US majority believe $600 is not enough: Poll
Seventy-five percent of Americans interviewed for a poll have said the $600 coronavirus relief checks were mot enough.
Three-fourths of voters surveyed in a new Hill-HarrisX poll said $600 in coronavirus relief payments was "too little," The Hill reported on Monday.
Fifteen percent of those interviewed for the survey said $600 was about the right amount of money.
Eight percent of those interviewed said it was too much.
As the debate over the amount and continuity of COVID relief checks continues in Congress, most of the voters in the poll, which was conducted Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 from both major US political parties, agreed that $600 in relief payments was not enough.
Majorities of Democrats and Republicans in the survey agreed the amount was too little.
The poll also found most voters believed $2,000 in stimulus checks supported by Congressional Democrats was "about the right amount."
"Voters across party affiliation and income levels are of a consistent view that $600 in COVID relief is too little and a strong majority agree with President Trump and the Democrats that $2,000 is an appropriate amount and more support is needed," Dritan Nesho, CEO and chief pollster at HarrisX, told Hill.TV.
"This sentiment is a pressure point for Senate Republicans as the Biden administration takes office and could lead to another round of COVID relief and stimulus," Nesho added.
The survey follows a bipartisan effort to increase the amount of direct payments.
Outgoing Republican US President Donald Trump has also voiced support of increasing relief checks to as high as $2,000.
However, Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed bill that would have increased direct payments from $600 to $2,000.
The new Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 3,787 registered voters. It has a margin of error of 1.59 percentage points.
Meanwhile, many Americans who live in dire financial straits and were badly in need of relief checks to any amount were denied aid by the US government.
The pandemic has put some Americans in a worse economic situation than others.
The relief checks are regarded as lifesaver for roughly 20 million Americans receiving unemployment benefits and others who are working reduced hours or earning less than they used to before the pandemic.
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