Only 13 Percent of Americans Believe Democrats’ $369 Billion in Climate Spending Will Reduce Inflation: Poll

Cash is fanned out from a wallet in this photo illustration taken in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. Elise Amendola/AP Photo

Just a small number of Americans believe that the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will help lower inflation across the country, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov.

The survey was conducted Aug. 13–16, 2022, among 1,500 U.S. citizens age 18 and over and has a margin error of 2.9 percentage points adjusted for weighting 3 percentage points for registered voters.