Nearly half of voters say they support the CDC's new eviction moratorium, but 45% of voters say the agency shouldn't have the authority to issue the ban.

A recent Morning Consult/Politico poll shows that nearly 3 in 5 Democrats support the CDC's ability to ban evictions, while just 16% of Republican voters felt the same way. Nearly three-quarter of Democrats said they support the moratorium for areas with substantial or high COVID transmission risks, while 31% of GOP voters said the same. About 50% of Independents supported it.

The CDC's eviction moratorium was extended in early August and is set to expire October 3. Some analysts argue that once it does, the country may grapple with a 'new pandemic' of evictions. County-level analysis from Surgo Ventures shows that about 6.2 million renting households were behind on rent as of July 31, an amount that represents about 15% of the total renting population in the US.  In about 250 counties across the country, more than one in five renters are behind on payment. The average bill is $3,700 per household in arrears, a total of $23 billion nationally.