Poll: Likely Voters Side with Republicans on Budget Proposal...

...but they don't seem to know it. In a blind test absent party affiliation, The Hill poll asked likely voters which of two budget plans they preferred:

• Plan 1 - $1 trillion in tax hikes, $100 billion in cuts, no budget balance [i.e., Senate Democrats]; or
• Plan 2 - no new taxes, $5 trillion in cuts, and budget balance [i.e., House Republicans].

Here are the results:

Poll question 2 reinforces the results of question 1:



Although a substantial majority side with the GOP plan, respondents say they trust the Democrats more on budgetary issues:

 

Questions 4 and 5: