Despite decades of warnings, the depletion date for Social Security’s retirement trust fund is rapidly approaching. Unless lawmakers take action, Social Security’s trust fund will be depleted by 2033 – at which point benefits would be cut by 21 percent, automatically. These cuts would be devastating for the millions of seniors who rely on Social Security for a major share of their income.

The vast majority of voters (96%) in seven key battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin —say it’s important for the presidential candidates to have a plan to prevent automatic cuts to Social Security, according to new polling. So far neither Vice President Harris nor former President Trump has put forward a plan to shore up Social Security – but there are many policy options to choose from, with strong support from swing state voters:

• 60% of voters favor increasing Social Security taxes
• 63% of voters favor a combination of tax increases and benefit adjustments
• 75% of voters favor increasing taxes and reducing benefits for higher-income Americans
• 52% of voters favor having the retirement age gradually raised for those under 50