THE PREMISE POLL: 73% of Poll Respondents Approve of President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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1. Most Americans support student loan forgiveness, poll finds

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/most-americans-support-student-loan-193640099.html

A recent national poll conducted by progressive think tank Data for Progress found 60 percent of 1,425 respondents agreed the federal government should eliminate all or some student loan debt for every borrower.

The poll found more than half of past student loan borrowers and voters who never borrowed student loans believed some or all student debt should be eliminated.

Previous polling, however, showed a much narrower majority of Americans that support the Biden administration’s plans.

Recent polling suggests the majority of American voters may be in favor of the Biden administration’s decision to forgive billions of dollars of student loan debt for low- to middle-income borrowers.

President Biden on Wednesday announced his administration is forgiving up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 annually and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. The unprecedented decision will provide some financial relief to tens of millions of borrowers while about 15 million borrowers could see their entire balances eliminated.

A recent national poll conducted by progressive think tank Data for Progress just before Biden’s announcement found 60 percent of 1,425 respondents agreed the federal government should eliminate all or some student loan debt for every borrower, compared to 34 percent who said the government should not forgive the loans and 6 percent who said they didn’t know. The poll was conducted Aug. 19-21 online and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.