--- description: American voters oppose the Republican tax reform plan by a two-to-one margin, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday title: Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cf6d4b3cc630e94/6988e614bc6cfc2cc93e3f62/republican-tax-plan-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2017 12:18 AM CUT  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](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2017 12:18 AM CUT American voters oppose the [Republican tax reform plan](http://time.com/5007349/gop-house-tax-plan/ "undefined") by a two-to-one margin, according to a [new poll](https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us11152017%5Fucp261.pdf/ "undefined"). A [poll released by Quinnipiac](https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us11152017%5Fucp261.pdf/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") and [graduate students](http://fortune.com/2017/11/08/graduate-students-say-gop-tax-plan-could-increase-their-taxes-by-nearly-300/ "undefined"), among others, have [slammed the proposal](http://time.com/5008945/republican-tax-plan-critics/ "undefined"). 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 "undefined") found that high-income households would see the largest cuts. The poll — conducted from Nov. 7 to Nov. 13 — surveyed 1,577 voters nationwide by phone and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/"},"headline":"Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan","datePublished":"2017-11-16T00:18:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:15:53.434Z","description":"Opinion was heavily split along party lines","url":"https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/","keywords":["Congress","Republican Party","GOP","Polls","Taxes","Poll","Tax Reform","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cf6d4b3cc630e94/6988e614bc6cfc2cc93e3f62/republican-tax-plan-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cf6d4b3cc630e94/6988e614bc6cfc2cc93e3f62/republican-tax-plan-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Congressional Democrats Speak At Rally Protesting GOP Tax Bill On Capitol Hill","caption":"Congressional Democrats Speak At Rally Protesting GOP Tax Bill On Capitol Hill","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5026846/gop-tax-reform-plan-poll-disapproval/","name":"Poll: Most Americans Don't Like the Republican Tax Reform Plan"}}]}] ```