
• Micah Rasmussen, Director of the Rebovich Institute for NJ Politics at Rider University: “One of the most consequential decisions of this year’s campaign was for @Jack4NJ to double down on Trump and his big bill after he’d already won the primary.”

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