25 States Have Ended Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

June 4, 2021: Twenty-five (25) states have ended or set dates to end payment of pandemic-related unemployment benefits.[1]

Throughout the pandemic, there has been a significant partisan divide on just about every aspect of the issue. Republican voters have consistently been more optimistic than Democrats.[2] This divide is reflected again in the decision to end supplemental unemployment benefits. All the states dropping the supplemental benefits are led by Republican governors.[1]

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Footnotes:

1. Ballotpedia.org, "State government plans to end federal unemployment benefits related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2021." accessed June 3, 2021
2. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 3, 2021," June 3, 2021