According to a new poll, nearly half don’t want the debt ceiling raised.
A Wall Street Journal poll found that more people oppose raising the debt ceiling than support it at 45% compared to 44%, respectively. Responses were split among party lines. Seventy-five percent of Republicans opposed raising the debt ceiling, while 74% of Democrats supported raising it. However, most generally wanted to avoid a default.
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In follow-up questions, respondents were open to more flexibility. Many Republicans were open to raising the debt ceiling, but only if other spending cuts were instituted.
“I feel like we don’t have an option: We have to raise the debt ceiling,’’ Republican Christian Nascimento, 49, said to the Wall Street Journal. “But at the same
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