Voters credit Biden and Trump equally on infrastructure. Only one got it done

Donald Trump's administration became infamous for routinely declaring it was "Infrastructure Week," only to make exactly zero progress on his pledge to “put millions of our people to work” rebuilding highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, and hospitals. In political circles, mentioning "Infrastructure Week" not only drew surefire laughs, it also became synonymous with Trump's pervasive governing incompetence. In the end, Trump and his allies never even got around to unveiling a bill on the matter.

Yet while Trump campaigned on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan in 2016, Joe Biden was the president who got it done, ensuring a once-in-a-generation investment into upgrading the country's ailing transit systems. 

But new polling conducted by Morning Consult for Politico shows that voters credit Biden and Trump almost equally for advancing infrastructure projects—and the jobs that flow from them.

While 40% of voters say Biden “has done more to promote infrastructure improvements and job creation,” 37% say the same of Trump. On the bright side, nearly three-quarters of Democrats say Biden has done more—it's important for Democratic voters to have some concept of their president's accomplishments. 

But among independents, Trump gets slightly more credit than Biden, at 34% to 32%.