Polling
NEW polling from the American Economic Liberties Project and Lake Research Partners shows overwhelming support for state legislation banning junk fees.
Some highlights include:
Over three-quarters (79%) of voters nationwide support state legislation that would make it illegal for businesses to charge junk fees, the deceptively hidden fees tacked onto the end of transactions for goods and services.
A considerable 83% of voters say they would be more likely to vote for their legislator if they voted for junk fee legislation with about half saying they would be much more likely.
Banning junk fees will also serve as a major turnout mechanism for local elections – 78% of voters say they would be more likely to turn out to vote in their local legislative election if their elected official would soon vote on junk fee legislation, with 46% saying they would be much more likely to turn out.
Over three-quarters (79%) of voters nationwide support state legislation that would make it illegal for businesses to charge junk fees, the deceptively hidden fees tacked onto the end of transactions for goods and services.
Not only is support for legislation banning junk fees remarkably broad, crossing every demographic, regional, and attitudinal divide in the data, but this is also a rare issue that unites Americans across partisan lines, attracting upwards of three-quarters of Democrats (80%), independents (80%), and Republicans (78%)
In addition, support for this legislation is incredibly intense, with more than two-thirds (68%) of voters reporting they would support it strongly.
Read the topline brief here, and full cross-tabs here.
State-specific results for Minnesota, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are also available.