In a validation for the agenda being pushed by Washington Democrats, a majority of American voters support raising the minimum wage and extending unemployment insurance benefits in a new poll.

On minimum wage, voters support raising the federally mandated minimum, 72 percent to 27 percent, including a majority of Republicans, who support it 52 percent to 45 percent, according to a Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday.

Voters are split on what it should be raised to, however, with 33 percent in favor of congressional Democrats’ position of upping minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, 18 percent in favor of making it higher than that, and 18 percent in favor of making it from the current $7.25 to $10.10.

Even with their support, half of voters believe raising the minimum wage would cause businesses to cut jobs, 50 percent to 45 percent.

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Democrats have made raising minimum wage nationally to $10.10 a key part of their 2014 agenda, with the support of President Barack Obama, as part of a broader campaign about fighting income inequality.

As the Senate debates whether to extend unemployment benefits that expired in December for three months, the poll finds American voters supportive of the idea, 58 percent to 37 percent. Democrats support the plan 83 percent to 13 percent, independents support it 54 percent to 41 percent, and Republicans are against it 54 percent to 42 percent.

While the poll supports the position of Democrats in Congress pushing for the extension, whether the outcome of debate on the Hill actually impacts voting is less clear.

Thirty-three percent said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports extending unemployment insurance, 24 percent said they’d be less likely and 40 percent said it would have no affect on their vote.

On minimum wage, a slim plurality said supporting a higher level would move the needle in favor of a candidate, at 41 percent, while 39 percent said it wouldn’t impact their vote and 18 percent saying they’d be less likely to vote for such a candidate.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1,487 registered voters from Jan. 4-7 for the poll, which has an error margin of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.