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Voters — Including Republicans — Are More Likely to Support Candidates if They Back the Wealth Tax
At Data for Progress, we’ve polled literally thousands of policies, and we’ve identified a handful that are so overwhelmingly popular that a majority of Democrats, independents, and Republicans can get behind them. Such is the case for the wealth tax.
In brand new polling, we asked Americans in 11 key states — ranging from battlegrounds like Iowa and Michigan to conservative states like Mississippi and Kansas — if they’d be more or less likely to vote for a Senate candidate that supported a wealth tax. In every state we tested, a clear majority of voters would prefer a candidate that backed a two percent wealth tax on those with a net worth of over $50 million.
That includes a 61-25 majority of Texas voters, a 60-25 majority of Georgia voters, and even a 51-23 majority of Mississippi voters. Seriously.
But wait — wouldn’t Republicans be turned off by the wealth tax, denouncing it as a radical left-wing proposal? Our polling actually finds the opposite: the wealth tax has substantial cross-partisan appeal, with a plurality of Republicans reporting that they’d be more likely to vote for a Senate candidate if they backed the wealth tax.
If a plurality of Republican voters want a wealth tax, there’s no excuse for members of Congress to oppose it.
Data for Progress is showing Congress that funding big programs with a wealth tax is an electoral asset — not a liability. Help us continue to upend the conventional wisdom in Washington by chipping in to DFP right now!
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