Voters are not in a very Christmas-y mood when it comes to Washington’s punishment politics.
In fact, they’d like to see some payback.
While a majority of voters are OK with House Ways and Means Committee Democrats releasing former President Donald Trump’s federal income taxes, they also feel that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
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Asked in a new Rasmussen Reports survey if the incoming GOP House majority should release the taxes of Democrats who voted to reveal Trump’s taxes, 54% said yes.
And it wasn’t just Republicans, 63%, and independents, 53%, but included more Democrats than not. Rasmussen said that 45% of Democrats wanted the taxes of the Trump critics released to 38% who didn’t.
The partisan divide was much wider on the overall question of releasing Trump’s taxes, which is to be completed Friday by House Democrats. Some 53% said they approved of the release to 40% who disapproved.
Democrats especially were supportive, with 79% approving of the release. Among Republicans, 63% disapproved.
Rasmussen also broke down the divide on both questions by sex and race, writing in the survey analysis:
There isn’t much of a gender gap on this issue, although men are more likely than women voters to “Strongly Disapprove” of House Democrats releasing Trump’s tax returns.
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Fifty-two percent (52%) of whites, 61% of black voters, and 53% of other minorities approve of Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee releasing six years of Trump’s federal income tax returns. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of whites, 40% of black voters, and 51% of other minorities believe Republicans in Congress should release the federal tax returns of the Democrats who voted to release Trump’s tax returns.
Older voters are more likely than those under 40 to “Strongly Disapprove” of Democrats deciding to release Trump’s taxes and also more likely to think House Republicans should retaliate.
