Should the national minimum wage be raised gradually from the current $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2025, as proposed by the Raise the Wage Act? The Congressional Budget Office has shed some new light on the debate surrounding this high-profile bill, which was introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, earlier this year and enjoys some support from House leadership.

When this question was posed to a sample of 1,000 registered voters in a January Hill-HarrisX survey, some 55% said yes. Others said yes to a smaller increase. Even stronger positive support was found in a March Hart Research Associates poll of voters in 57 battleground congressional districts won by Democrats in 2018.