Will requiring voter approval before local property tax can grow above set limit prevent local governments from responding to population growth? (February 2019)
| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Yes | 21% |
| No | 54% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 24% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 30% | 13% | 15% |
| No | 44% | 60% | 63% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 26% | 27% | 22% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 34% | 29% | 28% |
| No | 42% | 42% | 47% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 24% | 29% | 25% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
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| Yes | 12% | 9% | 18% |
| No | 66% | 67% | 61% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 22% | 24% | 21% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 31% | 20% | 15% |
| No | 47% | 47% | 63% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 22% | 33% | 22% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
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| Yes | 29% | 31% | 32% |
| No | 46% | 46% | 48% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 25% | 22% | 20% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
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| Yes | 17% | 14% | 15% |
| No | 65% | 68% | 56% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 18% | 18% | 29% |
| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 20% | 19% | 24% |
| No | 59% | 52% | 44% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 21% | 29% | 32% |
| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 24% | 19% |
| No | 58% | 51% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 18% | 30% |
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Respondents were asked, "Do you think that requiring voter approval before local property tax revenue is allowed to grow above a set limit will prevent local governments from responding to population growth?" Community is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| No | 47% | 60% | 53% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 27% | 21% | 29% |
| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 25% | 23% | 18% | 20% |
| No | 50% | 47% | 58% | 62% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 25% | 30% | 24% | 18% |
| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 16% | 22% | 16% | 10% | 28% | 23% |
| No | 60% | 47% | 62% | 53% | 52% | 59% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 24% | 31% | 22% | 36% | 20% | 18% |
| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 18% | 19% | 21% | 32% |
| No | 56% | 55% | 58% | 47% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 25% | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 20% | 16% | 29% |
| No | 54% | 60% | 51% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 25% | 23% | 20% |
