Support for continuing increased unemployment pay for COVID-19 by party U.S. 2020
Support for continuing increased unemployment benefits due to the COVID-19 pandemic is split on partisan lines, according to an August 2020 survey. With the additional payments having expired on July 31, 2020, 52 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats believed Congress should renew the payments at the full amount of 600 U.S. dollars per week. Conversely, 33 percent of Republican respondents believed the payments should be ceased altogether.
