--- title: GOP Tax Plan: Voters Disapprove of Plan by 2-to-1 Margin description: American voters oppose the Republican tax reform plan by a two-to-one margin, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-16T00:18:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:15:53.434Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan og:description: Opinion was heavily split along party lines og:url: https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cf6d4b3cc630e94/6988e614bc6cfc2cc93e3f62/republican-tax-plan-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Congressional Democrats Speak At Rally Protesting GOP Tax Bill On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan twitter:description: Opinion was heavily split along party lines twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cf6d4b3cc630e94/6988e614bc6cfc2cc93e3f62/republican-tax-plan-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan > Sponsored content. 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Brief is TIME's Washington newsletter, written by senior correspondent Philip Elliott. It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. It reaches 85,000 subscribers with a 37.0% open rate as of August 2026. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 16, 2017 12:18 AM UTC  Demonstrators join a rally against the proposed Republican tax reform legislation on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators join a rally against the proposed Republican tax reform legislation on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 16, 2017 12:18 AM UTC American voters oppose the [Republican tax reform plan](http://time.com/5007349/gop-house-tax-plan/) by a two-to-one margin, according to a [new poll](https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us11152017%5Fucp261.pdf/). A [poll released by Quinnipiac](https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us11152017%5Fucp261.pdf/) on Wednesday found that 52% of Americans disapprove of the GOP tax plan, while 25% approve. Opinion of the tax plan was heavily split along party lines — 60% of Republican voters approve of the plan, while 81% of Democrats disapprove. More voters (35%) thought the plan would increase their taxes rather than decrease their taxes (16%), while 36% said the plan would not have much of an impact. And a majority of voters (52%) said they did not believe the tax plan would cause an increase in jobs or economic growth. Republicans have said the plan will simplify the tax code and reduce taxes overall, but Democrats and interest groups representing small business owners, [teachers](http://time.com/5017111/gop-tax-plan-teacher-tax-credit/) and [graduate students](http://fortune.com/2017/11/08/graduate-students-say-gop-tax-plan-could-increase-their-taxes-by-nearly-300/), among others, have [slammed the proposal](http://time.com/5008945/republican-tax-plan-critics/). An [analysis by the Tax Policy Center](http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/sites/default/files/publication/147726/2001579%5Fpreliminary%5Fdistributional%5Fanalysis%5Fof%5Fthe%5Ftax%5Fcuts%5Fand%5Fjobs%5Fact%5F0.pdf) found that high-income households would see the largest cuts. 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