April 18, 2019
RECENT POLLING ON THE TCJA AND TAXING THE WEALTHY
You find the most up-to-date polling information here: http://bit.ly/TCJApolling
March 5, 2019
2018 Election Results: Tax Fairness is a Winning Message
Republicans lost the tax messaging war in 2018 because progressives clearly defined the problems with the Trump-GOP tax cuts and were unified on the message. “Republicans lost the messaging battle on the [tax] issue,” according to a Sept. 2018 poll for the Republican National Committee. By 61% to 30% voters said the Trump-GOP tax cuts […]
February 15, 2017
Post-Election Polling Shows the Public Opposes Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Wealthy
MEMORANDUM FR: Frank Clemente, Executive Director Americans for Tax Fairness RE: Post-Election Polling Shows the Public Opposes Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Wealthy DT: February 7, 2017 Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are misguided in their efforts to claim a mandate to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations. […]
August 25, 2016
Recent Polling on Tax Fairness and Inequality Issues
From Gallup, these numbers probably make the strongest case and they are consistent with the trends in recent years. (April 6-10, 2016; Q26) As I read off some different groups, please tell me if you think they are paying their FAIR share in federal taxes, paying too MUCH or paying too LITTLE? Fair Share Too […]
Americans for Tax Fairness has conducted an extensive online search of public polls conducted over the last few years posing questions on tax issues. We found that media outlets do very limited polling on tax issues – typically a question or two when an issue is being publicly debated in Congress. The most relevant questions […]
November 8, 2013
October 2013 Poll: Winning the Budget Debate
Hart Research Associates conducted a poll in October 2013 that showed voters want politicians in Washington, D.C., to require the wealthy and big corporations to pay more in taxes, in order to reduce cuts to spending on federal services like education, health care and medical research. Learn more about the poll and its results from […]
February 15, 2013
Post Fiscal Cliff Polling
Americans for Tax Fairness and Hart Polling conducted a poll that shows that even after the fiscal cliff debate in December 2012, Americans still support progressive tax reform. A majority of Americans support asking the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and large corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. Find the associated data and […]
November 8, 2012
2012 Election Night Surveys
On Election Night 2012, ATF conducted three polls of voters in the general election. Download a PowerPoint of those polls.