Support for Limiting the Extent to Which Local Governments Can Raise Their Property Tax Revenue (February 2019)

Support for Limiting the Extent to Which Local Governments Can Raise Their Property Tax Revenue (February 2019)

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categoryTotal
Strongly support51%
Somewhat support21%
Somewhat oppose6%
Strongly oppose5%
Don't know/No opinion17%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support36%46%66%
Somewhat support26%21%18%
Somewhat oppose9%6%3%
Strongly oppose6%12%2%
Don't know/No opinion22%16%11%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support38%29%39%
Somewhat support22%35%24%
Somewhat oppose14%7%8%
Strongly oppose7%6%6%
Don't know/No opinion19%23%24%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support69%57%68%
Somewhat support17%20%19%
Somewhat oppose1%5%3%
Strongly oppose2%1%2%
Don't know/No opinion11%18%9%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support39%43%64%
Somewhat support24%20%20%
Somewhat oppose11%5%3%
Strongly oppose7%7%2%
Don't know/No opinion20%25%11%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support42%36%39%
Somewhat support22%27%22%
Somewhat oppose13%10%10%
Strongly oppose7%5%9%
Don't know/No opinion17%22%20%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support48%70%67%
Somewhat support28%19%16%
Somewhat oppose3%4%2%
Strongly oppose2%0%5%
Don't know/No opinion18%7%10%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support57%37%43%
Somewhat support23%22%19%
Somewhat oppose6%4%7%
Strongly oppose4%5%6%
Don't know/No opinion10%32%25%

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categoryMaleFemale
Strongly support56%47%
Somewhat support20%22%
Somewhat oppose5%6%
Strongly oppose6%4%
Don't know/No opinion13%20%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support43%54%58%
Somewhat support24%21%18%
Somewhat oppose9%5%3%
Strongly oppose6%4%4%
Don't know/No opinion18%16%17%

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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support34%44%60%61%
Somewhat support26%22%19%21%
Somewhat oppose9%7%4%6%
Strongly oppose3%5%6%3%
Don't know/No opinion27%22%12%9%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support42%50%55%58%48%54%
Somewhat support15%18%21%13%28%24%
Somewhat oppose3%4%5%5%7%10%
Strongly oppose5%7%3%3%4%4%
Don't know/No opinion35%20%16%21%14%8%

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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support55%53%49%42%
Somewhat support19%24%18%27%
Somewhat oppose4%4%11%9%
Strongly oppose4%4%7%6%
Don't know/No opinion19%15%14%16%

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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Strongly support55%54%49%
Somewhat support18%23%24%
Somewhat oppose3%6%10%
Strongly oppose4%4%6%
Don't know/No opinion20%14%11%

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