Trump finally gets some good news with his $5,000 checks pledge
President Donald Trump is finally receiving some positive news when it comes to his latest pledge.
A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll , released Tuesday, found that a majority of Americans support the president's proposal to send a $5,000 dividend check to every U.S. adult if Republicans keep control of Congress during the midterm elections .
According to the survey, 57% of U.S. adults back the plan, including 35% who strongly support it and 22% who somewhat support it. Forty-three percent of respondents disapprove of the promise, with 28% saying they strongly disapprove and 15% who somewhat disapprove.
The survey also found that about 7 in 10 voters have heard about the idea, which Trump first floated during the GOP's first-ever midterm convention earlier this month.
It is a sharp departure from other polls in recent weeks that have found a cold reception to the $5,000 payments, as some Democrats were quick to accuse Trump of trying to bribe voters to cast their ballots for GOP candidates.
A Strength in Numbers/Verasight survey from last week revealed that 66% of voters believe the offer is "inappropriate." Just 14% of respondents think it is "appropriate," and 20% said they were unsure.
A poll from NBC News , released Sept. 20, showed that 21% of voters said they would be more likely to back a candidate in November who supports it. Forty-six percent of respondents, meanwhile, said they'd be less likely.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll , out Sept. 14, indicated that 63% of Americans, including four in 10 Republicans and nine in 10 Democrats, disapproved of the offer.
A separate Economist/YouGov survey noted that 45% oppose the $5,000 checks, while 43% favor them. When asked whether Trump would deliver on the payments, 61% of likely voters believe he would not, as opposed to 22% who think he would.
Despite the findings, Trump has continued to defend the payments, which could add more than $1 trillion to the national debt, depending on how they are financed.
He renewed his promise on Monday, saying that his administration's economic policies, including tariffs, would generate the revenue needed to fund the payments.
Asked whether his plan is feasible, the president has previously compared his promise to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July of last year and his $1,776 "warrior dividend" payouts to U.S. service members in December.
"It's interesting on that because everybody said that the great 'big, beautiful bill' will never happen. It happened," Trump said earlier this month. "They said that the 1776 for the military, $1,776, would never happen. And it happened. They were paid. And now they say, 'Oh, the 5,000 — the 5,000 is going to happen, 100%."
The new poll was conducted by The Harris Poll and HarrisX from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 among 2,200 registered voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
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