[Educationforall] California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Raising Taxes on the Wealthy to Help Balance the Budget

[Justin Akers Chacon]

California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Raising Taxes on the Wealthy to Help Balance the Budget
March 31st, 2011 · Issues, News, Poll release 
http://www.tulchinresearch.com/2011/03/31/cft-ca-voters-support-raising-taxes-on-the-wealthy/-


A new Tulchin Research poll conducted on behalf of the California Federation of Teachers finds that California voters strongly support increasing taxes on the wealthy as a way to balance the state's budget without additional cuts to essential services.

Given the recent events in Sacramento that saw budget negotiations collapse and efforts launched to find a "Plan B," a recent statewide survey of likely voters in California has discovered a proposal that could help solve the state's budget mess - raising taxes on the wealthy. Notably, the poll finds overwhelming support from California voters for a proposal to raise income taxes by 1% on the top 1% of Californians - known as "1% on the 1%" - in order to help balance the state budget and prevent deeper cuts to essential services. Specifically, nearly four out of five voters (78%) support this proposal with more than half of all voters (53%) strongly supporting it.

Intense Support for Taxing 1% on the 1%




Read our full analysis here. 

View our slides of the key findings here.

Read the coverage of our poll in both the front page of The San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee.

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